Bodyshop Manager

Bodyshop Manager

Location: Reading

PAYE Rate:  £50,000 p/a + bonus giving a OTE of £70,000 p/a 

Hours will be between 7am and 6pm

Igloo is looking for a Bodyshop Manager to join our client in Reading. The role offers the right candidate an excellent opportunity to work within one of the UK’s leading automotive companies, who have operations across the country.

The Role:

As a Bodyshop Manager, you will be responsible for but not limited to:

• Overseeing the everyday running of the business


• Maximising profitability


• Managing staff


• Controlling training


• Controlling Health and Safety


• O.S.H.H


• Interviewing


• Appraisals


• Liaising with customers via phone and in person


• Setting up job cards with quality check sheets added


• Allocate work to productive staff


• Load workshop T card or module system


• Quality check repairs and final quality control


• Daily update of customer contact list for reception staff


• Arranging sub-contract work on or off site


• Liaising with estimators if extra work is required


• Checking correct welding/repair methods are being used


• Liaising with other departments


• Ensuring maximum customer care throughout


• Dealing with Engineer sand auditors if required


• Updating reception of any changes and workshop capacity


• Update communications log on management system

What kind of person we are looking for?

• Previous automotive experience within a similar role


• Previous Vehicle Damage Assessor (VDA) & Vehicle Estimation experience


• Excellent attention to detail


• Must be able to work under own initiative as well as being a team player