VALETER & DETAILER
Location: Bishop’s Stortford
Basic Salary: £35,000+ DOE
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:30am – 5:30pm + 1 Saturday (9:00am – 3:00pm) every 6-8 weeks
Looking for a Valeter & Detailer role where your vehicle presentation skills are properly valued, your experience is recognised, and you can enjoy a predominantly Monday to Friday working pattern with only one Saturday every 6-8 weeks?
If you’re an experienced Valeter / Vehicle Detailer who can also confidently polish vehicles to a high standard, this is an excellent opportunity to join a professional automotive environment where attention to detail, presentation quality, and pride in your work are important.
This role would suit someone who enjoys taking vehicles from completed repair through to a high-quality final presentation. Professional polishing ability is an essential requirement, alongside strong vehicle cleaning and detailing skills.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
- Basic Salary of £35,000+ DOE
- Monday to Friday working pattern
- 7:30am – 5:30pm working hours
- 1 Saturday, 9:00am – 3:00pm, every 6-8 weeks
- Full-time, permanent employment
- Professional automotive environment
- Opportunity to utilise both valeting and detailing skills
- Opportunity to use your professional polishing skills
- Long-term career development opportunities
THE ROLE
As a Valeter & Detailer, you’ll be responsible for cleaning, detailing, polishing, and preparing vehicles to an exceptionally high standard, ensuring they are professionally presented before customer collection or handover.
Key responsibilities include:
- Thoroughly cleaning vehicle interiors and exteriors following repairs or workshop activity.
- Carrying out professional machine and hand polishing to remove imperfections and achieve a high-quality finish.
- Polishing and finishing vehicle paintwork to a consistently high standard.
- Carrying out paintwork preparation and finishing, including removing light marks, swirls, and minor imperfections where appropriate.
- Using professional detailing products, polishing compounds, machines, and vehicle cleaning equipment correctly.
- Completing final presentation checks and identifying any areas requiring further attention.
- Working closely with Bodyshop technicians and other workshop colleagues to ensure vehicles are presented correctly following repairs.
- Maintaining detailing equipment, products, tools, and the working area in a clean, safe, and professional condition.
ABOUT YOU
This opportunity would suit an experienced Valeter / Vehicle Detailer / Automotive Detailer / Bodyshop Valeter with strong polishing skills.
Professional polishing ability is essential for this position.
You’ll ideally have:
- Previous experience as a Valeter, Vehicle Detailer, Automotive Detailer, or within a professional Bodyshop environment.
- Proven experience using machine polishers and carrying out professional vehicle polishing.
- Strong knowledge of vehicle cleaning, paintwork preparation, polishing, and finishing techniques.
- Excellent attention to detail and pride in achieving a high-quality vehicle finish.
- Experience identifying and correcting minor paintwork imperfections through appropriate polishing techniques.
- The ability to work efficiently while maintaining consistently high presentation standards.
- Strong organisation and the ability to work effectively as part of a professional workshop team.
- A full UK driving licence.
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