At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead workshop operations and ensure top-notch vehicle repairs and services.
- Company: Join one of the UK's fastest-growing fast-fit automotive businesses.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, bonus scheme, extensive training, and 32 days holiday.
- Other info: Great career progression opportunities and a supportive team culture.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a dynamic environment while developing your technical skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in a supervisory role and a Level 3 qualification in vehicle maintenance required.
Our client, one of the UK’s fastest growing fast-fit automotive businesses, is looking for an Assistant Workshop Manager to join their team at their Buxton Centre. As an Assistant Workshop Manager / Workshop Controller, you will be the front-of-house technical specialist and deputy who ensures workshop excellence, safety, productivity, and technical quality across the Centre.
This is a 50/50 role managing the workshop while working as a senior technician, including leading quality checks, final inspections, and supporting workload and deadlines.
Shift and schedule:
- 08:30 to 17:30 Monday to Friday with a set day off in the week
- Every Saturday 08:30 to 16:00
- 32 days holiday including Bank Holidays
- Bonus scheme up to £6,000
- Extensive ongoing training programme
- Career development: training and company growth to boost career progression
- Staff discounts on servicing, tyres, and MOTs
- Life Insurance
- Pension scheme
- Long service recognition, enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Retail vouchers, eye care vouchers, buy/sell holidays, flu jab, cycle to work scheme, company events
Responsibilities:
- Own productivity and technical quality, optimising bay utilisation, job allocation, and labour efficiency to deliver right-first-time work and maximise workshop output.
- Be an efficient member of the team carrying out a range of repairs, services, and diagnostics.
- Maintain and drive achievement of personal and collective workshop productivity targets, labour efficiency rates, ramp utilisation, and key operational KPIs, implementing corrective actions where needed to optimise performance and output.
- Maintain the highest standards of technical quality, vehicle safety, and workmanship, leading quality checks, final inspections, and continuous improvement in technical standards across the workshop.
- Coach, mentor, and develop technicians on a day-to-day basis, raising technical capability, embedding new operating model standards, and supporting skill development and career progression.
- Step up confidently to lead centre operations and make operational decisions in the Centre Manager's absence, ensuring continuity of service, standards, and team performance.
- Drive compliance, safety, and data integrity in the workshop, partnering with Area Compliance on audits and risk assessments while contributing accurate technical records and performance KPIs.
Ideal qualifications:
- Previous experience in a supervisory, team leader, or senior technician role (workshop, fast-fit, or dealership environment) e.g. Workshop Controller, Workshop Manager.
- Continuous improvement experience in a workshop setting.
- Hold a level 3 qualification in light vehicle maintenance & repair.
- Valid UK driving licence.
Octane Recruitment is a specialist Automotive and Motor Trade recruitment agency, working with a variety of businesses across the sector.
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Assistant Workshop Manager (Permanent) employer: Octane Recruitment
Octane Recruitment is an excellent employer, offering a supportive work culture that values teamwork and professional growth. Located in Birdholme, employees benefit from a comprehensive package including a pension scheme, life assurance, and generous holiday allowance, making it an ideal place for those seeking a rewarding career in the automotive sector.
