About the role
Mercedes-Benz of Sunderland has an exciting opportunity available for an Apprentice Vehicle Technician to join their talented team.
As a Sytner Apprentice Technician, you will be responsible for maintaining and repairing motor vehicles to the high standards of the Mercedes-Benz brand. You will be working in a busy Mercedes-Benz workshop during your apprenticeship and have the opportunity to work on the latest cars, engines and diagnostic equipment, ultimately leading to the ability to undertake maintenance, service and repair activities on vehicles once fully qualified.
Your apprenticeship training will take place over a 3 year period and will compromise of classroom and workshop based learning, this includes off-the-job training at the Mercedes-Benz Academy. You will also receive the support from a mentor who will oversee the work-based learning programme.
Sytner Apprentice Technicians work a variety of flexible patterns which can typically include weekends to ensure we provide our customers with the highest possible levels of service.
About You
If you have a keen interest and enthusiasm for automotive vehicles and the automotive industry as a whole then we would like to hear from you.
No experience is needed for this role; however we are looking for someone who has a positive attitude and work ethic with a willingness to learn. Ideally you will have the ability to work effectively as part of a team as well as having the capability to follow instructions and work individually.
Applicants are required to have or predicted to obtain GCSE Grade A*-C/ 9-4 or Functional Skills Level 2 (or equivalent) in the following subjects: English Maths One other subject
Why Sytner?
Sytner Group are delighted to provide an industry-leading benefits package.
We are passionate about continuous improvement and building an environment where everyone feels valued, appreciated and able to reach their full potential.
- Enhanced Holiday Entitlement – 33 days inc. bank holidays
- Industry-leading Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay
- Career Development
- Recognition of Long Service every 5 years
- Discounted Car Schemes
- High Street Discounts
- Discounted Gym memberships
- Cycle to work scheme
- One day a year paid voluntary / community work
- Business social events
At Sytner, our values and the way we behave are important to us. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, supporting our colleagues to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We are committed to creating an equitable environment and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
As part of our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, you have the right to ask for changes / adjustments to job interviews and the recruitment process.
For more information around reasonable adjustments and the recruitment process please click here.
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We represent over 23 of the world's most prestige vehicle brands, across our 140 UK dealerships.
We pride ourselves on ‘Developing Talent and ‘Building Careers’ and our colleagues recently scored Sytner Group an outstanding 89% on our colleague engagement survey.