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The Package
- Hours: Monday to Thursday 8am to 5 pm, Friday 8am to 3pm.
- 25 days holiday + Bank holidays
- Statutory Sick Pay.
- Workplace Pension Scheme.
- Employee Benefits Portal.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
Who are EVM UK?
EVM UK is the specialist sales and aftersales agent for some of Europe’s most trusted minibus and midi coach brands, including EVM, Altas, Ferqui, Indcar, Erener, and AOS. With deep engineering knowledge, a future-focused mindset, and an unrivalled approach to service, we help public and private sector operators unlock the full potential of their fleets. Our workshop and aftersales operations play a critical role in ensuring vehicles are prepared, repaired, maintained, and presented to the highest standards. As our business continues to grow, we are looking to strengthen our workshop team with practical, motivated, and quality-focused individuals.
The Role
As Workshop Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day control, performance, and quality output of the EVM UK workshop. This includes managing technician workload, vehicle preparation, PDI, warranty repairs, retail repairs, internal rework, quality control, and workshop compliance.
This is a hands-on operational management role requiring strong technical understanding, workshop discipline, and the ability to keep vehicles moving through the business efficiently and to the correct standard.
The successful candidate will work closely with Aftersales, Parts, Warranty, Engineering, and Senior Management to ensure workshop activity supports customer commitments, vehicle delivery targets, and EVM’s wider quality standards.
As the Workshop Manager, your job role will include but not be limited to the following.
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- Manage the daily and weekly workshop resource planning, technician workload, and job priorities.
- Schedule and coordinate Field Service Technicians, ensuring field work is planned, prioritised, and aligned with customer and operational requirements.
- Control the flow of vehicles through PDI, preparation, warranty, retail, internal, and remedial work.
- Ensure work is completed to the correct technical, safety, and quality standard.
- Maintain strong quality control over vehicle preparation, repair completion, and final inspection.
- Monitor technician productivity, job progress, and workshop output.
- Ensure job cards, labour records, parts usage, repair notes, and inspection records are completed accurately.
- Work closely with Parts to ensure required components are available and delays are escalated early.
- Support warranty recovery by ensuring repair evidence, photographs, diagnostic reports, and technical information are captured correctly.
- Reduce repeat defects, internal rework, avoidable delays, and vehicle downtime.
- Lead, support, and develop the workshop technician team.
- Maintain high standards of workshop housekeeping, health and safety, and safe working practice.
- Communicate clearly with Aftersales, Warranty, Parts, Engineering, and Senior Management on job status, delays, and technical concerns.
- Ensure all work is carried out in line with company procedures, manufacturer guidance, and compliance requirements.
Performance will be measured against agreed KPIs including workshop productivity, job completion, PDI quality, repeat defects, rework levels, job card accuracy, warranty evidence quality, vehicle downtime, and health and safety compliance.
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Knowledge & Experience
- Proven experience in a Workshop Manager, Workshop Controller, Service Manager, Senior Technician, or Technical Supervisor role.
- Experience within Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles, PSV, bus, coach, HGV, LCV, or specialist vehicle environments would be highly beneficial.
- Strong understanding of vehicle repair, diagnostics, PDI, maintenance, and roadworthiness standards.
- Ability to manage multiple live jobs, set priorities, and keep work moving efficiently.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage, support, and challenge technicians.
- Good understanding of job cards, labour recording, parts usage, warranty evidence, and repair documentation.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work across Workshop, Aftersales, Parts, Warranty, Engineering, and Management teams.
- Good IT skills and confidence using workshop, service, or dealer management systems.
- Full UK driving licence.
- PSV licence, IRTEC, City & Guilds, NVQ, or equivalent technical qualifications would be beneficial but are not essential.
This position offers an exciting opportunity for a capable and experienced workshop professional to take ownership of a key operational area within a growing specialist vehicle business. We are looking for an exceptional individual who can bring structure, accountability, technical discipline, and high standards to our workshop operation.
The role may require occasional UK and international travel for training, supplier visits, customer support, or operational requirements.
How to Apply:
Please forward an up-to-date CV and cover Letter to peter.flynn@evm.uk or contact our team on 0345 520 5160
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