Workshop Manager - F&MS SC Bristol

Royal Mail Group; Bristol; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Workshop Manager in Bristol, leading the charge towards an all-electric delivery fleet by 2035. This pivotal role involves ensuring Fleet performance, compliance with safety policies, and optimizing workshop efficiency. You will engage and develop a dedicated team while managing relationships with stakeholders and Trade Union partners. With a commitment to sustainability and innovation, this position offers you the chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment. If you are passionate about driving performance improvement and have the qualifications to match, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Annual Bonus Potential

Company Pension Scheme

Generous Annual Leave

RMG Share Schemes

Family Friendly Support

Discounts and Offers

Supportive Company Sick Pay

Wellbeing Services

Qualifications

• Fully qualified in vehicle maintenance at advanced level.
• Established team leader with industry knowledge and experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with safety policies and optimize cost performance.
• Manage Fleet Workshop efficiency and engage with the team.
• Support continuous improvement and maintain ISO 9001 standards.

Skills

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Vehicle Maintenance & Repair

Performance Management

ISO 9001 Quality Standard

Education

IMI Level 3 in Light or Heavy Vehicle Maintenance & Repair

Tools

Resource Planning Tools

Booking Tools

Job description

Job Reference: 321608

Position: Workshop Manager - F&MS SC Bristol

Salary: Starting at £46,388, Annual bonus potential, Company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates

Benefits: Generous annual leave offering of 25 days, plus bank holidays, increasing with years of service

Type: Permanent, Full time

Location: F&MS SC Bristol, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7TS

This is a fantastic time to join the Royal Mail Fleet team as we progress on our journey towards net zero, targeting an all-electric delivery fleet by 2035. This is a huge undertaking with over 50,000 vehicles and trailer assets, from buying and selling vehicles, providing maintenance and accident repairs, to managing fuel and supplier contracts.

About the Role:

You will be critical to ensuring the delivery of Fleet performance and for meeting the requirements of the Operator in the most efficient and cost-effective way. You will also:

1. Be accountable for compliance to both legal and RM safety policies and meeting safety targets as well as delivering maintenance services and optimising cost performance & forecasting through the use of resource planning and booking tools.
2. Be responsible for optimising the efficiency of Fleet Workshops to meet industry standard performance levels and the deployment of all changes relating to Fleet Workshop.
3. Ensure effective engagement, communication and coaching to support and develop the Fleet Workshop team.
4. Be accountable for the achievement of all agreed targets, including internal Customer targets with SLAs through the use of effective performance management techniques.
5. Actively deploy, manage and support the maintenance of ISO 9001 quality standard within Fleet Workshop and support Continuous Improvement activity within the Workshop.
6. Effectively manage the local IR interface, working collaboratively with union colleagues to deliver change.

About You:

For this role, 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 of dispersed maintenance operations.

You are also able to:

1. Effectively manage and build relations with stakeholders.
2. Influence and deliver results through people.
3. Manage and build relations with Trade Union partners.
4. Lead, develop and coach to drive performance improvement.
5. Maintain a high degree of flexibility to ensure effective cover across multiple shift operations and may be required to travel to other sites within your area of responsibility.

Additional Benefits:

1. RMG Share Schemes - partnership and matching share offer.
2. Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave.
3. Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills.
4. Supportive and generous company sick pay.
5. Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life.

Next Steps:

The next stage of the selection process will be a face-to-face interview consisting of competency-based and role-specific questions. We plan to hold interviews w/c 27th January 2025 at Bristol Mail Centre.

Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place.

We don’t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.

Royal Mail is proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

Closing Date: Sunday, 5th January 2025. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.