Workshop Controller

  • Permanent
  • Essex
  • Posted: 27th August 2026
  • Salary: £50000.00 - £55000.00 per annum
  • Duration:
  • Reference: BBBH17669
  • Industry:
  • Location: Essex
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Skills:

Up to £55,000 , DOE Purfleet , Essex, Permanent. Monday-Friday, 6:00am-3:30pm , 31 Days Holiday Increased Entitlement with Service

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Workshop Controller to join a successful and growing specialist engineering business.

This is a varied, hands-on role where you’ll be at the heart of a busy workshop and field service operation, coordinating engineers, managing customer requirements and ensuring servicing, repairs and breakdowns are completed efficiently.

Benefits of the Workshop Controller opportunity:

  • Salary up to £50,000
  • Monday to Friday – 6:00am to 3:30pm
  • 31 days holiday, increasing with service
  • Permanent position
  • No regular weekend working
  • Stable, established engineering business
  • Varied role with real responsibility and autonomy

As Workshop Controller you will:

  • Plan and allocate work to workshop and mobile engineers.
  • Coordinate servicing, repairs, breakdowns and emergency call-outs.
  • Manage work schedules and react to changing priorities.
  • Keep customers updated on job progress and completion times.
  • Coordinate vehicle/equipment collections and deliveries.
  • Maintain accurate job, quotation and parts records.
  • Liaise with engineers, customers, suppliers and internal departments.
  • Help maximise workshop efficiency and engineer utilisation.

We would welcome people to apply that have:

Previous experience as a Workshop Coordinator, Service Coordinator, Workshop Controller, Service Controller or Engineering Planner would be ideal.

Strong organisation and communication skills, alongside experience within a technical environment such as:

Work experience within HGVs, Commercial Vehicles, Cranes , Hydraulics, Plant, Lifting Equipment , Heavy Engineering | Field Service

Confident managing engineers and customers, comfortable making decisions and able to keep things moving in a busy engineering environment.

If you would like a private chat before applying for the role – Please contact Rodger Morley at E3 Recruitment

 
 

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