Met Technician

Activate Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing automotive repair company is seeking a MET Technician to join its Birmingham team. The role involves dismantling and reassembling vehicles to the highest quality standards. Candidates should have relevant industry experience, adhere to safety protocols, and be committed to high-quality workmanship. The company offers excellent benefits, including 33 days holiday, health cash plans, and a strong focus on employee development and culture.

Benefits

33 days holiday, including bank holidays

Personal health cash plan

Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay

Life assurance at three times your basic salary

Free breakfasts and fresh fruit

Birthday surprise for everyone

Qualifications

• Experience as a repair technician is essential.
• Knowledge of health and safety protocols is required.

Responsibilities

• Dismantle and reassemble accident-damaged vehicles.
• Remove and refit components to restore vehicles.
• Deliver high-quality repairs as per standards.
• Accurately log all work done on vehicles.

Skills

Good H&S knowledge/awareness

Relevant industry experience

Job description

Department: Activate Accident Repair

Contract type: Permanent, Full-time

About the role

We’re looking for a MET Technician to join ourteam, and play a key role in Activate Accident Repair.

Activate Group is a growing UK business approaching 1,000+ team members nationwide. This is an exciting opportunity to build a long-term career with a company that values its people and offers genuine development and progression opportunities.

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

• Carry out work detailed in estimate, removing damaged components from the vehicle in preparation for Repair/Paint work to be carried out.
On repair/replacement of the components they must be refitted, restoring the vehicle to pre accident condition.
• Deliver the highest standard of quality.
• Attain manufacturers' and/or estimated repair times.
• Report all faults, defects noticed whilst working on vehicles.
• Accurately report all components, materials and consumables used.

Skills and experience

• Good H&S knowledge/awareness.
• Relevant industry experience and time served as a repair technician.

We believe in rewarding our people for the great work they do. When you join Activate Group, you can expect:

• 33 days holiday, including bank holidays
• Personal health cash plan– claim back the cost of everyday healthcare such as dental and optical check-ups
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay
• Life assuranceat three times your basic salary
• Free breakfasts and fresh fruit
• Abirthday surprisefor everyone

What you can expect from us

At Activate Group, we want everyone to have the tools and support they need to do their best work. We’re an innovative business that continuously reviews and improves our systems, processes and ways of working, making sure they support our teams to do their jobs effectively.

Every role at Activate Group is aligned to our wider business vision and purpose – making someone’s bad day better. You’ll understand how your role contributes to the bigger picture and how your work helps deliver excellent outcomes for customer and partners.

We believe work should be enjoyable. We make time to celebrate success, recognise achievements and bring people together at team events and company-wide celebrations. We’ll also support your ongoing development through regular feedback and career planning.

Whether you’re based in one of our contact centres in Halifax, Peterborough or Huddersfield, working at an Activate Accident Repair (AAR) site, or working from home, you’ll be part of a supportive culture where people are encouraged to succeed.

A bit about us

Activate Group is a fast-growing business approaching1,000 team members nationwide.

We work with some of the UK’s largest fleets and insurance companies, supporting drivers that have been involved in road incidents through our contact centres inHalifax, Peterborough and Huddersfield.

We manage every step of the repair journey - repairing vehicles at our ownActivate Accident Repair (AAR)body shops, as well as through a UK-wide network of trusted independent repair partners.

We also work with the UK’s largest vehicle manufacturers, supporting their approved repair programmes, and deliver innovative technology solutions to fleets, vehicle repair centres and dealerships.

Our purpose & values

Our purpose underpins everything we do: Make someone’s bad day better

Our values define how we work with our team members, customers and suppliers:

• 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.

Nobody wants or expects to be in a road incident, and we know how upsetting and stressful it can be. This is why our purpose is to make someone's bad day better.

We achieve this through our values make it happen, win together, and strive for better.