Met Technician

Salary: £50,400 – £78,000 per year

MET Technician

Wakefield

£50,400 – £78,000Per Annum + Industry leading benefits package

• Permanent Role
• Monday to Friday
• 45-hour week
• Paid Monthly
• Overtime Available
• Pension
• Private Health Care
• Excellent employer

Clear Automotive is a specialist recruitment consultancy in the Accident Repair, Bodyshop and Automotive sector, partnering with organisations across the UK, to fulfil their staffing requirements, whilst representing Automotive professionals to secure permanent and contract careers.

MET Technician / Mechanic Strip Fitter – We currently have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced MET Technician Mechanic, Strip and Fit – from either bodyshop or Accident repair background, to join a leading accident repair group in their fast paced insurance accident repair centre.

This job role is a Skilled MET Technician position and requires an experienced candidate who can complete all panel repairs to accident damaged vehicles. ATA, NVQ 3 or IMI 3 qualifications would be a distinct advantage.

The Job: MET Technician / Mechanic Strip Fitter

• Remove & refit mechanical and electrical trims / panels / components on vehicles
• Ensure that stripping and rebuilding work of all vehicles is carried out in a professional and correct manner and that final quality checks are undertaken in line with applicable standards
• Dismantling vehicles ready for the panel area
• Carrying out inspections, fault finding and diagnostic work
• Ordering replacement parts
• Re-assembling the vehicle with new parts as required to pre-accident condition
• Stripping and fitting components, bodywork and trim elements
• All MET duties required within your remit
• Follow manufacturer repair methods to return vehicles to pre-accident condition
• Fault finding / Diagnostics
• Perform road testing
• Dismantle and reassemble damaged vehicles in accordance with the prescribed repair method
• Ensure that all jobs are completed within the estimated times
• Check that all parts are ordered as per estimate, to ensure that the repair can be completed without delay, returning all unused parts to the parts department for credit
• Awareness & adherence to all necessary standards and H&S procedures

Job Experience Required: MET Technician / Mechanic Strip Fitter

• City & Guild Level 3 (or equivalent) in Automotive Bodyshop Repair
• ATA Qualification would be an advantage
• Previous Bodyshop M.E.T experience is essential
• Strip and fit and trim experience
• Rebuilding bodywork on damaged vehicles in a bonus bodyshop

MET Technician – In return you will be offered:

• Monthly individual Bonus
• 9% Pension contribution from employer
• Holiday buy back scheme
• Life Insurance
• Retail discounts
• Half price car insurance
• Immaculate Accident Repair Centre
• Clean Bodyshop Environment
• Latest Bodyshop Equipment
• Continuous workload of repairs
• 30 days holiday
• Training and Development
• Job security
• Pension

Clear Automotive Recruitment Solutions is a leading Automotive recruitment specialist covering all areas of the UK.

We are also looking for candidates with the following skill sets: Panel Beater, Panel Technician, Bodyshop MET, Bodyshop Mechanic, Vehicle Painter, Vehicle Paint Sprayer, Vehicle Prepper, Paint Prepper, Bodyshop Technicians, Accident repair, Vehicle body repair, coach builder, VDA, Vehicle Damage Assessor, Bodyshop Estimator, Production Manager, Vehicle Technician, Workshop Controller, Bodyshop Controller, SMART Repairer and Bodyshop Manager, Regional and General Manager, Service Advisor, Service Manager, Parts Advisor, Parts Manager and more.