Assistant Workshop Manager

Royal Mail; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family friendly benefits

Sick pay

Dental insurance (employer funded)

Health assessment every 2 years

Benefits account with 800+ retail and社

Wellbeing support

Permanent employees only

Job summary

Royal Mail is seeking an Assistant Workshop Manager in Glasgow to help lead a busy Fleet Workshop. The role focuses on safe, compliant and cost-effective maintenance while maximizing vehicle availability for operations.

You will support performance, develop people, drive continuous improvement and build strong relationships with stakeholders, combining technical skills with people leadership for operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience within vehicle maintenance, fleet operations or a similar engineering environment.
• Knowledge of vehicle compliance requirements and road transport legislation.
• Strong leadership, coaching and performance management skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of a safe and compliant workshop operation, ensuring adherence to legal and Royal Mail safety standards.
• Drive workshop performance through effective resource planning, maintenance scheduling and cost management.
• Lead, coach and develop workshop colleagues to improve capability, engagement and performance.
• Ensure optimum vehicle availability to support operational requirements across the network.
• Build effective relationships with operational stakeholders and act as a key point of contact for fleet-related issues.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and maintain quality standards within the workshop environment.

Skills

Leadership

Full UK driving licence

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Motor Vehicle Maintenance

Job description

Job reference 339392

Assistant Workshop Manager

From £36,353, 10% annual bonus potential, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates

Permanent, Full time

F&MS SC Glasgow

Royal Mail is looking for an experienced Assistant Workshop Manager to support the leadership and performance of one of our Fleet Workshops. This is a key operational management role responsible for helping deliver safe, compliant and cost-effective fleet maintenance services while ensuring high levels of vehicle availability for the operation.

About The Role

Working closely with the Workshop Manager, you will help lead a busy workshop operation, ensuring maintenance activities are delivered efficiently, safely and in line with legal and operational requirements. You'll be responsible for supporting performance, developing people, driving continuous improvement and building strong relationships with operational stakeholders.

This role is ideal for someone who combines strong technical understanding with people leadership and is passionate about delivering operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of a safe and compliant workshop operation, ensuring adherence to legal and Royal Mail safety standards.
• Drive workshop performance through effective resource planning, maintenance scheduling and cost management.
• Lead, coach and develop workshop colleagues to improve capability, engagement and performance.
• Ensure optimum vehicle availability to support operational requirements across the network.
• Build effective relationships with operational stakeholders and act as a key point of contact for fleet-related issues.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and maintain quality standards within the workshop environment.

About You

You are a people-focused leader with a strong technical background and a passion for operational performance. You enjoy developing teams, solving problems and working collaboratively with stakeholders to achieve results. You are confident making decisions, managing competing priorities and creating a culture of safety, accountability and continuous improvement.

What You'll Bring

• Experience within vehicle maintenance, fleet operations or a similar engineering environment.
• Knowledge of vehicle compliance requirements and road transport legislation.
• Strong leadership, coaching and performance management skills.
• Ability to build effective stakeholder relationships and influence positive outcomes.
• A recognised technical qualification such as NVQ Level 3 in Motor Vehicle Maintenance (or equivalent).
• Full UK driving licence (C+E desirable).

Extra Benefits

• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Funded Dental – As a manager you are eligible to a level of employer funded dental insurance*
• Health Assessment – As a manager you are eligible to an employer funded health assessment every 2 years*
• Benefits Account – You will have access to your personal benefits account on your ‘My Bundle+’ platform. There are more than 800 retail offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills as well as employer provided and voluntary benefits to suit your lifestyle.
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.
• Available only to permanent employees

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we’d love to hear from you.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

Closing Date: 16th August.