Bodyshop Manager

Chelmsford, United Kingdom | Posted on 07/03/2026

• Salary Up to £60,000 + bonus + car allowance
• Country United Kingdom
• Postal Code CM1

Job Title:
Accident Repair Bodyshop Manager

Salary:
Up to £60,000 + bonus + car allowance

Our client is an award-winning company with over 30 years of knowledge and expertise within the vehicle body repair sector. Having originated in the Midlands, the business is expanding rapidly through organic growth and acquisition throughout the UK.

Our client is dynamic in their approach and geared to completing outstanding repairs, by combining the latest techniques and most effective technology with delivering excellent customer service. They ensure that their customers are at the heart of what they do.

Whether it is minor car park damage or a road traffic accident their growing number of repair centres provide a range of services that use modern repair methods to put your vehicle back to its pre-accident condition, ensuring they repair every vehicle with utmost pride and care.

You will be responsible for managing their team at the Chelmsford site, that will carry out repair work for a variety of vehicles. You will be responsible for managing an on-site team of experts, including paint sprayers, panel beaters, MET technicians, estimators and all administrative staff. You will understand the business needs, the accounts, reports and KPIs, effectively manage site resources and costs to optimise capability and profitability and actively and efficiently manage work provider and supplier relationships.

You will deal with any customer issues, and ensure time is prioritised for interviewing, to ensure open vacancies are filled swiftly.

You will have prior experience as a Bodyshop Site Manager, with expertise in health and safety protocols, ensuring these measures are consistently adhered to. You will be responsible for planning your workload effectively to ensure vehicles are ready to agreed timescales skillfully and safely under pressure, and carrying out work in accordance with manufacturers specification.

You will be able to lead and work as part of a team as well as on your own initiative with minimal supervision, be flexible in your approach and continually work to high standards with customer satisfaction in mind. Additionally, you will have the ability to motivate your team to achieve daily, weekly, and monthly site targets.

• Competitive salary plus performance related bonus
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Pension contributions
• Health cash plan
• Ongoing training provided
• Opportunities for career progression due to ongoing business growth