The Workshop Supervisor reporting to the Coating Equipment Manager will supervise and support daily workshop operations through active hands‑on involvement, ensuring all work is completed safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards. The role is responsible for leading, mentoring, and developing workshop personnel, promoting a positive safety culture, world‑class housekeeping standards, maintaining productivity, and ensuring operational targets and deadlines are consistently achieved.
Major Responsibilities:
* Supervising and supporting workshop staff and apprentices to ensure work is carried out safely, efficiently, and in line with company standards and operational requirements.
* Providing hands‑on technical guidance, fault finding and troubleshooting support to assist with the completion of maintenance, repair, and operational tasks.
* Ensuring all health, safety, environmental, and company procedures are consistently followed, promoting a world‑class safety culture and compliance across all workshop activities.
* Monitoring productivity, quality of completed work, and completion of work schedules to ensure deadlines, performance targets, and customer expectations are achieved.
* Training, coaching, and mentoring team members and apprentices to develop technical skills, competency, and professional growth within the workshop environment.
* Working alongside the workshop planner to coordinate equipment and resource availability to ensure efficient workflow and support operational priorities.
* Maintaining world‑class standards of workmanship, cleanliness, and housekeeping within the workshop, ensuring a safe, organised, and professional working environment.
* Ensuring equipment tracking processes are maintained accurately, including the monitoring, recording, movement of plant equipment.
* Assessment of equipment upon return from projects.
* Supervise Engineering teams to support upcoming and ongoing projects in country.
Job Specific Education Required:
* 5 GCSEs at Grade 5 or above including Maths & English
* Time served Mechanical/electrical apprenticeship
* HNC or equivalent Engineering qualification
Work Experience Required:
* Proven experience working within a workshop, engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, or technical environment.
* Strong hands‑on technical experience, including fault finding, troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair activities relevant to the workshop operation.
* Experience working to health, safety, and quality standards within a fast‑paced operational environment.
* Demonstrated ability to coordinate workloads, prioritise tasks, and meet operational deadlines effectively.
* Experience training, mentoring, or supporting the development of apprentices.
* Familiarity with equipment control, asset tracking, and workshop resource management processes.
* Strong communication and teamwork skills with the ability to lead by example and maintain high standards of professionalism and quality of work.
Skills & Knowledge Required:
* Able to work independently and on own initiative.
* Good communication skills, able to work with clients and colleagues at all levels and to generate clear and accurate reports detailing actions taken and recommended future actions.
* Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage own and others time efficiently.
* An understanding of pneumatics, hydraulics and electrical systems is desirable
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