Workshop Manager - Bristol Workshop

Job reference number 301042

Workshop Manager - Bristol Workshop
Salary: £43,940.00
Annual bonus potential
Company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Generous annual leave offering of 25 days, plus bank holidays
Full time
Permanent
F&MS SC Bristol

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Royal Mail as a Workshop Manager. We’re recruiting now for a Workshop Manager at our Bristol Workshop.
 
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 20 staff at Bristol
 
About you
To be successful in this role, you will possess the following essential skills, experiences, and qualifications:

You'll be fully qualified to at least advanced level (IMI Level 3) in Light or Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and repair,or an equivalent qualification and hold a full manual driving licence

You'll have the ability to effectively manage and build relations with stakeholders, in order to influence and deliver results through people

You'll have the ability to manage and build relations with Trade Union partners

You'll be able to lead, develop and coach to drive performance improvement

You'll have a high degree of flexibility to ensure effective cover across multiple shift operations, you may also be required to travel to other sites within your area of responsibility

You'll have the relevant industry knowledge and experience of dispersed maintenance operations along with experience of leading and coaching teams through change

A knowledge of compliance requirements for vehicles and road transport legislation is essential

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face or virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions, a scenario and case study and presentation. 

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. 

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions and scenario exersizes.

Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people. 
 

We don’t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you. 

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. 

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

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. 

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face or virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions, a scenario and case study and presentation. 

Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people. 
 

We don’t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you. (delete if essential criteria only)

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. 

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: 16th October 2023. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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