Workshop Manager

Job Title:                     Workshop Manager

Location:                     Richmond, North Yorkshire

Compensation:           £51,112 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF73600

 

Lead the people, shape performance and make a real difference, every single day

 

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Workshop Manager at Catterick Garrison, near Richmond, North Yorkshire.

 

The role

As a Workshop Manager, you will step into a high impact leadership role at the heart of our operational delivery. This is an opportunity to lead skilled teams, turn strategic plans into tangible results and set the standard for safety, quality and performance across the workshop.

 

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Lead workshop operations to ensure production plans are delivered safely, on time and to the required quality standards
• Manage and develop teams across the full employee lifecycle, building a positive, inclusive and high performing culture
• Plan and allocate resources effectively to match capacity and capability with operational demand
• Monitor and improve performance using data to control costs, manage risk and drive continuous improvement
• Champion health and safety by challenging unsafe practices and embedding a strong safety first mindset

 

The role is based onsite at Catterick Garrison, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 37 hours per week.

 

Essential experience of the Workshop Manager:

• Proven experience leading and developing operational teams within a workshop, manufacturing or engineering environment
• Strong knowledge of health and safety management with the confidence to challenge and improve working practices
• Experience of production planning, scheduling and resource allocation
• Demonstrated ability to use performance data to manage delivery, budgets and costs
• Experience managing change and driving continuous improvement

 

Qualifications for the Workshop Manager:

• Educated to Level 4 on the National Qualification Framework, such as a Higher Apprenticeship, HNC or Level 4 NVQ, or equivalent workplace experience
• A relevant health and safety qualification, such as IOSH, NEBOSH or British Safety Council, would be advantageous

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Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

 

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

 

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

 

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

 

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

 

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

 

Closing date: 18/05/2026