Bodyshop Paint Team Leader

Bodyshop Team Leader / Cosmetic Senior Bodyshop Technician

Location: BCA Bedford

Shift: Monday-Friday 45 hours per week 6:00am-4:00pm

Salary: £49,603.00 per annum (£21.14 per hour)

We’re looking for a proactive and hands‑on Cosmetic Senior Bodyshop Technician to join our team at BCA Bedford. This is a key operational role where you’ll work closely with our bodyshop technicians on the workshop floor, ensuring smooth daily operations, high‑quality output, and a positive team environment.

If you come from a strong paint or prep background and enjoy leading by example, this role will give you the opportunity to combine your technical expertise with team leadership.

Our selection process is designed to give you a clear understanding of the role and the working environment. It will involve two on‑site interviews along with a site tour. A skills test may also form part of the process, depending on experience, though it is not always required.

• Lead, support, and motivate bodyshop technicians to deliver safe, efficient, high‑quality work.
• Coordinate daily workloads, monitor progress, and resolve issues to meet operational targets.
• Provide hands‑on guidance, training, and mentoring to develop team skills and performance.
• Manage team communication, briefings, and HR‑related tasks such as attendance, holidays, and performance reviews.

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a supervisory, team leadership, or managerial position within a bodyshop or similar technical environment.
• At least 5 years’ hands ‑ on bodyshop experience, ideally with strong paint or prep expertise.
• Comfortable working in a predominantly hands ‑ on role, actively supporting technicians on the workshop floor rather than in a desk ‑ based position.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Confident user of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Outlook and Excel, with strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively motivate and support the team.

We’ve put everything in place to ensure you thrive. Competitive salaries, strong core values and an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Company Pension Scheme
• An Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Access to trained Mental Health First Aiders

Our business is growing and evolving at a significant rate and we need to ensure we have the right people with the right skills in order to maintain its success. We need to build our own talent now for the future. It is for this reason we have our own IMI approved training academy. The BCA Academy is there to support your technical training needs.

As the automotive industry changes, we’re changing with it - putting our people in the front seat for the journey. We’re the number one in what we do for a reason and that’s because of the people we have on our teams. If you want to be a part of a business like this; unrivalled, exciting and appreciative of the work you do, join BCA.

We are proud to be Level 1 Disability Confident and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.

Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or disability.