Robotics Workshop & Safety Lead – London

Mentor Talent Acquisition; Walthamstow; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

28 days annual leave

Health & dental insurance

Training support

High autonomy and ownership

Job summary

Mentor Talent Acquisition seeks a hands-on Workshop Manager for our London advanced manufacturing facility. You will run a multidisciplinary space with robotics, timber processing, electrical builds and modular factory assemblies, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient production.

You will build out production health and safety documentation, RAMS, risk assessments and audit readiness while staying on the workshop floor daily and standing your ground with senior engineers when required.

Qualifications

• Workshop management experience in a multidisciplinary engineering setting (R&D/ robotics/ advanced manufacturing).
• Development of risk assessments and method statements; building safe working practices.
• Comfort with documenting and formalising processes using digital tools; maintaining risk assessments.
• Ability to set up processes from scratch in a fast-moving environment without stifling engineers.
• Ability to enforce safety rules with senior engineers and founders while bringing people along.

Responsibilities

• Plan layout and workflows for a multidisciplinary space to ensure smooth builds and tests.
• Handle incoming/outgoing goods, stock and budget for the London facility; support modular production.
• Coordinate safe practices for deployments of modular factory units to customer sites.
• Monitor daily floor activity; approve high-risk tasks and promote near-miss reporting culture.
• Develop path to named HSE Competent Person for the site and ensure audit readiness.
• Write and maintain RAMS for changing R&D setups and equipment.
• Oversee PUWER, LOLER, LEV and PAT compliance and COSHH controls for materials.
• Identify training needs and deliver inductions for engineers, contractors and visitors.

Skills

Workshop management

H&S credentials

Process documentation

Structure building

Enforcing safety

Job description

Mentor Talent Acquisition seeks a hands-on Workshop Manager for our London advanced manufacturing facility. You will run a multidisciplinary space with robotics, timber processing, electrical builds and modular factory assemblies, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient production.

You will build out production health and safety documentation, RAMS, risk assessments and audit readiness while staying on the workshop floor daily and standing your ground with senior engineers when required.