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We are seeking a skilled Coachbuilder to join our team at Stagecoach Kilmarnock. As a Coachbuilder, you will be responsible for maintaining our vehicles to the highest standards, ensuring they are safe and reliable for our passengers.

• Prepare vehicles for repaint and adhere to Company Health & Safety policies.
• Observe, recognise and report on body or structured defects or symptoms of impending failure.
• Carry out vehicle manufacturers or company modifications as required.
• Marking out, cutting and forming sheet metal, pillar section, plywood, hardboard, glass fibre panels, preparatory to fitting on a vehicle.
• Fitting panels to vehicle body frames, using anti-fretting and corrosion materials, adhesives on lap and toggle joints, screws, nails, rivets and other fixing devices including moulding strips.
• Cutting out apertures and fitting windows.
• Hanging doors, both horizontally and vertically, of wood or metal.
• Repairing damaged vehicles by removing damaged panels and body members, straightening panels and members (where possible) and replacing any removed parts.
• Carry out repair to body structure using welding equipment.
• Making good damaged paintwork on a vehicle body, with a complete re-paint to include matching colours.
• Manufacture, repair or maintenance of body fittings and accessories.

• Candidate should ideally be qualified to the following level: City & Guilds Level 3 – PSV or HGV, S/NVQ Level 3 Engineering – PSV or HGV, or BTEC.

We offer a competitive salary of £15.40 per hour, with a range of benefits including a generous company pension scheme, up to 33 days holiday, free travel for you and your partner/relative, free financial education and affordable loans, and a range of money saving opportunities.

At Stagecoach, we value diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all candidates, irrespective of background, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, beliefs, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation or age.