Workshop Manager - Machining

POSITION: Engineering Workshop Manager

LOCATION: Bradford

HOURS: Monday – Thursday 07.00 to 16.00 Friday 07.00 to 15.00

SALARY: £55k – £60k per annum dependant on experience

HOLIDAYS: 5 weeks annual leave plus statutory public holidays

RESPONSIBILITIES

Workshop management

• Coordinating daily operations, ensuring efficient workflows and managing scheduling.
• Monitor and control the progress of jobs, working closely with our engineers, suppliers and sub-contractors to ensure jobs are delivered within estimated/allocated times.
• Plan works, liaising with the production office team regarding purchasing requirements, completing purchase requisitions for job specific purchasing.
• Maintain oversight of workshop related expenditure, stock takes and stock requirements.
• Provide technical support to a team of multi-skilled engineers and operatives.
• Liaise with the sales team to aid them when producing quotations, as well as providing regular updates regarding job delivery for effective management of customer expectations.

Quality and efficiency

• Develop and implement standards for quality, safety and efficiency.
• Conduct pre, mid and post inspection of all jobs including inspection of sub-contracted processes.
• Monitor the condition of machinery, equipment and tooling to ensure maintenance is conducted and safety is maintained.

Client and supplier liaison

• Liaise with clients, manage suppliers and sub-contractors.

Safety and compliance

• Ensure adherence to safety regulations and protocols, conducting risk assessments and maintaining equipment safety.
• Maintain high levels of workshop cleanliness.

Production meetings

• Take an active role in weekly production meetings providing updates regarding job progress, highlighting any production delivery issues/challenges.

Personnel management

• Manage the performance of the team and conduct appraisals
• Involved with recruitment of engineers

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Experienced Workshop Manager within a similar mechanical engineering environment, minimum 5 years in a Workshop Manager role
• Time-served engineer
• Technical knowledge and understanding of manual machining and repair work
• Effective decision-making skills to adapt to urgent job requirements from customers, address issues and improve operations
• Proven experience managing, leading and motivating a team
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience managing budgets
• Strong computer skills and comfortable learning new systems