Workshop Supervisor

Job Title: Workshop Supervisor
Location: Ricmond, North Yorkshire
Compensation: £35,887 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF56378

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Workshop Supervisor at our Catterick site.

The role
As a Workshop Supervisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll be at the forefront of our business as a first line leader ensuring the smooth operation and continuous improvement of the workshop. You'll be responsible for leading and motivating your team to achieve set goals and objectives.

Day to day, you’ll:

• Ensure the delivery teams have the necessary people, tools, and processes they need to safely deliver outputs against the plan(s).
• Provide effective leadership to your team, ensuring health and safety, quality, output, and adherence to Babcock principles
• Drive continuous improvement within your section, optimsing processes and resources for enhanced efficiency
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date systems to provide valuable information for decision-making and improved visibility for the wider business.
• Lead recruitment activities, manage team member performance, conduct grievance procedures, and oversee capability development in line with company policies.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week, and will be based on-site at MOD Catterick, near Richmond

Essential experience of the Workshop Supervisor

• Completed (or working towards) British Safety Council Level 2 qualification
• Proven understanding of lean management principles
• Strong leadership and people management skills, including the ability to motivate, coach, and provide constructive feedback
• Excellent multi-tasking abilities
• Ability to have difficult conversations and make informed decisions based on available information

Qualifications for the Workshop Supervisor

• Minimum of Level 2 in the National Qualification Framework (NQF) or equivalent workplace experience (e.g., Intermediate apprenticeship, Level 2 NVQ, GCSEs A*-C, O Levels A-C, CSE Grade 1)

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 20/03/24