Workshop Manager

Path Recruitment Ltd; Biggleswade; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established construction company is seeking a Workshop Manager to oversee service engineers and ensure efficient operations. The role requires hands-on experience with plant machinery and strong supervisory skills. The successful candidate will manage logistics and train the engineering team, ensuring effective service delivery. Competitive salary and great benefits included.

Benefits

Healthcare Cash Plan

Up to 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a workshop manager or similar role within the construction industry.
• Ability to make clear and effective decisions.
• Full UK driving license required.

Responsibilities

• Supervise service engineers regarding time management and workloads.
• Plan logistics for tools and manpower effectively.
• Assist with mechanical or electrical work on various plant machinery.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Logistics planning

Hands-on mechanical knowledge

Communication skills

Team development

Job description

Overview

Workshop Manager - Salary up to £50,000 DOE plus great benefits. Are you ready to join a well established company that provides market-leading products to the industrial and construction sectors? You will be based at one of their depots near Biggleswade, where you will be joining a professionally led engineering team.

Benefits of the Workshop Manager Role

• Monday to Friday working hours.
• Salary up to £50k DOE.
• Healthcare Cash Plan.
• Up to 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Healthcare scheme.
• Buy additional days leave.
• Pension scheme.

The Company

You would be working for a well-established construction company that prides itself on providing outstanding customer service. To uphold their reputation, they are continuously finding ways to improve and streamline the business, to ensure they keep building a strong brand that many customers can rely on and come back to time and time again. To assist with the workload, they are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic workshop manager who has the ability to work within a fast-paced environment and motivate the team to work efficiently and effectively.

Job Role

• As the workshop manager, you will be supervising the service engineers in relation to time and workloads and the ability to make clear and accurate decisions.
• You will need to have experience in parts ordering and effectively plan the logistics for spare parts, tools, transport, and manpower to arrive in a timely manner.
• You will be hands-on, assisting with any mechanical or electrical work on a range of plant machinery including telehandlers, dumpers or diggers.
• Checking and processing time sheets and inspection reports.
• You will need to be able to train and develop your engineering team.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have previous experience within the construction industry as a workshop manager, workshop supervisor, workshop foreperson, chargehand, service manager or senior engineer. You will hold a full UK driving license. You will also have previous experience managing engineers within the plant hire, agricultural, vehicle, automotive or HGV background.

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