Workshop Team Leader

FM Conway; Dartford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transportation solutions provider in Dartford is looking for a Workshop Team Leader to oversee operations and ensure equipment maintenance to high standards. This full-time role requires strong technical knowledge of plant tools and excellent communication skills. The successful candidate will have relevant qualifications and leadership experience. Benefits include 23 days holiday, company pension, and access to training opportunities.

Benefits

Career and professional development

23 days holiday plus bank holidays

Company pension

Life assurance

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing workshop operations.
• Ability to oversee plant maintenance and repairs.
• Strong leadership and team management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee all workshop staff and daily activities.
• Create job cards and allocate tasks to staff.
• Monitor workshop efficiency and asset maintenance.
• Liaise with Parts Department for delivery timelines.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

City & Guilds Levels 1, 2, and 3 or equivalent

Technical knowledge of plant and tools

Excellent communication skills

Education

Vehicle maintenance qualification

Job description

FM Conway is looking for a Workshop Team Leader to take charge of our busy workshop operations, overseeing all aspects of plant maintenance, repairs, and inspections across our diverse fleet. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring that all equipment is maintained to the highest standards, leading the workshop team, and supporting the smooth and efficient running of our plant operations. This is a full‑time, permanent position based in Dartford, Kent.

The duties of the Workshop Team Leader role will include:

• Managing and overseeing all plant workshop staff, equipment, and daily work activities
• Creating job cards in Freeway, allocate tasks to staff, and review asset history to identify required maintenance, services, or inspections
• Monitoring workshop and staff efficiency by reviewing job card accuracy
• Ensuring all plant is maintained to a high standard to minimise maintenance-related breakdowns
• Reviewing and challenging spare parts requests to confirm they are necessary and justified
• Liaising with the Parts Department regarding outstanding parts and delivery timelines
• Identifying potential warranty issues and support discussions with manufacturers to progress claims

What skills and experience do you need?

We are looking for a Workshop Team Leader that holds a full UK driving licence, along with City & Guilds Levels 1, 2, and 3 or an equivalent vehicle maintenance qualification. You will have strong technical knowledge of a wide range of plant and small tools, including pavers, planers, excavators, telehandlers, compressors, and rollers. Excellent communication skills are essential, with the ability to liaise effectively with both colleagues and customers, ensuring clear, professional, and confident interactions at all times.

What benefits will you receive?

As our Workshop Team Leader, we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, company pension, life assurance and opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines and support from our mental health first aiders.

A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Plant and Workshop Division

FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. The heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family. We manufacture a comprehensive range of high-quality aggregates, asphalt and concrete products to serve our clients and we have developed a portfolio of specialised manufacturing plants and a large fleet of delivery HGV and LGV vehicles. Our Plant and Workshop division are an essential part of our projects, without the correct plant or HGV/LGV vehicles we wouldn’t be able to transport our materials from our depots to our sites. Our team work hard maintaining our wide range of heavy plant and small tools which include Excavators, Dumpers, Rollers, JCB’s, Bulkers, Low Loaders, Grabs, Tippers, Bitumen Tankers, Relocate lorries, Volumetric Mixers Pavers and Planers.

So, if you would like to Join our Family as our Workshop Team Leader then please click ‘apply’ today.

Closing Date: 24/12/2025

FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. EDI-Strategy

At our heart we are a family that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.

We look forward to receiving your application!