Apprentice Vehicle Technician – Toyota Guildford
Learn skills that will set you up for life.
Join our fun and friendly team as an Apprentice Vehicle Technician and start earning right away while you gain your new qualifications. As the automotive industry changes and evolves, so will you − and we’ll be right there to support you. This is a place where you can explore new opportunities and career ambitions while learning from the best.
What we can offer you
- 33 days’ annual leave, including bank holidays (pro rata), rising with length of service. Holiday buying scheme also available
- Retail discounts that save you money every day
- Gym discounts, cash healthcare plans, and a cycle-to-work scheme
- Car discounts for new and used purchases and servicing
- Flexible pension scheme and Sharesave scheme to grow your savings
- Family-friendly policies that help you spend more time with the people that matter
- A wellbeing programme to support you and your family
- An internal colleague recognition system to celebrate achievements
- A community volunteering day
What you’ll do day to day
- Servicing our vehicles – you’ll be carrying out checks and maintenance in accordance with brand guidelines.
- Identifying, repairing and replacing components and parts that are faults.
- Liaising with our Service Advisors about required repairs or vehicle work.
- Maintaining repair and service records
- Learn and demonstrate work bay and surrounding area tidiness.
- To always consider the customer impact on any activity with the vehicle, demonstrating our customer-centric approach
- To satisfy the academic requirements of the apprenticeship – engage with our provider and ensure course progress.
- …and many more!
Helpful skills and qualifications
Don’t worry about ticking off every single skill here − if you care about delivering great experiences as much as we do, we want to hear from you.
- Punctual and being great at timekeeping
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Great team player and communication skills
- Drive to exceed targets
- GCSE (or equivalent) in Math's, English and Science
Who we are
Be part of something big
Group 1 Automotive is on an exciting growth journey. We’re the largest partner in the UK for Mercedes- Benz, Volkswagen and Audi, and second largest for BMW & MINI.
Home to more than 7000 colleagues who are dedicated to providing exceptional customer services, we have 113 dealerships in the UK, representing 21 brands at the forefront of automotive retail.
But you don’t need to love cars to work with us - you just need to share our mission to create outstanding and trusted experiences for our customers, our partners, and our people.
In return, we recognise that the success of our business is because of our fantastic people. Which is why we’re committed to providing fantastic career opportunities, comprehensive training, competitive pay and benefits and full support personally and professionally.