Assistant Manager - #1781192

Assistant Manager/Workshop Controller Salary: £44k - £48k basic, plus bonus and excellent company benefits

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Assistant Manager/Workshop Controller to join the UKs leading Accident and Collision Repair specialist in our increasingly busy site in Glasgow ARC.

As the Assistant Bodyshop Manager, youll work closely with the Bodyshop Manager to oversee daily operations, support the team, and ensure repairs are carried out to the highest standards. You'll play a key role in delivering first-class service, streamlining workflow, and maintaining a productive, positive work environment.

Another very important aspect of the job is teamwork as you will be working with other colleagues in the Bodyshop as well as across other functional areas. There is a family feel and buzz where everyone helps each other to achieve the goals of the site and to ensure our customers are consistently delighted with the service we provide. Its an amazing team!

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in managing a team of panel beaters, painters, and estimators
• Oversee repair processes and quality control
• Monitor job progress and meet KPIs on turnaround time, efficiency, and customer satisfaction
• Help manage parts ordering, estimating, and job costing
• Liaise with customers, insurers, and suppliers professionally and effectively
• Ensure compliance with health & safety and industry regulations
  
  

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 theres much more to being a Workshop Controller at FMG RS than just that. Some of our most popular benefits include (but arent limited to)

• fantastic monthly bonus schemes !
• 23 days annual leave, plus the flexibility to buy or sell up to 5 extra days each year. Of course, youll have public holidays too and 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 over your pay . Not only does it let you choose when to get paid it also lets you put money aside each month and in addition you can get discounts on your shopping, check what benefits you're eligible for and can even put you in touch with a financial coach !
  
  

Were going places

• Were 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;
• Youre 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;
• Were growing - its an exciting time for the industry and were 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.

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