Workshop Manager

adi Group; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare cash plan

24/7 GP helpline

Cycle to work scheme

Annual employee awards

Free workwear

Job summary

adi Group is seeking an experienced Workshop Manager to lead day-to-day manufacturing across multiple Midlands workshops. You will drive efficiency, manage a flexible workforce and oversee processes to ensure on-time delivery within budget while maintaining safety and quality standards.

You will partner with the Operations Manager, take P&L responsibility for workshop profitability and identify opportunities for improvements, automation and better ways of working across the sites.

Qualifications

• Recognised engineering qualification or time-served apprenticeship.
• Proven leadership and team management skills.
• Financial and analytical skills, including budget awareness.
• Excellent organisational and time management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee manufacturing output and day-to-day operations across workshops.
• Lead, manage and develop workshop teams with effective use of labour and resources.
• Plan workforce capacity to meet project deadlines.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and quality standards.
• Take responsibility for workshop profitability and cost control.
• Identify new business opportunities and maintain stakeholder relationships.
• Prepare quotations and estimates based on project scopes and site visits.
• Coordinate workflows, procurement and manufacturing requirements.
• Drive lean manufacturing and continuous improvement across workshops.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Financial analysis

Time management

Education

Engineering qualification or time-served apprenticeship

Tools

Welding/Fabrication

Job description

Workshop Manager – adi Mechanical

Location – This is a Multi-site role, working across multiple adi Mechanical workshops in the Midlands and Northampton areas.

About The Role

adi Mechanical is looking for an experienced and hands-on Workshop Manager to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to take responsibility for the day-to-day manufacturing operations across our workshops, driving efficiency, improving productivity and ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time and within budget. Working closely with the Operations Manager, you will lead and develop a flexible workforce, oversee workshop resources and manage manufacturing processes while supporting the continued growth of adi Mechanical. You will also take full profit and loss responsibility for workshop profitability, playing a key role in identifying new opportunities, improving operational performance and developing best-in-class manufacturing practices.

Specifically, Your Key Responsibilities Will Include

• Oversee manufacturing output and day-to-day operations across the workshops.
• Lead, manage and develop workshop teams, ensuring labour and resources are used effectively.
• Plan and manage workforce capacity to meet project demands and delivery deadlines.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the required quality standards.
• Take responsibility for workshop profitability, managing fixed and variable costs and driving financial performance.
• Identify new business opportunities and develop strong relationships with internal stakeholders and customers.
• Prepare customer quotations and estimates based on project scopes and site visits.
• Coordinate project workflows, materials procurement and manufacturing requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement and introduce lean manufacturing principles across the workshops.
• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing processes through automation, new equipment and more efficient working methods.
• Oversee new product introductions and develop manufacturing cells for repeat production.
• Ensure all plant, equipment and workshop processes meet relevant quality, health and safety and legislative requirements.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, quality records and project handover information.
• Identify skills gaps and support workforce training and development to meet future business demands.

About You

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• A recognised engineering qualification or have completed a time-served trade apprenticeship.
• Experience in a similar management role within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge and practical experience of welding and fabrication.
• The ability to interpret and understand engineering drawings.
• Experience working with manufacturing machinery and knowledge of different steel types and their applications.
• An understanding of quality procedures, risk assessments, method statements and health and safety requirements.
• Proven leadership and team management skills, with experience driving operational improvements.
• Financial and analytical skills, ideally with experience of managing budgets and full P&L responsibility.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with customers and internal teams.
• A proactive, hands-on approach with the ability to take ownership, solve problems and work independently.

It Would Also Be Advantageous If You Have

• Experience within the food and beverage / Process / manufacturing industry.
• Experience with fitting, assembly and drawing parts for manufacture.
• Coded welding experience.
• Competence in slinging and lifting loads.
• Experience changing and dressing grinding wheels.
• An IOSH certificate or an Engineering Management qualification.

The Benefits

• The adi Pit Stop – savings and discounts portal with Reward Gateway
• Healthcare cash plan
• 24/7 GP helpline including private electronic prescription service
• Enhanced Employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee referral bonus of £500 for every successful new employee
• Generous holiday allowance
• Celebration days
• Company-wide Christmas party for employees and partners
• Annual employee awards
• Long service awards
• Free workwear

The Company

Find out more about adi - https://www.adiltd.co.uk/.

Other organisations may call this role a Workshop Manager, Production Manager, Fabrication Manager, Manufacturing Operations Manager or Engineering Workshop Manager.

adi Group is fully committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and seeks to ensure that the careers of all employees are determined solely on merit and opportunity and that judgement of employees is free from the effects of bias and prejudice.