Workshop Supervisor

Overview

Our client, an award-winning rotating equipment repairs workshop, is seeking a Workshop Supervisor for their electrical repairs division. You will report to the Workshop Manager and oversee a team of workshop electrical fitters and other personnel.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and provide technical support to workshop operatives on the bench and ensure timely clocking.




• Dismantle and inspect work to ensure nothing is missed.




• Test motors.




• Repair motors and rotating equipment, including gearboxes, pumps and generators.




• Ensure workload is managed in the workshop and that the team maintains a high standard of customer service from start to finish.




• Progress jobs through the workshop.




• Check what work is required and order parts.




• Cover for the Workshop Manager to price up jobs when on annual leave.




• Ensure parts are ordered.




• When parts arrive, allocate team members to assemble, test and verify work before dispatch to customers.




• Ensure correct workshop procedures are carried out on the shop floor.




• Allocate jobs to operatives and monitor progress, including job times in line with quotations; collaborate with the Purchasing Clerk to progress jobs as parts are received.




• Monitor and inspect all jobs in progress at key stages and prior to delivery; record all findings.




• Maintain training records for operatives.




• Deputise for the Workshop Manager when required and take responsibility for all workshop activity.




• Manage calibration of measuring equipment.




• Attend sites as required for costings or site work, in line with workshop workload.




• Join the on-call team handling out-of-hours calls.

What you will need to apply

• Experience as a workshop electrical fitter with work across motors including AC and DC machines.




• Experience repairing rotating equipment from an electrical perspective, including motors, pumps, gearboxes and generators.




• Right to work in the UK permanently (sponsorship not provided).




• Located in the Greater Manchester/North West of England area or willing to relocate.




• Supervisory, management, team leader or senior experience is preferred.




• Full clean driving licence.




• Ability to cover shifts on a rota basis.

What’s on offer

• On-call work is required, with additional pay for on-call duties.




• Free parking.




• OTE around £55,000 (overtime paid at time-and-a-half and double time).




• Career progression.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Technology, Information and Internet

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