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Panel Beater

Job details
Posting date: 30 January 2026
Salary: £50,000 to £60,000 per year
Additional salary information: + Company Benefits
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 01 March 2026
Location: Hartlepool, Tyne-Tees, TS247LD
Company: Octane Recruitment Ltd
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 59069156

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Summary

Panel Beater
Location: Hartlepool
Salary: up to £51,620 basic per annum, plus bonus, OTE £60,000
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 5:00pm – Flexible 40 Hour week
Ref: 29753

Are you looking to join a highly successful bodyshop in Hartlepool? We are seeking a skilled and experienced Panel Beater to join our client’s workshop. This is an exciting opportunity for a Panel Beater to join a great team at a company that offers training and promotional opportunities.

Benefits
• Training and development for career progression
• Great pension scheme
• Company discounts

Panel Beater Role
• Replacing and repairing panels, including straightening and filling
• Performing body alignment
• Welding and bonding
• Filler work, dent removal, and pin pulling
• Ensuring vehicles are thoroughly examined and reporting findings (oral and/or written), with emphasis on customer safety and satisfaction
• Working in a manner that minimises lost, non revenue, and/or diversionary time, accurately recording all such time
• Keeping work areas clean, tidy, well organised, and safe—in full compliance with Health and Safety standards

Panel Beater Requirements
• Previous experience in panel repair/replacement in a bodyshop setting, with completion of a Senior ATA Panel Beater apprenticeship (or equivalent)
• Ability to carry out major repairs
• Demonstrate a positive, “right-first time” attitude
• a strong team player
• Ability to work to a very high standard, with precision and attention to detail

How to Apply
If you have any further questions, then please submit your application so we can discuss through the opportunity and your CV.

Please note all applications will be strictly confidential and we won't send your CV out without talking with you first.

Octane Recruitment
Consultant – Bethany Bishop
BBOJ
Octane Recruitment is a specialist Automotive and Motor Trade recruitment agency, working with main dealerships, bodyshops, tyre management companies, parts distribution centres, independent garages, fleet operators, HGV companies, import centres and manufacturers across the UK. We recruit across the motor trade and related industries.

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