Workshop Manager
Location: Richmond, North Yorkshire
Compensation: £51,112 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
The role
As a Workshop Manager, you will step into a high impact leadership role at the heart of our operational delivery. This is an opportunity to lead skilled teams, turn strategic plans into tangible results and set the standard for safety, quality and performance across the workshop.
Day‑to‑day responsibilities
* Lead workshop operations to ensure production plans are delivered safely, on time and to the required quality standards.
* Manage and develop teams across the full employee lifecycle, building a positive, inclusive and high performing culture.
* Plan and allocate resources effectively to match capacity and capability with operational demand.
* Monitor and improve performance using data to control costs, manage risk and drive continuous improvement.
* Champion health and safety by challenging unsafe practices and embedding a strong safety first mindset.
Essential experience
* Proven experience leading and developing operational teams within a workshop, manufacturing or engineering environment.
* Strong knowledge of health and safety management with the confidence to challenge and improve working practices.
* Experience of production planning, scheduling and resource allocation.
* Demonstrated ability to use performance data to manage delivery, budgets and costs.
* Experience managing change and driving continuous improvement.
Qualifications
* Educated to Level 4 on the National Qualification Framework, such as a Higher Apprenticeship, HNC or Level 4 NVQ, or equivalent workplace experience.
* A relevant health and safety qualification, such as IOSH, NEBOSH or British Safety Council, would be advantageous.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Benefits
* Generous holiday allowance
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
* Employee shopping savings portal
* Payment of Professional Fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
* Holiday Trading to buy or sell up to one working week of annual leave (open February through March).
* ‘Be Kind Day’ allowing one paid day of leave per year for volunteering with a chosen organisation or charity.
Equal Opportunities
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header “Reasonable adjustments requirement”. 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.
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