Group Workshop Manager
Holt Recruitment Ltd
Location: Merseyside
Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 DOE
Job Type: Full-Time | Permanent
We're looking for an experienced Group Workshop Manager to take ownership of engineering operations across a growing fleet business.
This is a senior leadership position where you'll drive workshop performance, engineering standards, compliance, and long-term operational strategy across multiple sites. If you thrive on building high-performing teams, improving processes, and creating scalable workshop operations, this could be the ideal next step in your career.
This isn't a hands-on Workshop Manager role. Instead, you'll provide strategic leadership, technical oversight, and direction to ensure every workshop operates safely, efficiently, and consistently.
The Role Reporting directly to the Directors, you'll be responsible for leading the workshop function across the group, ensuring maintenance standards, compliance, and engineering excellence remain at the highest level.
Working alongside Garage Managers and Compliance teams, you'll remove operational bottlenecks, improve fleet availability, and build a workshop structure capable of supporting continued business growth.
Key Responsibilities Engineering Leadership
- Set and maintain engineering and maintenance standards across multiple workshops
- Provide senior technical guidance and decision-making support
- Act as the final escalation point for complex technical issues
- Oversee workshop planning, scheduling and resource allocation
- Improve workshop efficiency and reduce vehicle downtime
- Monitor performance across multiple depots and implement continuous improvements
- Ensure full compliance with DVSA regulations and Operator Licence requirements
- Maintain robust maintenance systems and inspection programmes
- Ensure workshops remain audit-ready with accurate and compliant records
- Work closely with compliance teams to uphold industry standards
- Lead and develop Garage Managers and senior engineers
- Create clear accountability and consistent working standards
- Support apprentice development and engineering succession planning
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement
- Oversee workshop budgets and cost control
- Manage supplier performance and procurement standards
- Support long-term fleet and workshop investment planning
- Drive consistent use of workshop management systems
- Develop scalable processes across the engineering function
- Eliminate inefficient working practices and improve operational structure
You'll ideally have:
- Significant experience managing HGV or commercial vehicle workshop operations
- Strong knowledge of DVSA regulations and Operator Licence compliance
- Experience leading multiple workshops or large engineering teams
- Excellent leadership and people management skills
- Commercial awareness with a focus on cost control
- A process-driven approach with strong organisational skills
- The ability to influence change and drive continuous improvement
- Competitive salary of £60,000 - £70,000 depending on experience
- Company pension scheme
- 28 days holiday including Bank Holidays
- A genuine opportunity to shape and develop the engineering function of a growing business
- Senior leadership role with autonomy and influence
- Long-term career progression within an expanding organisation
- Monday to Friday: 6:30am - 5:00pm
- Saturday: 7:00am - 12:00pm (subject to business requirements)
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