Panel Technician

**Panel Technician**

**Location Torbay**

**Salary up to £30,000**

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Panel Technician to join the UK’s leading Accident and Collision Repair specialist in our busy site in **Torbay.**

As part of a team of specialists you will undertake the repair or replacement of bodywork panels of damaged vehicles, including chassis and framework. to an extremely high standard, adhering to manufacturers literature as appropriate. The Panel Techniciansjob also includes ensuring that equipment used is operated in accordance with defined safety requirements. In the job of Panel Technician, you will be repairing many different marques of vehicle. This means performing repairs to an extremely high standard.It is also important for you as a Panel Beater for you to fully understand different manufacturers literature and bulletins, so you are fully up to date. Another very important aspect of the job is teamwork as you will be working with other colleagues in theBodyshop as well as across other functional areas. Your aim: ensuring we get their vehicle back on the road safely and in quick time.

You will report into the General Manager who as passionate about customer service as they are about their team and is absolutely determined to make their Bodyshop the best in group. There is a family feel and buzz where everyone helps each other to achievethe goals of the site and to ensure our customers are consistently delighted with the service we provide. It’s an amazing team

Key to your success is your ability to produce work that complies with the highest technical and quality standards and, above all, helps us deliver on our service commitment to customers.

**About you**
- Ideally you are a NVQ level 3 qualified/Panel Technician with a solid Bodyshop background - whether the job at hand is routine or more complex, you will know just how to solve it.
- You come from a fast-paced background - you know how to work in a standard job time structure with a focus on producing compliant, high-quality work.
- You can do more than one thing at once - you can be sure you will never be looking for something to do, so being able to prioritise and plan your work is key.
- You will have your own fully stocked toolbox, and naturally, due to the nature of the job you will need to have a full UK/EU Driving Licence
- You get involved in every part of our business - you take pride being part of the FMG Repair Services team and are keen to help colleagues with a hands-on, can-do approach to getting things done.
- You take pride in providing a great customer experience each day - you understand what is important to your customers and suppliers.

**As a Panel Technician, we offer**:

- A competitive starting salary with an amazing bonus scheme.
- Additional employee benefits (including employee assistance, life assurance, pension, colleague assistance programme, retailer discounts and IMI (ATA) accreditation support through our very own academy etc.)
- A clear career development pathway and our commitment to supporting your professional development through in-house and industry-recognised training.
- The opportunity to work with and service world-renowned automotive brands including Ford, Mercedes, and Vauxhall.
- SAYE Scheme
- Refer a Friend Scheme
- Flexi working hours

**Be part of the future of FMG Repair Services