Workshop Manager

Workshop manager

The client I represent are a well-established busy Shopfitting & Joinery business based in Shrewsbury working from our owned offices and joinery workshop premises.

We cover the UK for our clients completing high end refurbishments and have done for the last 20+ years as principal contractor. We also contract to other well-known brands on a smaller scale with our works increasing. We are currently fully booked until Jan 2025 and on average have a 3 - 6 month lead time. The majority of our works are within Greater London / within the M25, the Northwest and Midlands.

We operate two site teams working around the UK and our workshop team of 3-4 operatives based in our workshop helping on site occasionally. Our workshop team manufactures a range of counters, bars, drinks units, cabinetry, timber claddings etc using reclaimed rustic materials as well as new. We also manufacture architectural joinery on a smaller scale, shopfronts doors etc all for the commercial sector.

We are recruiting for a 'hands on’ working workshop manager / foreman who thrives on working in a busy environment, flexible and decisive.

General daily tasks;

• Daily meets with contracts manager discussing works moving forward

• Delegating work

• Collating information from work schedules / details / drawings

• Working through day-to-day problems

• Ordering materials / checking deliveries

• Overseeing workshop H&S

• Running of workshop keeping a clear and safe area environment

• Turning site vans around with materials and equipment via a checklist for sites

• When all manager tasks are complete then hands on helping out / manufacturing

Joinery (site or workshop) experience required, shopfitting experience beneficial. A general knowledge of all the building trades not essential but helpful, we would welcome someone moving across into the shopfitting sector and / or from site work.

Certification: First aid, Manual handling, Asbestos aware will be required and training can be offered as required for completion. Forklift licence will be beneficial and again training can be offered.

Location: Within commutable distance from our offices & workshop

Salary - Full time PAYE our managers are earning £50-60k gross per annum

Base rate: £16.00

Overtime paid @ time & a half after 40 hours per week

Double time paid for any Saturday, Sundays and bank holiday’s as/if required

30 Days holiday included.

Wages paid weekly directly into your bank

Company vehicle can be negotiated as part of your contract if required