Job Description

Assistant Manager/Workshop Controller

Salary: 40k - 44k basic, plus bonus and excellent company benefits

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


As the Assistant Bodyshop Manager, you'll 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. It's 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 there's much more to being a Workshop Controller at FMG RS than just that. Some of our most popular benefits include (but aren't limited to) ...

fantastic

monthly bonus schemes

! annual leave with public holidays 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

!

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.