Workshop Controller
Job Description
Up to £38,000 per annum subject to skills and experience
Basingstoke
Ref: VA1490
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 29 days holiday including public holidays plus additional days with service
- Pension contributions
- £1,000 recommend a technician bonus incentive
- Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay
- Enhanced sick pay
- Talk to us about flexible working
- VIP Awards – colleague recognition scheme
- Health cash plan – claim back medical costs, same day doctors’ appointments, high street discounts
- Steer Academy provides accredited ongoing training – paid for by the business
- Opportunities for career progression
About the Job
You’ll be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the workshop, leading and managing a team of Technicians to maximise workflow and productivity and ensure repairs are completed timely and accurately, delivering the highest standards of quality for our customers.
You will also support in carrying out necessary repairs, to cover absence within the team, such as during holiday periods.
You will oversee health and safety regulations and ensure safe working practices are adhered to within the workshop and carry out quality control ensuring repairs are carried out to the BSI PAS 10125 standards.
About you
You will have an extensive understanding of the repair industry, vehicle legislation and trade practices as an MET, Panel or Paint Technician, from an accident repair background and you will ideally have supervisory experience.
You will have knowledge of all aspects of Health and Safety, including an understanding of the provisions of EPA and Risk Assessments, experience of working in a fast-paced workshop working in a job time structure with a focus on producing compliant, high-quality work and proven ability to plan and priories work and work of others.
Additionally, you will have excellent interpersonal, communication and time management skills, with the ability to work under pressure.
About Us
Steer Automotive Group 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 and is now one of the largest Accident Repair Centre Groups in the UK.
Any business is all about the people within it and we want to be the best. Our aim is to be the repairer of choice for our clients, their customers, and colleagues within the industry. Our mission is to be the best in the industry, so we are now looking for qualified people to come and work for us. If you want to be part of this dynamic and rapidly growing business, then please get in touch.
We are dynamic in our approach and geared to completing outstanding repairs, by combining the latest techniques and most effective technology with delivering excellent customer service. We 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 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.
Our job applicant privacy notice can be found on our website Steer Automotive.
