About the Role
Our client, a leading independent Accident Repair Group in the UK, seeks a Workshop Controller/Production Manager for their Harlesden, NW10 bodyshop. This role is crucial for overseeing daily operations, ensuring timely and high-quality vehicle repairs, and maintaining a smooth workflow within the accident repair sector.
Responsibilities
- Overseeing daily workshop activity to ensure jobs are completed on time and to specification
- Allocating work to technicians based on skills, workload, and priorities
- Monitoring progress, quality, and productivity, resolving any issues that arise
- Liaising with parts, customer service, and VDA teams to maintain a smooth repair process
- Promoting a safe, compliant, and well-organised working environment
Requirements
- Proven experience in a Bodyshop workshop controller, Production Manager, senior technician, or similar role within the accident repair industry
- Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to motivate a team
- Solid understanding of repair processes and bodyshop operations
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure
- A commitment to integrity, teamwork, and delivering work of the highest quality
Skills
- Leadership
- Communication
- Team Motivation
- Repair Process Understanding
- Bodyshop Operations Knowledge
- Organisational Skills
- Working Under Pressure
Location
- Harlesden, North West London, NW10
Work Type
- Full Time
- Permanent
Salary/Compensations
- Circa £50,000 + bonus
Benefits
- Competitive salary plus performance related bonus
- Pension contributions
- Health cash plan
- Referral bonus scheme
- Enhanced parental leave
- Enhanced sick pay
- Ongoing training provided
- Opportunities for career progression due to ongoing business growth
About the Company
- Our client is one of the largest independent Accident Repair Groups in the UK and is an award-winning company with over 30 years of knowledge and expertise within the vehicle body repair sector.
- Having originated in the Midlands, the business is expanding rapidly through organic growth and acquisition throughout the UK.
- They are dynamic in their approach and geared to completing outstanding repairs, by combining the latest techniques and most effective technology with delivering excellent customer service.
- They ensure that our customers are at the heart of what we do.
- Whether it is minor car park damage or a road traffic accident our clients 200+ repair centres provide a range of services that use modern repair methods to put your vehicle back to its pre-accident condition, ensuring we repair every vehicle with utmost pride and care.
