MET Technician in Sunderland, United Kingdom

Job title: MET Technician

Department: Activate Accident Repair

Location: Sunderland

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

**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

• 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.

• Protect customers vehicles with covers and dust sheets etc.

• Safeguard the customers’ vehicle and contents whilst being repaired.

• Ensure that all work carried out meets acceptable safety and quality standards.

• Company repair/refit times to be achieved.

• Hours, components, materials and consumables used recorded.

• Wastage of materials not to exceed target set by Manager for period.

• No customer vehicle or contents to be damaged/lost while vehicles under repair.

• Ensure safe and reliable use and maintenance of equipment and that operatives receive adequate training in its use.

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.