Workshop Manager Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
Job description
Job reference number 292884
Workshop Manager - Newtownabby Mail Centre - EL200
Full time
Permanent
Starting at £43,940 to £47,488 (dependant on experience)
F&MS SC Newtownabbey, Enterprise Way, BT36 4DL
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Royal Mail as a Workshop Manager. We’re recruiting now for a Workshop Manager in Newtownabbey Northern Ireland.
About the role
As a Workshop Manager, you’ll be critical in the delivery of both Fleet performance and for meeting the requirements of the Operator in the most efficient and cost-effective way. You’ll play a pivotal role in the delivery of cultural change. You’ll also be accountable for the performance of your Workshop, with specific accountability for delivering performance against all key Maintenance scorecard indicators - including, Safety, Legal, Cost, People and Stakeholder performance measures.
In addition, you’ll be responsible for the following:
- Accountable for compliance of both legal and RM safety policies, as well as meeting safety targets
- Accountable for delivering maintenance services and for optimising cost performance and forecasting with the use of the resource planning and booking tools
- Responsible for optimising the efficiency of Fleet Workshops to meet industry standard performance levels
- Ensure effective engagement, communication and coaching to support and develop the Fleet Workshop team
- Accountable for the achievement of all agreed targets, including internal Customer targets with SLAs, through effective performance management techniques
- Provide visible and effective leadership for Fleet Workshop teams and support staff
- Deployment of all changes relating to Fleet Workshops
- Build effective and professional relationships with key stakeholders and customers, being the first point of contact for operational managers for Fleet related queries
- Actively deploy, manage, and support the maintenance of ISO 9001 quality standard within Fleet Workshops and support Continuous Improvement activity within the Workshops
- Effectively manage the local IR interface, working collaboratively with union colleagues to deliver change
- Responsible for any mobile sites and sub-locations under the control of the Workshop and/or Cluster
- Budgetary responsibility of circa £3m
- Headcount responsibility for 28 staff
About you
To be successful in this role, you will possess the following essential skills, experiences, and qualifications:
- Fully qualified to at least advanced level (IMI Level 3) in Light or Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and repair,or an equivalent qualification
- Full manual driving licence
- Ability to effectively manage and build relations with stakeholders
- Ability to influence and deliver results through people
- Ability to manage and build relations with Trade Union partners
- Ability to lead, develop and coach to drive performance improvement.
- A high degree of flexibility to ensure effective cover across multiple shift operations
- Relevant industry knowledge and experience of dispersed maintenance operations
- Experience of leading and coaching teams through change
- Knowledge of compliance requirements for vehicles and road transport legislation is essential
Extra Benefits
- Generous holiday entitlement of 5 weeks (plus bank holidays), increasing with years completed service
- Company pension scheme with competitive contribution rates
- RMG Share Schemes - partnership and matching share offer
- Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
- Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
- Supportive and generous company sick pay
- Access to our Feeling First Class service, providing both mental and physical wellbeing support
- Lifestyle benefits - You can purchase a car, bike, home technology or mobile phone, or choose from a range of health benefits and insurance products. You make regular payments from your salary, and so could save on tax*.
- Financial support - information and services to help you manage debt and grow your financial knowledge, with debt consolidation & savings plans*
- Your peace of mind with - Healthcare CashPlan, Dental Cover, Additional Life (life insurance) & Additional Life Partner, Hospital & Death Benefit Plans; Voluntary Critical illness & Voluntary Critical illness Partner
- Free & discounted RMG products - free keep safe & redirection, partner discounts
- Free stamps at Christmas
- Available only to perm employees
Your career in safe hands
At Royal Mail we value our people and we want our people to be proud to work for our businesses.
We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don’t, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. We are responsible for the largest B2B customer database in the UK and are one of the largest employers in the UK, providing one in every 194 jobs.
An operation of this size needs a strong support network, and the HR, Legal, Finance, IT, Risk & Governance, Customer Experience, Sales & Marketing departments are all integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations.
Royal Mail is a forward thinking, innovative organisation, that is also committed to reducing emissions and improving air quality in our communities. This includes investing in technologies such as electric vehicles, drones, alternative fuel trucks and energy improvements to our estate.
Next Steps
The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face/virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions, a scenario and case study and presentation. We plan to hold interviews on w/c 13th March 2023
Closing Date: 5th March 2023. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
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