POSITION: Engineering Workshop Manager

LOCATION: Bradford

HOURS: Monday – Thursday 07.00 to 16.00 Friday 07.00 to 15.00

SALARY: £55k – £60k per annum dependant on experience

HOLIDAYS: 5 weeks annual leave plus statutory public holidays

RESPONSIBILITIES

Workshop management

Coordinating daily operations, ensuring efficient workflows and managing scheduling.
Monitor and control the progress of jobs, working closely with our engineers, suppliers and sub-contractors to ensure jobs are delivered within estimated/allocated times.
Plan works, liaising with the production office team regarding purchasing requirements, completing purchase requisitions for job specific purchasing.
Maintain oversight of workshop related expenditure, stock takes and stock requirements.
Provide technical support to a team of multi-skilled engineers and operatives.
Liaise with the sales team to aid them when producing quotations, as well as providing regular updates regarding job delivery for effective management of customer expectations.

Quality and efficiency

Develop and implement standards for quality, safety and efficiency.
Conduct pre, mid and post inspection of all jobs including inspection of sub-contracted processes.
Monitor the condition of machinery, equipment and tooling to ensure maintenance is conducted and safety is maintained.

Client and supplier liaison

Safety and compliance

Ensure adherence to safety regulations and protocols, conducting risk assessments and maintaining equipment safety.
Maintain high levels of workshop cleanliness.

Production meetings

Take an active role in weekly production meetings providing updates regarding job progress, highlighting any production delivery issues/challenges.

Personnel management

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Experienced Workshop Manager within a similar mechanical engineering environment, minimum 5 years in a Workshop Manager role
Time-served engineer
Technical knowledge and understanding of manual machining and repair work
Effective decision-making skills to adapt to urgent job requirements from customers, address issues and improve operations
Proven experience managing, leading and motivating a team
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Experience managing budgets
Strong computer skills and comfortable learning new systems

Workshop Manager - Machining