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Workshop Manager Job in Weston-super-Mare

Somerset
Weston-super-Mare
Service Department, Car Dealership
£45000 per annum
143944
Workshop Manager required in Weston-super-Mare:
  • SALARY: Up to £45,000 per annum pending experience. 
  • HOURS: 43.75 hours a week, Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:30pm with 1 in 4 Saturdays, 8:30am to 1:30pm.
  • BENEFITS: Enhanced annual leave, staff purchase discounts, health and wellbeing support, CBS scheme, and BHSF Health Cash Plan, amongst others. 
A not-to-miss opportunity has become available for a Workshop Manager at our client, the largest independent used car dealer group in the South West of England, to manage their busy workshop at their centre in Weston-super-Mare. 
 
Reporting to the Group Aftersales Leader and working with a large team, as a Workshop Manager your key responsibilities will include: 
  • Proactively plan and manage workshop diaries to maximise efficiency and output.
  • Drive full utilisation of EDynamix and other digital tools to enhance productivity.
  • Take full ownership of timely and parts ordering, ensuring returns are processed efficiently.
  • Oversee job card management, prioritising sold vehicles while effectively coordinating all scheduled service and repair work.
  • Ensure job card write-ups are accurate and compliant, with timely submission of warranty claims through appropriate systems.
  • Work closely and effectively with the front-of-house team and other third parties to arrange seamless bookings or services as required.
  • Monitor and manage WIP (Work In Progress) daily and keep systems updated.
  • Maintain accurate stock control of workshop consumables.
  • Uphold and enforce workshop health and safety standards across the workshop at all times.
To be eligible, the successful Workshop Manager will live in or within a reasonable commuting distance of Weston-super-Mare and ideally be experienced in workshop or aftersales management within a fast-paced automotive setting. You will have strong technical knowledge of vehicles, be able to work under pressure, have a focus on work quality awareness, be an effective communicator, and have a UK driving license with minimal points. 
 
What's in it for you? For your hard work as a Workshop Manager, our client is offering:
  • Starting salary up to £45,000 per annum pending experience.  
  • 23 days annual holiday allowance plus bank holidays, rising to 27 days (any bank holidays worked, you gain a day off in lieu to compensate for it).
  • Company pension and CBS scheme. 
  • Optional overtime availability paid at an enhanced rate of time and a half.
  • Various additional company benefits, including staff purchase discounts, health and wellbeing support, CBS scheme, and BHSF Health Cash Plan, amongst others.
  • Fantastic long-term career prospects with the largest independent used car dealer group in the South West region, operating since 2003, and a first-hand stake in driving their business forward.
  • 43.75 hours a week, Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:30pm with 1 in 4 Saturdays 8:30am to 1:30pm.
If you are interested in hearing more about this Workshop Manager job in the Weston-super-Mare area, please contact Hamish Lowrie at Perfect Placement Today.
 
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