Workshop Manager

Job Title: Heavy Plant Workshop Manager
Location: Biggleswade
Salary: £55,000 £ 60,000 + benefits

NEOS Engineering is working in partnership with a globally recognised OEM within the heavy plant and specialist equipment sector. Due to continued growth, they are seeking an experienced Heavy Plant Workshop Manager to take full ownership of a busy workshop operation in Biggleswade.

This is a senior, hands-on leadership role where you ll be trusted to run the workshop as your own. You ll be responsible for people, performance, safety, and standards within a high-value, fast-paced environment, ensuring minimal downtime and exceptional service delivery.

As Workshop Manager, you will oversee the full day-to-day operation of the workshop, driving efficiency, quality, and compliance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Full management of workshop operations, including scheduling, workload planning, and resource allocation

• Leading, mentoring, and developing a team of heavy plant engineers and apprentices

• Ensuring repairs, servicing, inspections, rebuilds, and PDIs are completed safely and on time

• Maintaining exceptional health & safety, housekeeping, and compliance standards

• Monitoring job quality, first-time fix rates, and continuous improvement initiatives

• Liaising with service, parts, and operations teams to maintain smooth workflow

• Supporting recruitment, onboarding, and training of engineering staff

• Managing KPIs, uptime, and turnaround targets

• Acting as the technical escalation point for complex diagnostics and major repairs

This role is ideal for someone with proven experience managing a workshop or large engineering team within heavy plant, construction equipment, or similar mobile machinery environments.

You will ideally have:

• Demonstrable experience managing a heavy plant or mobile equipment workshop

• Strong leadership and people-management capability

• A solid technical background (excavators, cranes, earthmoving, material handling, etc.)

• Excellent knowledge of health & safety and workshop best practice

• Strong planning, organisational, and prioritisation skills

• A hands-on approach this is not a desk-only role

• Clear communication skills and a proactive mindset

• Competitive salary of £55,000 £ 60,000

• Long-term career stability with a well-established OEM

• High-quality equipment, tooling, and support

• Ongoing training and genuine progression opportunities

• Professional, well-structured working environment with a strong team culture