Workshop Manager - Harrow Garage

at  RATP Dev London

We are looking for a Workshop Manager to work from our London Sovereign Harrow Garage . The individuals will lead the engineering team within the garage, managing resources within budget and time to ensure the provision of sufficient vehicles, of the required standard of reliability, presentation and condition for the operational requirements of the business.

• Ensure that all staff within the garage fully understand and comply with company and statutory requirements in terms of Health & Safety and operating procedures.
• To ensure that the depot(s) peak vehicle requirement is achieved on a daily basis and to ensure that all vehicles supplied for service are cleaned and maintained to a high standard that exceeds the statutory requirements set out by VOSA.
• Dealing with the maintenance, health and safety and environmental impact of Company premises and ensuring legislative compliance.
• Responsibility for staffing levels, recruitment, training, management, communication and pay of all engineering staff, adhering to Company policies, procedures and formal union agreements. This includes absence and performance management.
• To build and deliver the engineering budget for your area of the business and ensure that targets are met
• Reduce waste and improve efficiency wherever possible.
• Effective and efficient administration as record keeping and processing paperwork is an essential part of this role.
• Ensure that sufficient clean, reliable and road-worthy vehicles are available throughout the working day for allocation to service .
• By working with the engineers and Operations, ensure that engineering lost mileage is kept to a minimum and take decisive and appropriate action if problems arise.
• Oversee the provision of comprehensive engineering support for fleet vehicles both on and off road.Ensure the team are providing engineering services in as cost effective and efficient manner as possible.