Bodyshop Manager

Pybus Recruitment Ltd; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a Bodyshop Manager for an accident repair bodyshop in Swindon. You will oversee a skilled team of paint sprayers, panel beaters, and technicians, ensuring operations run smoothly while meeting health and safety standards. The role requires leadership, effective workload planning, and excellent customer service. This full-time position offers an industry-leading salary, performance bonuses, and additional benefits including ongoing training and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Performance related bonus

Car allowance

29 days holiday

Pension contributions

Health cash plan

Ongoing training

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Bodyshop Site Manager.
• Familiarity with health and safety protocols.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of experts at the Swindon site.
• Ensure vehicles are repaired according to specifications.
• Deal with customer issues and ensure timely hiring.

Skills

Team leadership

Health and safety compliance

Workload planning

Customer service

Motivation of team

Education

Experience as Bodyshop Site Manager

Driving Licence

Job description

Job Description

Job Title : Bodyshop Manager – Accident Repair Bodyshop

Location : Swindon

Salary : Industry Leading Package - Strong Basic Salary + Bonus + Car Allowance

Full Time and Permanent – Monday to Friday – no weekends!

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus performance related bonus and monthly car allowance
• 29 days holiday including Bank Holidays
• Pension contributions
• Health cash plan
• Ongoing training provided
• Opportunities for career progression due to ongoing business growth

Our client 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.

Our client is 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 their customers are at the heart of what they do.

Whether it is minor car park damage or a road traffic accident our clients 203 repair centres provide a range of services that use modern repair methods to put your vehicle back to its pre-accident condition, ensuring they repair every vehicle with utmost pride and care.

You will be responsible for managing our clients team at their Swindon Site, that will carry out repair work for a range of vehicles. You will be responsible for managing an on-site team of experts, including paint sprayers, panel beaters, MET technicians, estimators and all administrative staff. You will understand the business needs, the accounts, reports and KPI's, effectively manage site resources and costs to optimise capability and profitability and actively and efficiently manage work provider and supplier relationships.

You will deal with any customer issues, and ensure time is prioritized for interviewing, to ensure open vacancies are filled swiftly.

About You

You will have prior experience as a Bodyshop Site Manager, with expertise in health and safety protocols, ensuring these measures are consistently adhered to. You will be responsible for planning your workload effectively to ensure vehicles are ready to agreed timescales; working skillfully and safely under pressure, and carrying out work in accordance with manufacturers specification.

You will be able to lead and work as part of a team as well as on your own initiative with minimal supervision, be flexible in your approach and continually work to high standards with customer satisfaction in mind. Additionally, you will have the ability to motivate your team to achieve daily, weekly, and monthly site targets.

To apply for this role please submit your full and up to date CV to Jonathan at Pybus Recruitment on email : [e-mail] or call 0191 8237799

Requirements

You will have prior experience as a Bodyshop Site Manager, with expertise in health and safety protocols, ensuring these measures are consistently adhered to. You will be responsible for planning your workload effectively to ensure vehicles are ready to agreed timescales; working skillfully and safely under pressure, and carrying out work in accordance with manufacturers specification.

You will be able to lead and work as part of a team as well as on your own initiative with minimal supervision, be flexible in your approach and continually work to high standards with customer satisfaction in mind. Additionally, you will have the ability to motivate your team to achieve daily, weekly, and monthly site targets.

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus performance related bonus and monthly car allowance
• 29 days holiday including Bank Holidays
• Pension contributions
• Health cash plan
• Ongoing training provided
• Opportunities for career progression due to ongoing business growth

Requirements

Driving Licence