Start your trade with a business that's going somewhere.
Apprentice Mechanic | Coleraine | Full time | Earn while you learn
Kerr's Tyres started as one man's idea, to run tyre and auto centres properly, treat customers and colleagues right, and the rest follows. Norman Kerr had that idea over twenty years ago, and he's still leading the business today. Now, backed by fresh investment, the group is growing across Ireland and the UK, and we want to train the mechanics who'll grow with it.
THE OPPORTUNITY, IN NUMBERS
- Founder led since day one. Norman Kerr still runs the business he built
- Backed by new investment to fund UK and Ireland wide growth
- Farmer Autocare's 21 Scottish centres joined the group in 2026
- Building towards 50+ centres in Ireland and 250 across the UK and Ireland
- Hiring around 20 roles across the Ireland part of the group right now, because we're growing
Learn a trade for life, in a real workshop
You'll learn in a real, busy workshop from day one, alongside qualified mechanics who remember what it's like to start. Turn up on time, graft, ask questions, and you'll come out the other side with a trade for life. We're proud of a genuinely diverse team, and this door is open to anyone with the drive to walk through it.
What you'll learn to do
- Service and repair vehicles, starting with the basics and building up
- Diagnose faults alongside experienced mechanics
- Fit, balance and repair tyres, and carry out wheel alignment
- Complete safety checks and keep proper records
- Look after customers, and a workshop, properly
What you'll bring
- Enrolled, or holding a confirmed place, on a recognised apprenticeship course
- A basic mechanics tool kit
- Reliability and a genuine interest in the trade
- Desirable: any light mechanical or tyre fitting experience, or Level 2 qualified and progressing to Level 3
What you'll earn
For colleagues under 18, hours and pay are adjusted in line with UK employment law for young workers. We'll talk you through exactly what that means for you at offer stage.
Where it can take you
Apprentice, to qualified Mechanic, to Senior Technician, to Centre Manager if you want it. People in this business have made exactly that journey, and with new centres opening, the ladder is only getting longer.
The extras
- A guaranteed 46 hour contracted week, 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 12.30pm on Saturdays, with no late evenings, no Saturday afternoons and no Sundays
- A structured four-week onboarding programme, so you're welcomed, trained and set up to succeed from day one
- 28 days' annual leave, including bank holidays
- An additional day's annual leave for every 2 years of service, up to a maximum of 3 days
- Company pension and colleague discount on tyres, parts and servicing
- A genuine referral bonus scheme, £1,000 per colleague introduced
- A yearly colleague engagement survey, and we act on what it tells us
- Funded EV and hybrid vehicle training, fully paid while you train
“I have been with Kerr’s Tyres for 2 years as they took me on for my first year apprenticeship, I have now finished my level 2 and feel confident in doing all servicing, brakes, tyres etc.. I am looking forward to completing my level 3 going forward” - Apprentice Mechanic, Belfast
Ready?
See real footage of our centres and team on our careers page before you apply: kerrstyres.co.uk/careers.
Apply directly through Indeed, or send your CV straight to [email protected]. We typically respond within one day.
Not sure you meet every requirement? Apply anyway. We'd rather see your application than miss the right person.
If you want to build a career with a business that's genuinely going somewhere, and be able to point to the exact moment you joined it, we'd love to hear from you.
At Kerr's Group, we don't offer jobs, we offer careers.
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Work Location: In person
