Fabrication / Welding Workshop Manager in Cheddar
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Job Description
Workshop Manager (Fabrication & Welding) - Cheddar, Southwest Branch
About the Company:
My client is a specialist engineering and fabrication business providing high-quality, bespoke solutions to clients across the Southwest and wider UK. The Cheddar workshop delivers fabricated and welded products to exacting safety and quality standards, supporting multiple projects and sectors.
Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Workshop Manager to lead the Cheddar fabrication and welding workshop. You will be responsible for the safe, efficient delivery of all workshop activities, ensuring projects are completed on time, to specification and in line with ISO 9001 and BS EN 1090 requirements. Working closely with project managers, the design team and senior management, you will manage people, process and plant to maintain a high-performing, compliant workshop.
Key Responsibilities:
Plan, organise and oversee day-to-day workshop operations to meet production schedules and project deadlines.
Work with project managers to plan labour, create effective production plans and allocate work.
Ensure all workshop personnel understand and follow RAMS (Risk Assessments & Method Statements) and SSOWs (Safe Systems of Work), promoting a strong safety culture.
Lead by example in maintaining Health & Safety, quality and compliance standards, including ISO 9001 and BS EN 1090 procedures.
Act as, or work towards becoming, the Responsible Welding Coordinator, ensuring welding activities meet relevant codes and standards.
Support estimating, design and technical reviews, including checking fabrication drawings using AutoCAD Inventor and attending site visits where required.
Oversee quality checks, materials control, stock levels and workshop housekeeping.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
City & Guilds (C&G) or NVQ in fabrication, welding or a related engineering discipline.
Responsible Welding Coordinator qualification, or willingness to undertake training.
Proficient in AutoCAD Inventor for reviewing and checking fabrication drawings.
Proven experience in a fabrication/welding workshop environment with supervisory or management responsibility.
Experience working within ISO 9001 and BS EN 1090 frameworks.
Strong understanding of RAMS and SSOWs.
Excellent organisational, planning and communication skills, with high attention to detail and a focus on safety, quality and delivery.
Benefits & Practical Details:
Salary: £55,000 per annum.
Full-time, permanent position.
Core hours: Monday-Friday, 08:00-17:00.
Company van provided for business travel.
25 days' holiday plus bank holidays.
Pension scheme and on-site parking.
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- Location:
- Cheddar
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Manager, Workshop Manager, Workshop, Management, Fabrication, Welding, Oil And Gas