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Motability Operations Ltd

Panel Beater

Motability Operations LtdMarkfield, England, United Kingdom· onsite· Internship
Added 10 Oct · still live

Possible

Sponsorship likelihood

This job is eligible only on a shortage list

£39,000 / year

Salary

Above P75 for SOC 5232

523299% match

SOC code · predicted

Vehicle body builders and repairers

£41,700

Going rate

Offer is 0.9× the going rate

This role may qualify only on a lower rate

Anyone can use the standard rate, and the pay is below it. If you are a new entrant or a PhD holder, you can use a lower rate, and the pay clears the new entrant rate. On the jobs board, Standard hides roles like this and the new entrant rate shows them as Possible at most. The advertised pay goes up to £39,000.

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100% of going rate
5232 Vehicle body builders and repairers
Most likely code
£33,400
Clears
£41,700
Misses
£41,700
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£41,700
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About the role

Description

Motability Operations are currently recruiting for an experienced Panel Beater to join our busy, state-of-the-art refurbishment centre in Coalville on a permanent basis.

This is a high-volume site with consistent work (no downtime or waiting for jobs), working on a modern vehicle fleet using the latest repair equipment and materials.

What you'll be doing:
  • Repairing damaged panels to a high standard
  • Preparing and priming panels ready for paint
  • Carrying out panel straightening and dent removal
  • Using modern repair methods and equipment
  • Delivering right-first-time repairs to reconditioning standards
Due to the nature of this role we will require you on-site in Coalville 5-days per week.

Package:
  • Up to £39,000 basic salary
  • Bonus up to 15%
  • 15% pension contribution
Hours:
  • 45 hours per week
  • 9-hour shifts between 06:30 - 18:00
  • Shift patterns discussed at interview




Qualifications

We are a diverse business looking for a panel technician, with a passion for the automotive industry that puts quality at the beginning of every process. Your keen eye and technical knowledge will ensure that vehicles within the cosmetic teams are accurately repaired to Motability standards. Proficient in using the latest methods, we are looking for someone who enjoys working in a dynamic environment, collaborating with your team to achieve goals.

Minimum criteria:
  • Panel repair / accident repair experience
  • Panel prep and priming experience
  • Experience using dent pulling equipment (desirable)
  • Full UK driving licence (manual)




Benefits

Motability Operations is a unique organisation, virtually one of a kind. We combine a strong sense of purpose with a real commercial edge to ensure we provide the best possible worry-free mobility solutions to over 700,000 customers and their families across the UK. Customers exchange their higher rate mobility allowance to lease a range of affordable vehicles (cars, wheelchair accessible vehicles, scooters, and powered wheelchairs) with insurance, maintenance and breakdown assistance included. We are the largest car fleet operator in the UK (purchasing around 10% of all the new cars sold in the UK) and work with a network of around 5,000 car dealers and all the major manufacturers. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, achieving an independently verified customer satisfaction rating of 9.8 out of 10.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do. They represent ambition, and we look for our people to live and breathe them every day:

  • We find solutions
  • We drive change
  • We care

  • As a Motability Operations team member, the benefits you can expect are:

    • Competitive reward package including an annual discretionary bonus
    • 15% non-contributory pension (9% non-contributory pension during probation period)
    • 28 days annual leave with option to purchase and sell days
    • Free fresh fruit and snacks in the office
    • 1 day for volunteering
    • Funded Private Medical Insurance cover
    • Electric/Hybrid Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme
    • Life assurance at 4 times your basic salary to give you a peace of mind that your loved ones will receive some financial help
    • Funded health screening for over 50s
    • Voluntary benefits: charitable giving, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, health and cancer screenings for you and your partner, discounted gym memberships and season ticket loans
    • Employee Discount Scheme with an app to save on the go
    • Free access to healthcare apps such as Peppy, Unmind, Aviva Digital GP and volunteering app on Hand for all employees
    • Generous family leave policies

    At Motability Operations, we believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We want to sustain a culture that nurtures, where employees are free to flourish and where they're rewarded equally, regardless of race, nationality or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.

    Please note, Motability Operations reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend that you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.

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    Where this offer sits in the market

    Vehicle body builders and repairers (SOC 5232) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~16k in sample
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    SOC 5232
    • Offer £39,000
    • Middle half £30,160–38,064
    • Median £33,072
    • Going rate £41,700
    • Threshold £41,700
    • New entrant £33,400–37,530

    Even the bottom of this range, £39,000, beats the market's 75th percentile. Motability Operations Ltd pays in the top quarter for this occupation.

    This pay misses the £41,700 standard floor, but clears the £33,400 new entrant rate.

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    About sponsorship for this role

    Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?

    Not necessarily. Motability Operations Ltd holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.

    What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?

    The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 5232 going rate of £41,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.