Bodyshop Production Manager

FMG Repair Services Limited; Southampton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly bonus schemes

23 days annual leave

Life assurance (x2 basic salary)

Vehicle-leasing schemes

Pension & save-as-you-earn

Benefits app with retailer discounts

Well-being services

Wagestream app

Job summary

FMG Repair Services Limited in Southampton is seeking an experienced Bodyshop professional to join as Workshop Controller. The role focuses on organising the Bodyshop, supervising progress, and ensuring high-quality, compliant work in a busy site.

You will maintain tools and equipment, manage waste and utilities, and uphold shop floor procedures while liaising with technicians and management on quality matters. A full UK/EU driving licence is required.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or City & Guilds or ATA qualification is required.
• Experience in a fast-paced bodyshop environment with production management responsibilities.
• Full UK/EU Driving Licence is essential.

Responsibilities

• Organise the Bodyshop by controlling job status and leading daily progress meetings.
• Ensure tools and equipment are maintained and waste/utilities are managed with security of premises in mind.
• Ensure all job cards are completed correctly and enforce shop floor procedures.
• Liaise with Bodyshop Technicians and the Manager regarding quality issues.

Skills

NVQ Level 3

City & Guilds

ATA qualified

Driving Licence

Education

NVQ Level 3

ATA qualification

Job description

Salary: OTE up to £50,000 per annum (basic up to £45K DOE + bonus) and excellent company benefits

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Bodyshop Production Manager to join the UK's leading Accident and Collision Repair specialist in our increasingly busy site in Southampton.

Our Bodyshop is fast paced and exciting with lots of opportunity to make an incredible difference and apply your expertise and skill.

In the role of Workshop Controller you will be undertaking the following duties:

• Organise the Bodyshop by controlling the status of each job, conducting daily progress meetings with Bodyshop team members and reporting unexpected delays to the General Manager
• Make sure all the Bodyshop tools and equipment are in good working order, control waste materials and utilities whilst having overall responsibility for the security of the building and the equipment
• Ensure all job cards are completed corrected correctly and be ultimately responsible for shop floor procedures
• To liaise with all Bodyshop Technicians and the Manager in respect of any quality issues

Key to your success is your ability to produce work that complies with the highest technical and quality standards and, above all, helps us deliver on our service commitment to customers.

About You

• Ideally you are qualified to NVQ level 3/City & Guilds or ATA qualified with a solid Bodyshop background - as a Bodyshop Controller, Workshop Manager or Quality Controller within a Car Dealership, Body Repairer or Crash Repair Centre, whether the job at hand is routine or more complex, you will know just how to solve it.
• You come from a fast-paced background - you know how to work in a standard job time structure with a focus on producing compliant, high-quality work.
• You can do more than one thing at once - you can be sure you will never be looking for something to do, so being able to prioritise and plan your work is key.
• You will have a full UK/EU Driving Licence
• You get involved in every part of our business - you take pride being part of the FMG Repair Services team and are keen to help colleagues with a hands-on, can-do approach to getting things done.
• You take pride in providing a great customer experience each day - you understand what is important to your customers and suppliers.

Why choose FMG RS?

Of course, we offer a fantastic basic salary, but there’s much more… Some of our most popular benefits include (but aren’t limited to) …

• fantastic monthly bonus schemes!
• 23 days annual leave, plus an extra day off to celebrate your birthday!
• free life assurance (x2 your basic salary)
• exclusive colleague-only vehicle-leasing schemes
• pension & save-as-you-earn share scheme
• A Benefits App giving a huge range of retailer discounts and cashback deals
• well-being services (incl. 24/7 GP service, mental health support and physiotherapy + Health Cash Plan, Dental Plan & Travel Insurance)
• Wagestream App for all our colleagues - a Financial Wellbeing app that gives you more control…

We’re going places …

• We’re part of something bigger - ZIGUP, a leading provider of integrated mobility solutions, supporting customers across the UK, Ireland and Spain, - few other businesses can offer you the volume, variety and long-term security as us;
• You’re rewarded for your part in our success - lots of customers means lots of work to share, which in turn means lots of opportunity to boost your earnings through our fantastic bonus schemes;
• We invest in you - We believe everyone should have the opportunity to better themselves and look to progress, not just within FMG RS but the wider ZIGUP business too;
• We’re growing - it’s an exciting time for the industry and we’re committed to being at the cutting edge, investing in everything from our EV capabilities, our workshops to our Training Centres;

Join the FMG RS family

With the best people in the industry within our Group, we really believe that no one else can do what we do as well as us. So what are you waiting for?

We are agile. We are experts. We are imaginative. We are reliable.

Keep your career moving, smarter.