Octane Recruitment
Assistant Workshop Manager
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Assistant Workshop Manager
Our client, one of the UK's fastest-growing fast-fit automotive businesses, is looking for an Assistant Workshop Manager to join their team at their Buxton Centre.
Role Overview
As an Assistant Workshop Manager / Workshop Controller, you will be the front-of-house technical specialist and deputy who ensures workshop excellence, safety, productivity, and technical quality across the Centre. This is a 50/50 role managing the workshop while working as a senior technician, including leading quality checks, final inspections, and supporting workload and deadlines.
Location
- Buxton
Pay / Salary
- Basic: £32,000 - £36,000 + £6,000 OTE
Shift and Schedule
- 08:30 to 17:30 Monday to Friday
- Every Saturday 08:30 to 16:00
Benefits
- 32 days holiday including Bank Hols
- Bonus scheme up to £6,000
- Extensive on-going training programme
- Career development: training and Company growth to boost career progression
- Staff discounts on servicing, tyres, and MOTs
- Life Insurance
- Pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Program
- Long service recognition, enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Retail vouchers, eye care vouchers, buy/sell holidays, flu jab, cycle to work scheme, Company events
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Job Responsibilities
- Own productivity and technical quality, optimising bay utilisation, job allocation, and labour efficiency to deliver right-first-time work and maximise workshop output
- Be an efficient member of the team carrying out a range of repairs, services, and diagnostics
- Maintain and drive achievement of personal and collective workshop productivity targets, labour efficiency rates, ramp utilisation, and key operational KPIs, implementing corrective actions where needed to optimise performance and output
- Maintain the highest standards of technical quality, vehicle safety, and workmanship, leading quality checks, final inspections, and continuous improvement in technical standards across the workshop
- Coach, mentor, and develop technicians on a day-to-day basis, raising technical capability, embedding new operating model standards, and supporting skill development and career progression
- Step up confidently to lead centre operations and make operational decisions in the Centre Manager's absence, ensuring continuity of service, standards, and team performance
- Drive compliance, safety, and data integrity in the workshop, partnering with Area Compliance on audits and risk assessments while contributing accurate technical records and performance KPIs
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Requirements
- Strong technical background as a qualified vehicle technician / mechanic with proven diagnostic and repair experience
- (Ideal) Previous experience in a supervisory, team leader, or senior technician role (workshop, fast-fit, or dealership environment) e.g. Workshop Controller, Workshop Manager
- Experience with EV / high-voltage systems and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)
- Continuous improvement experience in a workshop setting
- Hold a level 3 qualification in light vehicle maintenance & repair
- Valid UK driving licence (Essential)
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If you would like to know more and be considered for the role, or simply want a Job Pack with more details, please apply. Octane Recruitment is a specialist Automotive and Motor Trade recruitment agency, working with a variety of businesses across the sector.
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