Head of Workshops

Location: South of England (multi-site role, with regular travel between sites)
Salary: Competitive, plus benefits
Reporting to: Board level

Our client is a well-established operator with a large HGV fleet working from several sites. They are looking for a Head of Workshops to take ownership of all workshop operations across the group.

This is a senior role. You will set the direction for fleet engineering, make sure every site meets the same high standard of compliance, and build a strong engineering culture where people are held to account.

The role

• Set and own the strategy for all workshop operations across the group


• Line manage the Workshop Managers on every site, and develop senior technicians, supervisors and apprentices


• Make sure every site meets 100% PEM compliance and fully meets DVSA, O Licence and manufacturer requirements


• Achieve consistently high MOT first time pass rates and keep the business ready for a DVSA audit at all times


• Manage defects, VOR risk, repeat faults and root cause analysis


• Make processes, systems and reporting the same across all workshop sites


• Own the workshop budgets, including labour, overtime, agency spend, parts, stock and external repair costs


• Manage relationships with external repairers, parts suppliers and specialist contractors


• Lead on health and safety, including LOLER and PUWER inspections, safe systems of work and incident investigations


• Report KPIs, risk and performance to the senior leadership team

What you will bring

• Extensive experience running multi-site HGV/LGV workshop operations


• A proven track record of managing Workshop Managers and senior technicians


• Strong knowledge of DVSA requirements, O Licence undertakings and fleet compliance


• Experience owning workshop budgets and improving cost performance


• A hands-on approach together with strategic thinking, and the ability to influence at director level


• Experience in waste, logistics or transport is an advantage

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and Repair


• Transport Manager CPC


• IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH equivalent


• Full UK driving licence with Class 1 HGV


• ILM Level 5 or equivalent management qualification


• IRTEC accreditation, an Engineering or Management degree/HND, or CILT membership would be an advantage

To apply, send your CV via dmagroup.co.uk/submit-cv or call 07932 603836 for a confidential conversation.

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