Jobs at Activate Group Limited

Perform full vehicle body repairs to manufacturer standards across multiple Activate Accident Repair sites. Strip and refit trim and panels, repair dents and minor bodywork, use specialist measuring, jigging, welding and smart-repair tools, ensure safety and report faults, and provide national roaming cover (one-week site rotations).

Estimate vehicle repair costs, conduct visual inspections, manage daily bodyshop production and KPIs, handle customer complaints and warranty claims, prepare manual and system-based estimates, and ensure health & safety and accurate invoicing.

Visually inspect repaired vehicles against job cards and BS10125 standards, record quality documentation to AAR standards, identify defects and coordinate timely rework, meet daily throughput targets (e.g. 10 vehicles/day), ensure vehicles returned within SLAs, and uphold health & safety.

Manage and control bodyshop workshop operations to ensure efficient repair scheduling, resource utilisation, quality technical repairs, H&S compliance, customer service, output monitoring, and vehicle valuation to determine repair economics.

Provide administrative support to the finance team including processing sales and purchase invoices in Sage, chasing and reconciling supplier statements, answering telephone queries, investigating purchase ledger issues, and assisting with invoice production and general accounts administration.

Produce timely, accurate monthly management accounts and P&L analysis for AAR sites; reconcile balance sheets, manage cash flow, and present results to managers and executives. Work with budget holders to prepare budgets and forecasts, support year-end audits and external auditors, drive process improvements and controls, and provide finance business partnering and support to senior finance leaders.

Manage workshop scheduling and resource utilisation to ensure efficient, high-quality vehicle repairs. Monitor output, enforce health & safety, liaise with logistics, value damaged vehicles, control wastage, and deliver excellent customer service.

Apprentice Vehicle Damage Assessor learns to inspect damaged vehicles and prepare repair cost estimates. The role combines on-the-job training, virtual and college-based learning (20% study time), mentorship, and occasional overnight college stays. Support and progression opportunities provided throughout the apprenticeship.

Manage bodyshop operations to ensure high-quality vehicle repairs, oversee workshop loading and resource utilisation, liaise with logistics, enforce health & safety, control output and efficiencies, communicate repair processes to staff and customers, value vehicles for repair economics, and minimise material wastage and customer damage.

Manage front-desk and customer experience at an accident repair bodyshop, coordinate collection/delivery logistics for a fleet of courtesy cars, liaise with workshop on vehicle progress, handle invoicing and payments, support complaint resolution, update customers, enforce health & safety and company policies.

Own the day-to-day delivery of vehicle manufacturer Body & Paint programmes, acting as lead customer contact. Manage contract performance against KPIs/SLAs, direct cross-functional teams, resolve escalations, drive continuous improvement, and identify account growth and commercial opportunities.

Manage a defined region of Bodyshops to ensure manufacturer standards, improve compliance, increase repair and parts volumes, conduct audits and vehicle inspections, analyse performance data, produce reports, coach shops on improvement plans, and promote manufacturer programmes to meet KPIs and FTPR targets.

Review vehicle incident estimates to verify damage causation and fair costs, apply customer-specific rates, amend or negotiate estimates, authorize repair work, and value total loss vehicles using Audatex and the case management system.

Repair and refit vehicle body panels and trim to pre-accident condition using measuring equipment, body jigs, welding and smart-repair tools. Ensure repairs meet manufacturer and safety standards, report faults, and follow approved repair methodology.

Assess vehicle damage and validate repair estimates, ensure costs align with incident and customer rates, renegotiate inflated quotes, authorize repair work, and value total losses.

Assist the Bodyshop Manager overseeing bodyshop operations, plan resources, produce vehicle repair estimates, manage KPIs and customer complaints, ensure H&S compliance, and liaise with insurers and customers to agree repair solutions.

Repair and refit vehicle body panels and trim to manufacturers standards using measuring jigs, welding and smart repair tools. Ensure safety compliance and document faults on job cards.

Develop and maintain full-stack web applications using C#, .NET (including .NET 8), Blazor and Angular 15. Build APIs, integrate databases (MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB), write tests, perform code reviews, optimize queries, document systems, and collaborate in Agile teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

Manage day-to-day operations of the bodyshop to meet SLAs and KPIs, plan resources and budgets, coordinate production, handle customer complaints, lead recruitment and training, ensure H&S and regulatory compliance, and support site accreditation and apprentices.

Lead and own Activate Group's IT support and platform engineering, managing multi-site infrastructure, service desk, and platform strategy. Drive cloud-native, IaC, CI/CD and SRE practices, ensure availability, security, and performance, manage third-party suppliers, and act as senior escalation for complex incidents while building and developing the platform team.