Workshop Supervisor

Babcock International; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks via Aviva

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for Reservi

Holiday Trading window February-March

Be Kind Day for volunteering

Job summary

Babcock requires a Workshop Supervisor to lead an operational team at Ashchurch, Gloucestershire, ensuring production targets are met safely and efficiently. You will manage recruitment, performance, welfare and workforce planning while maintaining safety, quality, and process standards.

The role focuses on coordinating people and resources, overseeing equipment and tooling, and driving improvements with strong leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising teams in production/manufacturing/engineering environments.
• Ability to coordinate people, resources and daily operations.
• Experience in safety-focused, process-driven settings.
• Strong communication and team leadership skills.
• Level 2 NQF or equivalent and Level 3 vocational qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop an operational team to deliver production plans safely and efficiently.
• Manage recruitment, performance, capability, welfare and workforce planning.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, quality and operational processes.
• Oversee production systems, equipment, tooling and resource availability to minimise operational risks.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and maintain accurate operational reporting and planning.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

People coordination

Safety awareness

Education

Level 2 National Qualifications Framework (NQF Level 2)

NQF Level 3 qualification (e.g., Advanced Apprenticeship or Level 3 NVQ)

Job description

As a Workshop Supervisor, you'll be responsible for leading and managing an operational team to safely deliver production targets while ensuring effective workforce management, resource planning, process compliance and continuous improvement. This is an opportunity to take ownership of operational delivery, making sure the right people, tools, processes and resources are in place to achieve business objectives. Day-to-day, you will be:

• Leading and developing an operational team to deliver production plans safely and efficiently.
• Managing recruitment, performance, capability, welfare and workforce planning activities.
• Ensuring compliance with health, safety, quality and operational processes.
• Overseeing production systems, equipment, tooling and resource availability to minimise operational risks.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives and maintaining accurate operational reporting and planning.

This role is full time working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based on site at Ashchurch, Gloucestershire.

Requirements

• Experience supervising teams within a production, manufacturing, engineering, automotive, logistics or similar operational environment.
• Ability to coordinate people, resources and daily operations effectively.
• Experience working within a safety-focused and process-driven environment.
• Strong communication and team leadership skills.
• Experience supporting performance improvement and delivery against operational targets., Educated to Level 2 within the National Qualifications Framework (or equivalent).
• Relevant technical or vocational qualification equivalent to NQF Level 3, such as an Advanced Apprenticeship or Level 3 NVQ.

Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Workshop Supervisor at Ashchurch, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire., We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.