Foreman / Forewoman

Selwood; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Liverpool is seeking a Foreman to manage a workload distribution team. Responsibilities include organizing team tasks, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and fostering collaboration. With a strong emphasis on leadership and communication, this role supports operational excellence and customer satisfaction in a dynamic engineering environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Enhanced overtime pay

Medicash Scheme

Pension scheme with contributions

25 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays

Increasing annual leave with long service

Support for development and training

Employee assistance programme

Employee discount scheme

Employee referral scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a small team and demonstrating strong leadership skills.
• Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively across all levels.
• Demonstrable attention to detail in documentation.

Responsibilities

• Organising daily workloads for the team, ensuring timely completion of tasks.
• Promoting good housekeeping through daily rounds and setting clear expectations.
• Ensuring compliance with procedures that support the stock control function.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Problem Solving

Customer Service

Education

Experience in pump / mechanical engineering

Experience in a workshop / engineering environment

Driving licence

Job description

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We are looking for a Foreman to join the fantastic team at our Liverpool - Speke branch. This role will be responsible for managing the workload distribution team by using the team's skills and continuously looking at ways to be more effective and deliver our customers’ expectations through a one team ethos. You will also be encouraging collaboration with other teams whilst prioritising Health & Safety practices in everything the team does and maintaining standards throughout the branch.

About The Role

We are looking for a Foreman to join the fantastic team at our Liverpool - Speke branch. This role will be responsible for managing the workload distribution team by using the team's skills and continuously looking at ways to be more effective and deliver our customers’ expectations through a one team ethos. You will also be encouraging collaboration with other teams whilst prioritising Health & Safety practices in everything the team does and maintaining standards throughout the branch.

Main Responsibilities:

1. To organise daily workloads for you and your team. These will include Post-Hire Inspections, Pre-Hire Inspections, servicing, and repairs.
2. Ensuring that by working effectively and prioritising methodically, all tasks are completed within an acceptable timeframe or deadline required.
3. Ensure full compliance in procedures that support the stock control function. Controlling the orders and maintaining the right level of pump parts, consumables, and tools to do the job, so that your team have the resources necessary to carry out their work to a safe and high standard that reflects their competency.
4. Establish great working relationships with all stakeholders, attending regular meetings with other Foreman across the business. Encouraging a one team approach by listening, learning, and contributing to ever-evolving ways of working.
5. Promote good housekeeping through daily walk rounds with the yard supervisor, setting clear expectations, encouraging the ethos everything in its place and a place for everything.
6. Regular communication with team using weekly toolbox talks to deliver key business messages, ensuring understanding and accurately recording attendance.

Qualifications & Skills:

1. Demonstrable experience in pump / mechanical engineering.
2. Proven history of working within a workshop / engineering environment.
3. Hold a driving licence and have a willingness to travel.
4. Accurate record keeping, ensuring attention to detail in all documentation required by the business and customers.
5. Experience of working in a fitter role, or similar, so understands the challenges that can be met by the team.
6. Ability to build relationships within a team and the further network, gaining the trust of colleagues within the business in similar role.
7. Ability to think outside the box, with a can-do attitude. Leading by example in everything you do, encouraging full participation in working through solutions to operation challenges.
8. Good verbal and written communication, across all levels of the branch network.
9. Good customer service skills, with the ability to speak to customers, to manage their expectations and maintain their confidence in our business, when facing issues with equipment or an application.
10. Experience of successfully managing a small team, being able to demonstrate strong leadership skills and the ability to develop, coach, motivate and engage a team.
11. Confident self-starter, who has the ability to influence and motivate teams.

What we can offer you

We understand balancing work and life commitments isn’t always easy, that’s why we’ve designed our benefits package to support you in all areas of life.

• Competitive salary
• Enhanced overtime pay (for additional hours and call outs)
• Medicash Scheme – medical expenses scheme (access to 24-hour online GP services)
• Pension scheme with contribution based on total earnings not just salary
• 25 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
• Increasing annual leave entitlement with long service
• Support for development and training
• Employee assistance programme (EAP) & access to Mental Health first aiders
• Employee discount scheme (discounts/vouchers for supermarkets, high street shops, holidays and more)
• Employee referral scheme