Service Advisor - Volkswagen

Overview

Job Description

Location:

Donnelly VW, Courtauld Way, Eglinton

We are currently recruiting for a Service Advisor to join our team in Volkswagen Campsie.

• Communicates with customers
• Maintains positive relationships with clients to ensure repeat and return customers
• Approaches transactions with sales-minded professionalism and suggestively sell products and services to clients, including making clients aware of all packages and retail options available
• Answers customer questions about services, including when to expect vehicle repairs
• Displays extensive knowledge about products and services
• Ensures customer vehicle is finished on time and details for customer services rendered and costs for those services, ensuring satisfaction at every step of interaction
• Uses all methods of customer communication, including online bookings, phone calls, and in-person interactions, to schedule and book appointments, vehicle drop-offs, and vehicle pick-ups
• Communicates with technicians about vehicle statuses, and ensures that vehicles will be ready for customer on time
• Acts as an advocate for clients when communicating vehicle problems and needs to repair department
• Liaises with technicians about parts ordering to ensure requisite parts are available when vehicle repairs require them, and communicates any time restrictions to customers in timely manner
• Processes customer payments
• Demonstrates extensive knowledge of service department

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and the post holder will be required to undertake any other reasonable duties discussed and directed by the line manager.

Required Criteria

• Full valid driving license required
• Excellent customer facing skills
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Strong communication skills
• Self motivated
• Team working
• Strong computer skills

Desired Criteria

• Previous Experience in Vehicle Service Department
• Previous working experience with targets and selling

The Donnelly Group has been synonymous with the motor industry in Northern Ireland since 1947 when Peter Donnelly started a vehicle repair and taxi business in Caledon on the border of Co Tyrone and Armagh. Since then the Donnelly Group has become the largest family-owned automotive company in Northern Ireland. We offer competitive salaries, industry-leading work-life balance, generous holiday allowance, continuous training and development, wide-ranging benefits, and an opportunity to give volunteering time back to the communities within which we serve through the Donnelly Group Foundation.

Company Culture

Our teams across all our branches get involved with fundraising for our nominated charity partner, through football tournaments, Donnelly Group bake-off events, dragon boat racing, abseiling, cycling events as well as having a ‘Foundation Day’; a paid day off, to get involved with community projects. We like to feel that we work hard and play hard.

Required Criteria

• Full valid driving license required
• Excellent customer facing skills
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Strong communication skills
• Self motivated
• Team working
• Strong computer skills

Desired Criteria

• Previous Experience in Vehicle Service Department
• Previous working experience with targets and selling

Closing Date Thursday 22nd January, 2026

Contract Type fulltime

Salary Based on Experience

EEO Statement

Donnelly Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and inclusion across our workforce.