Workshop Manager

About This Role Are you an experienced Workshop Manager, Fleet Manager or Engineering Supervisor looking for a role where you can take real ownership of a busy hire fleet workshop? As our Workshop Manager in Avonmouth, you will lead the day-to-day engineering operation, keeping our municipal hire fleet safe, compliant and available while balancing workshop priorities with the needs of the wider business.

• Lead, support and allocate work across our team of Engineers and Apprentices, making the best use of workshop capacity.
• Manage workshop WIP, utilisation and equipment turnaround, keeping the Fleet Team informed of progress, delays and priorities.
• Maintain high standards across servicing, maintenance and repairs, ensuring equipment meets DVSA and relevant industry requirements before release.
• Review repair requirements and provide technical input on high-cost work, suspected driver abuse and cases where economic repair may be questionable.
• Keep accurate maintenance, job, time and cost records while ensuring tools, equipment and workshop areas remain safe and well maintained.

About You You will bring previous experience from fleet, asset hire or rental, alongside hands-on experience of running workshop engineers and coordinating their day-to-day workload. We are looking for someone who can combine practical workshop knowledge with confident people management, sound judgement and a commercially aware approach.

• Previous experience within fleet, asset hire or rental.
• Experience running a team of workshop engineers, allocating work, managing workloads and maintaining effective workshop coverage.
• The confidence to lead, coach and support Engineers and Apprentices while identifying opportunities for further development.
• A practical understanding of vehicle or equipment maintenance, repair standards, workshop compliance and safe working practices.
• An organised approach to WIP, job records and competing priorities, with the confidence to make decisions and escalate when needed.

Not sure you meet every point? We value transferable skills, potential and the ability to learn, so if your experience gives you the foundations to succeed, we encourage you to apply.

About Us Dawsongroup EMC provides specialist assets including road sweepers, refuse collection vehicles, gully tankers, excavators and other equipment supporting municipal, utility and construction customers. As part of Dawsongroup, we combine specialist industry knowledge with more than 50 years of asset rental experience, helping customers build greater resilience through smarter asset strategies.

• Join a business focused on long-term customer relationships, high-quality assets and excellent service.
• Be part of a culture built around integrity, ownership, collaboration and finding smarter ways to work.
• Benefit from funded training and internal progression pathways, both nationally and worldwide.
• Receive 2x life assurance, wellbeing and mental health support, Cycle to Work schemes and long-term incentives.
• 24 days standard leave allowance + Birthday + plus Bank Holidays + up to 10 days extra (time served and purchase scheme).

Dawsongroup is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.

About Your Future This is an opportunity to take ownership of an important workshop operation while developing both your leadership skills and the people around you. You will have the scope to improve how work is planned, support Engineer and Apprentice development and build a career within a business that actively encourages people to grow.

• Develop your leadership experience while managing the day-to-day Avonmouth workshop operation.
• Help build capability within the engineering team through coaching, support and identifying training opportunities.
• Work closely with colleagues across the Business Unit and gain broader exposure to fleet, commercial and operational decision-making.
• Access funded development and internal career opportunities as your experience grows.
• Play a direct role in keeping a specialist hire fleet safe, compliant, productive and ready for our customers.

Ready to put your workshop leadership, fleet and rental experience to work somewhere that values what you can bring and where you can go next? Join Dawsongroup EMC and help us keep our customers moving, while building your own future with us. People are our greatest asset, and we would love you to become one of them.

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