Workshop Foreman

ABOUT THE ROLE

Operating at the highest levels of international motor sport, M-Sport UK delivers programmes across the FIA World Rally Championship, Rally-Raid, GT racing and a variety of global customer racing activities. We are looking to recruit an experienced and motivated Workshop Foreman to join our team at our Dovenby Hall headquarters.

This is an exciting opportunity for a proven workshop leader to oversee the day-to-day activities of a busy team of technicians, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently and to the highest standards. You’ll be responsible for driving productivity, maintaining quality standards, supporting the development of your team and creating a positive working environment where people can perform at their best.

We’re looking for an individual with strong leadership experience who thrives in a fast-paced workshop environment. Whilst experience within motor sport would be advantageous, we welcome applications from candidates with supervisory experience from automotive dealerships, commercial vehicle workshops, manufacturing or other engineering environments.

The role responsibilities include:

• Workshop Leadership:Lead, motivate and support a team of technicians, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently and to the highest standard.

• Resource Planning:Allocate daily workloads, manage workshop prioritise and ensure resources are utilised effectively to meet business objectives.

• Performance Management:Monitor productivity, quality and team performance, providing coaching, guidance and regular feedback to maximise individual and team performance.

• Health & Safety:Promote and maintain a strong health and safety culture, ensuring all workshop activities comply with company procedures and legislation.

• Quality Standards:Ensure all work carried out meets the company’s exacting quality standards and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Technical Support:Provide technical guidance and support to technicians, helping to resolve issues and remove operational barriers.

• Cross-Departmental
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with Engineering, Production, Stores, Purchasing and other departments to ensure projects are delivered on time.

• People Development:Support the training, mentoring and development of technicians, apprentices and new starters.

• Continuous Improvement:Identify and implement improvements to workshop processes, efficiency and working practices.

• General Workshop Management:Maintain high housekeeping standards and ensure equipment, tooling and facilities are managed effectively.

We’re looking for a self-motivated team player with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.

• Leadership
  
  Experience:
  
  Previous experience leading or supervising a workshop team, ideally managing 10 – 15 technicians or mechanics.

• People Management:Strong leadership, coaching and mentoring skills with the ability to develop and motivate others.

• Workshop Operations:Experience planning workloads, managing resources and delivering work to deadlines.

• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships across the business.

• Organisation:Highly organised with excellent attention to detail and the ability to prioritise multiple activities.

• Problem Solving:A proactive approach with strong decision-making skills and the ability to resolve operational challenges.

• IT Literacy:Competent using Microsoft Office applications.

• Previous experience within an automotive dealership, commercial vehicle, manufacturing or engineering workshop.

• Experience managing technicians or mechanics in a fast-paced environment.

Operating a flourishing global motor sport business with state-of-the-art facilities at home and winning performances around the globe, M-Sport UK provide the engineering expertise behind an award-winning range of competition cars and has become an industry leader with success across some of the industry’s most acclaimed motor sport series.

The drive to deliver championship-winning machinery is what excites and strengthens our technical team; and our highly skilled team of Technicians and…