About The Role
This is a great opportunity to join the Vehicles Solutions team at Motability Operations. We are recruiting new apprentices to join our growing team initially at our Loughborough site before moving to our state-of-the-art repair centre in Coalville. You will gain an NVQ qualification in vehicle damage panel repair.
As well as classroom-based off-site block release training you will quickly gain practical skills and work experience, learning while you earn, mentored by our team of senior technicians.
If you have the passion and commitment to join the Motability team, are eager to learn, and looking for a career, then this apprenticeship is for you.
Key Responsibilities are:
- How to accurately assess requirements for damaged vehicles
- Removing and fitting of non-structural components
- Panel repair techniques and processes
- Vehicle body alignment
- Welding techniques and processes
- How to identify additional faults not identified on initial inspection.
- How to prepare surfaces including striping, sanding, and masking areas.
- Buffing and polishing methods.
- To attend all mandatory training as part of your apprenticeship standards
- To complete all practical and theory work in line with the expectations of the apprenticeship
- Be able to understand when issues need to be escalated to your supervisor or mentor.
- Ensure all work is completed safely and complies with our standards and guidelines.
- Obtain authorisation from appropriate supervisors when undertaking work outside of the normal working remit.
- Understand and embed Motability Operations values into all aspects of your work.
Who you’ll be working with
Each apprentice will work with an experienced employee who will guide and mentor them. You will be managed by our Refurbishment Manager for your daily tasks, and an Apprentice Coordinator will help you with your college work.
Recruitment process
Application
As part of your application, you will answer five questions specific to the apprenticeship role.
If you apply through the Disability Confident scheme and meet the minimum criteria, your application will be progressed to the next stage.
Assessment Centre
You will be invited to an assessment centre day with us. This is an opportunity for us to get to know you better and for you to learn more about us.
The Assessment Centre will involve:
- an interview
- a presentation
- an Individual task
- a team building task
Offer
If you are successful, we will make you an offer to join as our apprentice.
September start date
About You
We are looking for new apprentices to join our friendly team at our Coalville site. You don't need to know about fixing vehicles, but you should be excited to learn and gain experience. You need to be able to work on your own and with others.
You’ll need all of these.
- Commit to your apprenticeship for 3 years.
- Functional Skills Level 2 or above in Maths and English.
- Be able to complete classroom base, online (e-learning), and on-the-job training where applicable.
- Be willing to travel for training as required (funded by the company)
About The Company
About us
We’re the company behind the Motability Scheme. We exist to deliver smart, sustainable solutions that improve our customers’ mobility in a fast-changing world. We’re the UK’s largest car leasing company and we help over 800,000 people get on the road.
We employ over 1800 people, across London, Bristol, Edinburgh, and Coalville. We know our people are key to our success, so we aim to create an environment that allows our employees to flourish. We look for highly motivated people with a combination of commercial sense and real enthusiasm to meet our customers' needs.
What we do
We lease a wide range of tailored mobility solutions to people who receive of one of the Government’s qualifying mobility allowances. Our customers choose a car, Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV), scooter or powered wheelchair that best suits their needs. We take care of their insurance, breakdown, servicing and more, as part of our worry-free package.
At the end of the lease, our customers can exchange their vehicle for a brand-new model. Each year we sell and move around 200,000 cars. This makes us the largest supplier of single-source vehicles back into the used car market.
The Scheme has been providing affordable, worry-free motoring for over 45 years. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, with an independent customer satisfaction rating of 9.6 out of 10.
How we work
We work in a hybrid way. That means remotely for up to two days each week and in our great office spaces the rest of the time. This gives us a good work/life balance and lets us collaborate and deliver for our customers. Visit our website to find out more.
We do our best to accommodate part-time and flexible working requests, where possible, to build on our culture of trust, empowerment, and flexibility.
Our beliefs and values
We believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
We want to sustain a nurturing culture. And our people to be rewarded equally, regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do:
- We believe no one should be left behind, We find solutions
- We believe we must take the lead, We drive change
- We believe everything starts with the customer, We care
For any questions about this opportunity, please email earlycareers@mo.co.uk
