Workshop Manager

JA1343 - Workshop Manager
Location: Liphook
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000

Overview:

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Workshop Manager on behalf of one of our clients, a long-established supplier of engineering machine tools to the UK hobby and light industrial markets.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Management of the warehouse.
• Seeking an experienced engineer with both mechanical and electrical backgrounds and skills to work on a range of lathes, mills and drills.
• Manual (non-CNC) turning, milling and light fabrication skills will be necessary and the position will be predominately workshop based with some occasional customer site visits from time to time.
• Use your metalworking background to solve workshop issues, find and rectify faults.
• Carry out testing and commissioning of new machines.
• Check machines against specification and quality criteria.
• Fabrication of parts and undertake general metalworking tasks.
• Carry out refurbishment of used machinery.
• You will be able to undertake metalworking tasks including drilling, tapping and fitting accessories onto machines.
• Occasional client site visits for repairs, specialist installs and collections will be required.
• Provide technical support to the sales team and direct with customer.
• Provide holiday, sickness and general cover during busy periods in the warehouse as required.

Skills and Qualifications:

• You will have a mechanical engineering background.
• You will be proficient in electrical 240v and 440v and electrical controls.
• You will have management experience ideally in warehouse management.
• The ability to draft technical manuals.
• You will need to be able to wire up machinery, conforming to current electrical safety standards.
• Experience with quality assurance systems and procedures would be advantageous.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Practical experience in a comparable role.
• Good telephone manner and be comfortable dealing with customer technical queries.
• Be a flexible, adaptable, team worker and able to work safely and without supervision under you own initiative.
• Be committed to delivering a high level of customer service.
• Be computer literate.
• Possess a clean UK drivers licence.

Location: Liphook

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000