Bodyshop Mechanic / MET Technician

Want an Even Better career, then join us! 

Perrys are one of the UK’s largest Car Dealership Groups having served customers since 1908 with over 50 branches across the country. Official franchised dealer for many of the UK’s most popular car and commercial vehicle brands, including Ford, Kia, Mazda, and Vauxhall.

With a wide range of benefits on offer including:

  • Pension
  • Life assurance
  • 30 days holiday (including bank holidays rising with service)
  • Company discounts on cars and after sales services and products
  • Wellbeing support including flu vaccinations, Mental Wellness Champions, My Health Advantage wellness app and digital GP
  • Sales Development Programme
  • Perrys Extra Perks include a number of People First Recognition schemes rewarding our employees for going the extra mile including Customer Service Recognition, Regional Employee of the Quarter, High Flyers and Long Service recognition schemes. 

 Most of all you will be part of a team and a business with a family feel with a focus on people. 

Hours of work:  We can be flexible with the hours offered. The role offered will be a one-week pattern, working Monday – Fridays which will give you quality time to spend with your family and friends.

Perrys MET Technicians are an integral part of our business ensuring that we provide expertise and excellence in our repairs to every customer vehicle in our care.  So why not come and make your career Even Better. 

Joining us as a MET Technician means you will play a crucial role in achieving and maintaining the highest standards of the company through repairs as well as understanding the needs of every customer, which makes it important that you demonstrate our People First values to go the extra mile and get the repairs right first time, every time. 

About the role:

We have an exciting opportunity available at Advance Accident Repairs for an individual who comes from a technician background.  The ideal candidate will have Level-3 technician qualification and previous technician experience. 

As a Perrys MET Technician at Advance Accident Repairs, you will communicate with customers to carry out repairs on customer vehicles, utilise your technical knowledge to provide minor and major mechanical work, and perform road tests of customer vehicles after the mechanical work has been carried out.

About you: 

  • You will be well-organised and self-motivated with a desire to pursue a career within the industry.
  • Demonstrate capability and confidence in working with equipment and systems within the dealership and the aptitude to succeed in delivering high quality repairs.
  • Care passionately and commit to doing the right thing for our customers, treating them fairly.
  • Possess ATA MET Technician Qualification with previous Bodyshop experience in replacing suspension components, dashboards, electrics, ADAS/steering geometry checks and working with both hybrid and electric vehicles.
  • Desirable but not essential, experience of working to specific manufacturers approvals having had ongoing training to keep updated with the manufacturers requirements.
  • You will have a full UK Driving licence.

Why join Perrys? 

At Perrys we pride ourselves on our People First culture; people are at the heart of everything we do.  We are passionate about continuing to build an environment where everyone feels valued, understands their important contribution to the business and is able to reach their full potential. 

Any applications will be 100% confidential.  Perrys operates a blind CV process in the support of our diversity strategy and objectives.  This practice means that recruiting managers are not provided with any personal data such as name, sex or age prior to the short-listing process in order to minimise any unconscious bias. 

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Bodyshop Mechanic / MET Technician

Chesterfield, Derbyshire,

S42 5SA

£40,000 per year OTE £45,000.00
Permanent - Full-time
Posted 11 days ago
Closing date: 12/06/2026
Job reference: HA1559336CheBM