Workshop Manager

Royalmailgroup; Chester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Mail is seeking a skilled Workshop Manager for its Chester site, responsible for leading performance across multiple workshops, ensuring compliance with legal and safety standards. The role includes optimizing resources and coaching team members while fostering relationships with stakeholders and Trade Union partners. Ideal candidates will have advanced qualifications in vehicle maintenance and proven leadership in dispersed operations.

Benefits

Annual Bonus Potential

Car Allowance

Company Pension Scheme

Generous Annual Leave of 25 Days

Qualifications

• Establish team leader with relevant industry knowledge.
• Experience in dispersed maintenance operations.
• Qualified in vehicle maintenance at advanced level.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for Fleet Workshop performance.
• Ensure compliance with safety and operational standards.
• Manage and optimize maintenance costs and resources.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

Performance Management

Flexibility

Education

IMI Level 3 in Light or Heavy Vehicle Maintenance & Repair

Job description

Job reference 325482

Workshop Manager - EL1 - Chester , EL100

Annual bonus potential, Car Allowance, Company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates, Generous annual leave offering of 25 days, plus bank holidays, increasing with years of service

Permanent , Full time

F&MS SC Chester as primary location but role includes several other sites

For a full job description, please click on the following link:Job Descriptions

Royal Mail is currently looking to add an experienced Workshop Manager to its Chester site. The role also includes several other sites including Stoke, Wellington, Craven Arms, Aberystwyth, and Pwllheli. As the Workshop Manager, you will play a pivotal role in delivering cultural change. You will be accountable for the performance of your Workshop(s) in your area, with specific accountability for delivering performance against all key Maintenance scorecard indicators, including Safety, Legal, Cost, People, and Stakeholder performance measures.

About the Role

You will be critical to ensuring the delivery of Fleet performance and meeting the requirements of the Operator efficiently and cost-effectively.

You will also:

• Be accountable for compliance with legal and RM safety policies, meeting safety targets, and delivering maintenance services while optimizing cost performance & forecasting through resource planning and booking tools.
• Be responsible for optimizing the efficiency of Fleet Workshops to meet industry standard performance levels and deploying all changes related to Fleet Workshops.
• Ensure effective engagement, communication, and coaching to support and develop the Fleet Workshop team.
• Be accountable for achieving all targets, including internal Customer targets with SLAs, through effective performance management techniques.
• Support the maintenance of ISO 9001 quality standards within Fleet Workshops and continuous improvement activities.
• Manage local IR interfaces, working collaboratively with union colleagues to deliver change.
• Be responsible for any mobile sites and sub-locations under the control of the Workshop and/or Cluster.

About You

You need to be fully qualified to at least advanced level (IMI Level 3) in Light or Heavy vehicle maintenance & repair or an equivalent qualification.

You are an established team leader with relevant industry knowledge and experience in dispersed maintenance operations.

You should also be able to:

• Manage and build relations with stakeholders effectively.
• Influence and deliver results through people.
• Manage and build relations with Trade Union partners.
• Lead, develop, and coach to drive performance improvement.
• Be flexible to cover multiple shift operations and be willing to travel to other sites within your area of responsibility.

Because this role requires travel, Royal Mail will contribute £375 monthly towards rental payments for your chosen Job Needs Car.

Next Steps

The selection process includes a face-to-face interview with competency-based and role-specific questions, a presentation, and a scenario exercise. Interviews are planned for w/c 23rd June at Chester F&MS.

Royal Mail values trust and transparency. We will provide interview questions in advance to help you prepare. We welcome applications from all individuals, especially from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

If you need adjustments during the hiring process, please discuss this with your recruiter.

For more about Royal Mail Group and our values, click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: 16th June. The advert may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Job Enquiries: Ian Ditchfield ([e-mail])
Recruitment Enquiries: Paul Walker ([e-mail])

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