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Panel Beater Colin Pybus Maidstone, Kent, South East £40,000 - £45,000
Panel Beater Colin Pybus Slough, Berkshire, South East £40,000 - £45,000
Panel Beater Colin Pybus High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, South East £40,000 - £45,000
Panel Beater Colin Pybus Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, North East £30,000 - £39,000
Panel Beater Colin Pybus Edinburgh, Scotland, UK £30,000 - £34,000
Panel Beater Colin Pybus Coventry, West Midlands (County), West Midlands £35,000 - £40,000
Panel Beater Colin Pybus Brackley, Northamptonshire, East Midlands £35,000 - £40,000
Panel Beater Colin Pybus Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland £30,000 - £34,000
Panel Beater Colin Pybus Birmingham, West Midlands (County), West Midlands £35,000 - £40,000
Panel Beater Auto Skills UK Halifax, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire £30,000 - £40,000

Panel Beater
Colin Pybus
3 weeks left to apply
Maidstone, Kent, South East Get directions
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
Bodyshop Panel Beater Full time

Job Title: Panel Technician

Location: Maidstone, ME15 9YN

Salary: Up to £45,000 base salary per annum subject to experience + bonus

Benefits
• Competitive salary plus performance related bonus
• 29 days holiday including Bank Holidays
• Pension contributions
• Health cash plan
• Ongoing training provided
• Opportunities for career progression due to ongoing business growth

Our client is an award-winning company with over 30 years of knowledge and expertise within the vehicle body repair sector. Having originated in the Midlands, the business is expanding rapidly through organic growth and acquisition throughout the UK.

Our client is dynamic in their approach and geared to completing outstanding repairs, by combining the latest techniques and most effective technology with delivering excellent customer service. They ensure that their customers are at the heart of what they do.

Whether it is minor car park damage or a road traffic accident our clients 40 repair centres provide a range of services that use modern repair methods to put your vehicle back to its pre-accident condition, ensuring they repair every vehicle with utmost pride and care.

They are now actively looking to recruit for an experienced Panel Technician based from their Maidstone site.

About the Job:

As an ATA Panel Beater / Technician, the purpose of your role is to repair and replace body components to damaged vehicles to pre-accident condition and to BSI PAS 10125 and manufacturer's standards using specialist body repair equipment.

Working on high end vehicles, you must be able to:

· Plan your workload effectively to ensure vehicles are ready to agreed timescales

· Work skilfully and safely under pressure

· Carry out work in accordance with manufacturers specification

· Work as part of a team as well as on your own initiative with minimal supervision

· Be flexible in your approach

· Continually work to high standards with customer satisfaction in mind. You will ensure that all tasks carried out follow our Health and Safety guidelines; for example, wearing all provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and keeping all work areas clean and tidy.

This is high volume repairs carried out to the BSI PAS 10125 standards

You must be able to:

• Plan your workload effectively to ensure vehicles are ready to agreed timescales;
• Work skilfully and safely under pressure
• Carry out work in accordance with manufacturers specification
• Work as part of a team as well as on your own initiative with minimal supervision
• Be flexible in your approach
• Continually work to high standards with customer satisfaction in mind. You will ensure that all tasks carried out follow
our Health and Safety guidelines; for example, wearing all provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and keeping
all work areas clean and tidy.

About You

If you are a highly skilled Panel technician who is consistently outstanding and consistently overachieves in your role by displaying professional, conscientious, organised, committed to excellence, exceptional attention to detail and customer
focused, then come and work for us. This is high volume repairs carried out to the BSI PAS 10125 standards.

To apply for this role please submit your full and up to date CV to Jonathan Sweasey at Colin Pybus Recruitment


Nº employees 11-50
Founding year 2019
Products / Services Dealership, Bodyshop, Aftersales & Service, Management / Business
Mission 'Automotive Recruitment You Can Trust'
overview After over 25 years in the Automotive Industry working with some of the biggest brands, I felt it was time to break the traditional recruitment model. Having carried out a number of senior roles, I know the importance of effective recruitment. We will support both the client and candidate in equal measure to find the perfect fit and to grow relationships over time - Colin Pybus - Director
3 weeks left to apply

Frequently asked questions

Panel beaters use metalworking and replenishing techniques to do the bodywork of the vehicles. They can do the accidental repair where a certain part or parts need to be fixed or replaced. The job description of Panel beaters include doing the bodywork repair, fixing the dents, and refitting body hardware for cars, vans, and other common vehicles.   

Most employers ask for GCSEs at grades A*-C (9-4). Many colleges offer vehicle maintenance and repair courses that you can take up to become a panel beater. If you want to make money while studying, there are options for paid apprenticeships available as well. Explore the different programmes being currently offered around you before taking your pick.

You need to be good at bodywork and frame repair skills along with knowing how to restore rusted parts of the vehicle to apply for panel beater jobs. Detailed knowledge of car mechanics is also needed for the role. You need to have manual dexterity and precision to be able to do the work efficiently.

The average per annum salary varies for entry-level and experienced panel beaters. The money that you can make doing the removing or dents and other Bodyshop work also depends on the working hours, employer and how good you are at doing the job. Search jobs in different areas of the automotive industry in the UK on InAutomotive!

Panel beaters are mostly employed by the specialist vehicle body repair workshops but automobile companies may also employ them for catering to the needs of their customers. You can get a job as a panel beater in a repair workshop or if you have years of experience, there are bright chances of you getting hired by a popular automobile manufacturer.

Description

Panel Beater Job Description

Commonly known as vehicle body repairers, the panel beaters perform the repair of the damaged bodywork of vehicles due to accidents or some other reasons. They utilise metalwork techniques for fixing the panels, mending the rusted parts, and removing the dents. The working hours can vary depending on the employer, so the panel beaters have to be adaptable to the work time and environment. They must be familiar with the usage of sophisticated bodyshop machinery and the need to have manual dexterity when using the tools for performing the repair work efficiently and with precision. Moulding new replacement panels are also in the panel beater job description. 

Panel Beater Job Responsibilities

The responsibilities of panel beaters include doing a detailed assessment of the damaged vehicles and providing cost, timeline and best solution on how to go about repairing them. They fix the dented parts and make sure that all the rusted sections are mended carefully. They also weld the repaired panels to bring them into their place along with taking care of the scratches that don’t require much effort to get rid of. They do the repair work with the dexterity that it matches the bodywork or makes the surface easy to paint for the paint sprayer along with maintaining a book for all the repair tasks.

Skills Required to Build a Panel Beater Career 

You need to be attentive to detail for this line of work as without being meticulous, you will not be able to do the repair in a scrupulous manner. Good communication skills are essential for the job, you have to interact with the customers and other team members. Organisation skills and time management are a plus for this position as you will be able to manage the different tasks efficiently. Critical thinking and problem solving will help you come up with better ways to go about doing the repair work. Searching for panel beater jobs in the UK? Find your dream job with InAutomotive!