Workshop Manager
3 days ago
Southampton
Our Engineering team at Rubix plays a vital role in solving complex challenges and delivering practical, innovative solutions that keep our customers moving. We bring together talented engineers from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and disciplines — all united by a shared commitment to quality, safety, and continuous improvement. Whether working onsite or in our specialist facilities, we foster a collaborative, inclusive environment where every voice is valued, and diverse thinking drives better outcomes. By combining technical expertise with a deep understanding of our customers' needs, we engineer solutions that make a real difference to our clients. • Lead and supervise workshop engineers and technicians, overseeing the repair, maintenance, overhaul and refurbishment of industrial equipment, including pumps, motors, gearboxes and associated components., • Ensure full compliance with RUBIX UK & Ireland HSEQ policies, procedures and engineering standards., • Maintain a safe, organised and efficient workshop environment, ensuring risk assessments, toolbox talks and safe systems of work are implemented., • Plan, coordinate and allocate workshop workloads, labour and resources to meet customer requirements, agreed deadlines and operational priorities., • Oversee the end-to‑end repair process, ensuring equipment is inspected, diagnosed, repaired, tested and returned to customers in line with required specifications., • Monitor workshop productivity, job progress, turnaround times and quality of work, taking action to address delays or performance issues., • Ensure accurate completion of job cards, inspection reports, repair documentation, test certificates and other relevant records., • Support quotation preparation, job costing, budgeting and resource planning to maximise workshop efficiency and profitability., • Manage workshop equipment, tools, materials and stock requirements, ensuring resources are available to support operational demands., • Identify opportunities to improve workshop processes, reduce rework, increase productivity and enhance customer satisfaction., • Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams, suppliers and customers, providing updates on repair progress and completion timelines., • Mentor, coach and develop workshop personnel, supporting technical training, performance management and succession planning., • Lead continuous improvement initiatives, workshop audits and quality assurance activities to maintain high engineering standards., • Coordinate workload priorities and support operational flexibility, including overtime and shift working where required to meet customer commitments., • Proven experience managing or supervising an engineering workshop within an industrial, manufacturing, maintenance or repair environment., • Strong technical knowledge of rotating equipment, including pumps, electric motors, gearboxes and associated industrial equipment., • Experience planning and managing workshop workloads, labour allocation and resource utilisation., • Strong understanding of HSEQ requirements, risk assessments and safe working practices., • Experience managing repair quality, inspection processes, testing procedures and engineering documentation., • Ability to monitor operational KPIs, manage costs and improve workshop productivity and profitability., • Strong leadership skills, with experience coaching, motivating and developing engineering teams., • Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines., • Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders., • Commercial awareness, including experience supporting quotations, job costing and cost control., • Commitment to continuous improvement, quality standards and delivering excellent customer service., • Good IT skills, including the use of workshop management systems, digital job cards and reporting tools., • Relevant engineering qualification, apprenticeship or equivalent practical experience., • Flexibility to support overtime and shift working when required to maintain operational performance. #J-18808-Ljbffr