Workshop Lead: Drive Quality, Flow & Team Impact

Solus - an Aviva company; Newport; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus

Pension

Holiday entitlement

Discounts

Save As You Earn

Parental leave

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Solus is looking for a Workshop Lead to supervise day-to-day workshop operations, ensuring smooth repair flow and high quality standards. You will work closely with Production, Parts and Customer teams to remove blockers and set clear priorities, while mentoring colleagues and upholding health, safety and process standards.

The role emphasizes influence, leadership presence, and a collaborative culture to drive consistency and momentum across the workshop.

Qualifications

• Technical understanding and credibility within a repair environment.
• The ability to support, guide and influence technicians.
• A collaborative, practical approach to solving problems.
• Clear communication and confidence working across teams.
• A strong focus on quality, safety and customer outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Act as a visible point of support within the workshop, promoting quality and right‑first‑time repairs
• Help maintain clear priorities and smooth repair flow across disciplines
• Work alongside Production, Parts and Customer teams to remove blockers
• Encourage consistent standards and best practice across the workshop
• Support colleagues through guidance, mentoring and hands‑on problem‑solving
• Contribute to identifying training needs and opportunities to improve ways of working
• Help ensure health, safety and process standards are understood and followed

Skills

Technical understanding

Influence technicians

Collaborative problem-solving

Cross-team communication

Quality and safety focus

Job description

Solus is looking for a Workshop Lead to supervise day-to-day workshop operations, ensuring smooth repair flow and high quality standards. You will work closely with Production, Parts and Customer teams to remove blockers and set clear priorities, while mentoring colleagues and upholding health, safety and process standards.

The role emphasizes influence, leadership presence, and a collaborative culture to drive consistency and momentum across the workshop.