Workshop Manager - Audi

at  Group 1 Automotive

OVERVIEW

Our Audi Watford Retail Centre are actively looking for enthusiastic individuals excited to join our ever-growing automotive family, and if you’re as passionate about cars as we are then we’d love to welcome you to the team where you will be welcomed into a friendly team and be part of our exciting journey.
As a Workshop Manager at Group 1 Automotive you will be welcomed into a friendly team and have the opportunity to work with an exciting brand.

WHO WE ARE?

Group 1 Automotive is part of a well-established and growing within the UK, with a wide representation of brands across America too. We primarily operate in the East and South East of England, representing brands across a range of dealerships and employing over 3,000 colleagues that are dedicated to providing exceptional customer service.
We recognise that a successful business is built around the quality and contentment of its people. As such, we are committed to providing fantastic career opportunities, state of the art resources, comprehensive training, competitive earnings packages and a wide variety of benefits and provisions to ensure our teams receive the utmost support, both professionally and personally.

Identify & implement the long term planning of future training activities for workshop colleagues.
Carry out warranty repairs as directed, returning displaced material to the correct location and in correct condition.
Compiling and maintaining a resource plan for the workshop and developing concepts and measures for load optimisation
Ensuring planning for facilities, bays, machines, tools, diagnosis installations, etc. is carried out correctly; optimal design of workplaces and processes
Employing new staff and developing an induction plan
Managing, coaching and motivating employees and thus ensuring a high quality of employees
Defining target agreements with employees and reviewing the level of target achievement through regular 1-2-1’s.
Monitoring and optimising productivity and performance of employees
Ensuring job time planning and task allocation for workshop is carried out correctly
Monitoring compliance with all statutory regulations * Ensuring quality control of all completed tasks