- Starting salary circa £30,000 per annum (negotiable pending experience) with £3,000+ uncapped annual bonus potential.
- 8:00am-6:00pm Monday to Friday with 1 in 2 Saturdays 8:00am-1:00pm.
- Various company benefits including pension scheme, staff purchase discounts, signing-on bonuses, and access to full brand-accredited training.
Reporting to the Service 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 within a reasonable commuting distance of the Yate area 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 circa £30,000 per annum (negotiable pending experience).
- Access to a performance-related bonus scheme of up to £3,000 per annum.
- Workplace pension scheme.
- 30 days annual leave (including the bank holidays) plus your birthday off work.
- Brand accredited training and development.
- Fantastic long-term career prospects with a multi-award winning and a well-regarded car dealer group.
- Working hours from 8:00am-6:00pm Monday to Friday with 1 in 2 Saturdays 8:00am-1:00pm.
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