Workshop Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Workshop Manager

Location: Ruislip

Compensation: £50,000

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF49718


At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Workshop Manager at our Ruislip site.

The role

As a Workshop Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will be responsible for maximising vehicle throughput, minimising vehicle downtime, whilst controlling costs, maintaining compliance and creating an environment for the employees to thrive and achieve.

Day to day, you'll prioritise work to ensure key performance indicators (KPI's) and service level agreements (SLA's) are achieved and minimised, take active measures to reduce interruptions and inefficiencies. You'll also conduct regular audits to ensure the accuracy of all job card information i.e. all work and parts/labour charges relating to third-party work are accounted for and write ups are specific, comprehensive and legible.

  • Ensure the workshop is well maintained and that utilisation of space is maximised
  • Have a consistent commercial focus including customer service, risk management, effective use of technology and consideration of limited resource management
  • Liaise with the support centre on a regular basis, keeping them informed of vehicle progress within the Workshop and to guide &/or advise on the repairs required

Essential experience of the Workshop Manager,

  • Significant management experience

This is a full time role based on site

Qualifications for the Workshop Manager,

  • Proven track record of transformation and implementation
  • Proactive
  • IT Literate

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance level for this role.

Our Benefits

  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Employee share scheme
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive ten days special paid leave
  • Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
  • '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

For the full extensive Benefits package please visit our Careers pages

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 15 June 2023

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