Workshop Team Leader
Posted 5 hours 56 minutes ago by Liquidline
We're looking for an experienced Workshop Team Leader to join Liquidline at our Warehouse. This is a hands on leadership role where you'll lead, coach and develop a skilled team of workshop technicians while ensuring the highest standards of quality, productivity and safety. You'll act as second in command to the Workshop Manager, supporting the day to day operation of the workshop, planning workloads, maintaining stock levels and ensuring equipment is built, refurbished and pre delivered to specification and deadline. You'll also play a key part in training, performance management and continuous improvement across the team.
The Role - Workshop Team Leader- Supporting the Workshop Manager to ensure the smooth daily running of the workshop
- Leading and motivating a team of technicians, providing coaching, direction and support
- Acting as deputy when the Workshop Manager is absent
- Planning and prioritising daily workloads including PDIs, customer repairs, refurbishments and swap outs
- Monitoring swap out requests and ensuring timely completion and communication
- Ensuring availability of parts and managing stock levels to avoid workflow bottlenecks
- Carrying out and overseeing inspections, repairs, PDIs and fault finding on machinery
- Maintaining high standards of health & safety, cleanliness and organisation
- Supporting recruitment, inductions, probation reviews and ongoing competency reviews
- Working closely with internal teams such as Purchasing, Warehouse, TSC and Customer Care
- Attending and contributing to capacity and team meetings
- Leading by example with a positive, professional and proactive approach
- At least 2 years' experience as a machine technician in a workshop environment
- Strong electrical knowledge with a clear understanding of electrical safety
- Broad technical understanding of machinery to support fault diagnosis and delegation
- Confidence acting as a technical and behavioural role model
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong planning and prioritisation abilities
- IT literate (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word and Eagle)
- Calm, decisive and solutions focused under pressure
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Passionate about quality, teamwork and continuous improvement
- Supportive, collaborative and service driven
Being a part of Liquidline is more than just a job - it's a chance to grow, develop and thrive! We are deeply invested in the success of our team and our comprehensive benefits package is designed to support, and reward our employees. The package includes, but is not limited to:
- 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
- Long Service Annual Leave Entitlement & Buy/Sell Scheme
- Candidate Referral Program
- Company Bonus Scheme
- Enhanced Sick Pay
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance & Income Protection (UK Only)
- HSF Health Plan
- YuLife Wellbeing Platform
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Lunch on Liquidline & Bi-Annual Conferences
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer, treating everyone with fairness, respect and appreciation. At Liquidline, we embrace diversity and value the unique experiences and perspectives of every individual. Together, we are always Winning Together!