Workshop Controller

6 months ago


Darlington, United Kingdom Northgate Vehicle Hire Full time

**Salary : £29,074 pa + a great bonus scheme, overtime and excellent company benefits**

**Hours **42.5 per week

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced & qualified Workshop Controller to join one of the UK’s leading vehicle rental specialists in our Darlington Workshop**.**

Your role, as Workshop Controller, is about supporting our customers to deliver on their business promises. Your aim; ensuring we get their vehicle back on the road safely and in quick time.

With an ever-changing workload, our modern workshop is equipped with the latest technology and manufacturer-specific diagnostic tools - it is a bustling, exciting place to be. You have a central role to play in the smooth running of the workshop by maximising the profitability, productivity and efficiency of the workshop team. You are also the decision-maker for the technicians on recharge and warranty opportunities too.

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

**About you**
- You are a **qualified technician/MOT Tester with a solid workshop background** - your colleagues value your technical knowledge and understanding of jobs from routine servicing and maintenance to more complex diagnostics
- You have a common-sense business approach - you know what makes a great workshop and how to maximise efficiencies and opportunities to produce outstanding results.
- Above all, you are a people person - you care about those around you and understand that a one-size-fits-all approach is not always the best way to create a high-performing workshop team.
- You get involved in every part of our business - you take pride being part of the Northgate team and are keen to help colleagues with a hands-on, can-do approach to getting things done.
- You have a passion for customer service - you understand what is important to your customers and suppliers. If there is an issue, as Workshop Controller, you will know just how to solve it.

**As a Workshop Controller with Northgate Vehicle Hire, we offer**:

- Of course, a
**great basic salary**, but there’s much more available for you at Northgate Vehicle Hire than just that. Some of our most popular benefits include (but aren’t limited to)
- A fantastic **quarterly bonus** scheme
- 23 days **annual leave** (+ bank holidays) and an extra day’s leave to celebrate your birthday
- free** life assurance**:

- **well-being **services (incl. Health Cash Plan, Dental Plan & Travel Insurance)
- discounted, flexible **Gym memberships**:

- exclusive employee **vehicle-leasing **schemes
- ** pension** & **save-as-you-earn **share scheme
- Our **Benefits App** offering unlimited access to a huge range of **retailer discounts** and** cashback deals** (incl. Tesco, Asda, Currys, B&Q & Wickes to name just a few)

Northgate Vehicle Hire are the UK’s leading provider of light commercial vehicle rental solutions, partnering with some of the country’s most well known organisations. We have gained a reputation for being at the forefront of the LCV sector and for helping our customers when they need us most.
- We’re also part of something bigger - with over 60 Northgate Vehicle Hire branches nationwide, we’re a key part of one of the UK’s largest Automotive plc’s, Redde Northgate. Few other businesses can offer you the support and
** long-term security **as us, this is a
**great opportunity to progress** your career

**Join our Team**
- If you would love to join our
**amazing team** in our busy branch as a Workshop Controller


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