Workshop Manager

Job Role: Workshop Manager/Production Manager

Job Type: Full Time/Perm

Salary: Dependent on skills and experience

Location: Peterborough

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Workshop Manager to join our specialist and experienced Building Services company working within the Energy, Food Processing and Pharmaceutical industries We provide a unique service from concept, advising and partnering with our clients to ensure the correct mechanical and electrical solution bespoke to their needs.

As the Worksop Manager your ability to lead and maintain quality and deliver the highest standards will be critical in the future of our manufacturing operations.

Role and Responsibilities:

Produce production schedules and program of works for the workshop

liaise with onsite teams to ensure manufacturing requirements are achieved

Complete daily progress checks & communicate with workshop staff, office staff and site managers

Liaise and organise sub-contract activities required to complete the project, including interacting with third-party inspectors

Undertake engineering and prepare work packs and inspection test plans to issue for fabrication to the shop floor

Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance standards focussed on consistently provide exceptional quality products and services

Study fabrication drawings to identify any potential issue with either materials or manufacturing

Increase the efficiency of existing processes and procedures to enhance manufacturing capacity

Ensure that operational activities remain on time and within budget

Monitoring all productivity levels and output standards, and quality control requirements

Providing advice to the team in the production of detail drawings, as required, together with pre-production checking

Maintaining and implementing of all the company’s procedures, good working practices and policies, including health and safety, environment, and quality requirements/expectations

Managing and coordinating the raising of bills of material and purchase requisitions for materials, parts, and equipment, whilst liaising closely with the Site teams, Design Team and office staff

Creating and executing daily, weekly, monthly, and annual production schedules

Report all relevant contract information to company directors

Requirements:

• Experienced Workshop Manager – MIG/TIG/MMA pipe welding and fabrication
  
  
• Strong management experience and a good leader of people
  
  
• Knowledge of business productivity software and an aptitude for learning new applications
  
  
• Deep understanding of production processes and related quality management systems
  
  
• Workshop/Production management qualification or training essential (or equivalent technical qualification)
  
  
• Strong skills in cost control
  
  
• Qualification: MIG/TIG/MMA welding and pipe fitting background
  
  
• Ability to understand and read isometrics, content of typical work packs
  
  
• Qualification: ideal but not essential HNC/HND
  
  
• Good Work Ethic, leadership and management qualities
  
  
• Qualification: Leadership and Management Diploma
  
  
• Excellent communication and report writing skills
  
  
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a significant knowledge of, and interest in, ISO9001 and processes
  
  
• Internal auditing, compliance and maintenance of relevant standards, risk Assessment experience, an understanding of and the ability to interpret quality related regulations
  
  
• Excellent verbal, written and IT communication skills
  
  
• Experience of quality management systems and process control
  
  
• Hold a current CSCS card
  
  
• Experience with RWL visual inspection