MET Technician

Activate Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive repair organization is seeking a MET Technician to join their team in Manchester. This role involves dismantling and reassembling accident-damaged vehicles according to manufacturer specifications, ensuring high-quality repairs and customer satisfaction. Ideal candidates should have an ATA/NVQ level 3 in MET and relevant industry experience. Activate Group offers competitive salaries and various employee benefits, including health plans and flexible hours, emphasizing a supportive workplace culture.

Benefits

Competitive salary and time-saved bonus scheme

33 days annual leave including bank holidays

Holiday buy and sell

Flexible hours

Paid training

Healthshield Cash Plan

Life assurance

Free breakfast

Birthday and Christmas surprises

Annual Summer and Christmas parties

Qualifications

• ATA / NVQ level 3 in MET required.
• Good knowledge of Health & Safety regulations.
• Relevant industry experience as a repair technician.

Responsibilities

• Dismantle and reassemble accident-damaged vehicles.
• Ensure customer satisfaction in vehicle repairs.
• Employ necessary knowledge to restore vehicles to high standards.
• Report on vehicle body damage.

Skills

ATA / NVQ level 3 in MET

Good H&S knowledge/awareness

Relevant industry experience

Job description

We’re looking for a MET Technician to be part of our success story.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing group of body shops! If you want to become part of the Activate Group team working in a state of the art, modern and technology led body shop then get in touch.

We know how hard you work, and that's why we work hard to make sure you'll be fairly rewarded in your career with Activate Group. Some of the benefits you can expect to receive are:

• Competitive salary and time‑saved bonus scheme
• 33 days annual leave including bank holidays
• Holiday buy and sell
• Flexible hours to suit your needs
• Paid training
• Healthshield Cash Plan to claim back medical costs and get same day doctors appointments
• Life assurance at three times your basic salary
• Free breakfast
• Birthday and Christmas surprises for everybody
• Annual Summer and Christmas parties

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

• Ensure customer satisfaction in the repair of motor vehicles of all types.
• Carry out such work in a safe and economical manner.
• Employ such knowledge and skills as may be required to restore vehicles to a high standard.
• Observe, recognise and report on vehicle body damage.

Skills and experience

• ATA / NVQ level 3 in MET
• Good H&S knowledge/awareness.
• Relevant industry experience and time served as a repair technician.

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 900 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.

What we're all about

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.