Workshop Team Lead: Productivity & Quality

Monnoyeur; Corby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Monnoyeur is seeking an Assistant Workshop Manager to join Aprolis UK in Corby, leading the workshop team to ensure safe, efficient operations and high-quality outcomes for customers. You will balance hands-on oversight with supervisory duties, driving productivity, compliance and service delivery.

Role requires proven workshop leadership, strong communication, and the ability to coach apprentices. A focus on planning, KPI tracking and collaboration with parts and other departments is essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of the plant or equipment hire industry.
• Previous experience in a workshop supervisory or senior engineer role.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven leadership and team‑building abilities.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills.
• Strong customer service focus.
• Competent IT skills, including Microsoft Office and workshop management systems.
• Good understanding of engineer productivity, utilisation and efficiency targets.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise workloads and make sound decisions.

Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day running of the workshop.
• Allocate and monitor workloads to maximise engineer productivity and ensure customer deadlines are achieved.
• Carry out final quality inspections where authorised.
• Monitor workshop performance and recommend improvements.
• Liaise with the Parts Department to ensure timely parts availability.
• Communicate effectively with internal departments, suppliers and customers.
• Support induction, training and performance reviews.

Skills

Plant/equipment knowledge

Workshop supervision

Leadership

Communication skills

Organisational planning

Customer service

IT skills

Tools

MS Office

Workshop management systems

Job description

Monnoyeur is seeking an Assistant Workshop Manager to join Aprolis UK in Corby, leading the workshop team to ensure safe, efficient operations and high-quality outcomes for customers. You will balance hands-on oversight with supervisory duties, driving productivity, compliance and service delivery.

Role requires proven workshop leadership, strong communication, and the ability to coach apprentices. A focus on planning, KPI tracking and collaboration with parts and other departments is essential.