- Starting salary up to £34-36,000 per annum pending qualifications with £6,000+ uncapped annual bonus potential.
- Monday to Friday 8:30am-5:30pm with 1 in 3 Saturday mornings 8:30am-1:00pm.
- Various company benefits including pension scheme, staff purchase discounts, signing-on bonuses, and access to full brand-accredited training.
Reporting to the Aftersales Manager and accountable for a team of Vehicle Technicians, as a Workshop Controller you will be responsible for running the day-to-day function of the Service Department, allocating work, motivating and supervising the team in the workshop and ensuring safety, standards & efficiency by the Vehicle Technicians each day. You will work closely with our client's Service Advisors to ensure all works booked in are achievable and planned to meet customer expectations, industry standards and Vehicle Technician workflow.
To be eligible, you will ideally live in the Bristol region or within a reasonable commuting distance to Bristol and will need to have a proven track record in running a successful automotive workshop for the past three years, ideally within a franchise-approved car dealership. Overall you will have excellent communication skills, good interpersonal skills and team orientation, be results orientated, have problem-solving and decision-making skills, put a focus on quality and reliability, and be IT literate. You will also need to have a UK driving license with minimal points.
What's in it for you? Quite a lot it seems! For your hard work as a Workshop Controller, our client is offering:
- Starting salary up to £34-36,000 per annum pending experience/qualifications.
- Uncapped performance-related bonus scheme of up to £6,000+ per annum.
- Overtime paid at an enhanced rate.
- 30 days annual leave (including the bank holidays) plus your birthday off work.
- Brand accredited training and development.
- Various additional company benefits including a pension scheme with employer contributions, staff purchase discounts, company loyalty rewards and a 24-hour employee assistance programme.
- Fantastic long-term career prospects with a multi-award winning and a well-regarded car dealer group.
- Working hours from Monday to Friday 8:30am-5:30pm with 1 in 3 Saturday mornings 8:30am-1:00pm.
At Perfect Placement we specialise in Jobs within the Automotive Field, we can help you with your Career search for Motor Trade Jobs as we have over 1,500 live Automotive Vacancies across the whole of the UK ranging from Vehicle Technician Jobs to Service Manager Jobs.
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