Vehicle Workshop Manager

As a Vehicle Workshop Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. This is an exciting opportunity to support Babcock and the London Fire Brigade in keeping us safe.

Day-to-day, you'll maximise vehicle throughput, minimising vehicle downtime, whilst controlling costs, maintaining compliance, and creating an environment for the employees to thrive and achieve, whilst promoting a safe culture and environment.

• Review the workshop structure and resourcing to ensure it is robust and agile to meet the contractual demand


• Have a consistent commercial focus including customer service, risk management, effective use of technology and consideration of limited resource management


• Focus on People - recruitment, development, training and retention within the workshop


• Focus on quality in the workshop: quality of output with high first-time fix rates, quality of work submissions


• Financials - understand the cost base, create a plan to improve productivity, utilisation, and efficiency


This role is full time, 40 hours per week Monday - Friday and is based on site at Ruislip.


• Significant experience in the repair and maintenance of motor vehicles


• Working effectively with internal and external stakeholders


• Excellent attention to detail, Relevant Technical Qualification - HGV IMI Level 3


• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent


• UK Driving License


Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Vehicle Workshop Manager at our Ruislip site.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• 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 share scheme


• Employee shopping savings portal


• Payment of Professional Fees


• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave


• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement


• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity


Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.