MET Technician

Job title: MET Technician

Department: Activate Accident Repair

Location: Tunbridge Wells

We’re excited to announce the addition of two new sites to our Activate Accident Repair business! We have acquired two established Motorcare Bodyshop's in Tunbridge Wells (Kent) and Bristol - a fantastic step in expanding our own repair capacity to support our growing client base. We are now recruiting for our Tunbridge Wells site and are looking for a MET Technician to become a part of one of our newest sites as we grow our Activate Accident Repair team.

** Listed in the 2022 Sunday Times 100:
Britain’s fastest-growing private companies.*
* ** Great career development opportunities – grow with us.**

About the role

Dismantling and reassembling accident-damaged vehicles in line with manufacturers' specifications and to the high standards expected by our customers.

Key responsibilities

Skills and experience

• ATA / NVQ level 3 in MET
• Good communication skills.
• Good decision making/problem solving skills.
• Good H&S knowledge/awareness.
• Good time management skills.
• Relevant industry experience and time served as a repair technician.

Benefits

• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Personal health cash plan – claim back the cost of things like dentist and optical check-ups
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental pay
• Life assurance: three times basic salary
• Free breakfasts and fruit
• Birthday surprise for everybody!

What you can expect from us

At Activate Group, looking after team members is a major priority. Whether you're at our smart Halifax or Peterborough offices, one of our AAR sites or working from home, we'll make sure you have all the support you need to succeed. From benefits that put your health and wellbeing first, to impressive rewards for our employee of the month, and little perks like free fruit and cereal, we’ll go out of our way to show how much we appreciate you.

A bit about us

Named by the Sunday Times as one of the UK’s 100 fastest-growing private companies, we employ more than 700 team members nationwide. We work with some of the UK's largest fleets and insurance companies, supporting drivers that have been involved in a road incident at our contact centres in Halifax and Peterborough. We look after every step of the repair process, repairing vehicles at our own Activate Accident Repair body shops, and through a UK-wide network of independent repair partners.

Want to know what it’s like to work with us? Take a look at our purpose and values. They define who we are, and how we work with team members, customers and suppliers:

Purpose: Make someone's bad day better

Values:

• Make it happen – Be accountable. Take the initiative, work fast, and do a great job.
• Strive for better – Be bold. Challenge the norm – make small improvements often.
• Win together – Be a team-player. Win together, learn together, respect each other.