Workshop Supervisor

Job Title:                 Workshop Supervisor

Location:                 Wareham, Dorset
Compensation:        £37,681 + Benefits
Role Type:               Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                   SF62049

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Workshop Supervisor at our Bovington site.

The role
As a Workshop Supervisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You are a first line leader inspiring your team to be high performing with the main focus being Health and Safety. You will drive productivity, efficiency, ensuring your team are fully utilised to output requirements to our customer.

Day-to-day, you’ll ensure the delivery teams have the people, tools, and processes they need to safely deliver outputs against the plan(s). Along with ensuring systems are updated providing accurate information for decision making and giving visibility for the wider business to support.

• Leading recruitment activities for roles in team (e.g., conducting interviews, ordering equipment/assets, completing new starter / induction processes).
• Leading exit activities for team members (conducting exit interviews, equipment/asset collection/return, completing leaver processes).
• Conduct line manager activities in grievance and disciplinary procedures in line with policy (conducting investigations, lead hearings, first level outcome/decision maker).
• Managing employee welfare (providing information and support, hearing, and addressing concerns and escalating where appropriate).
• Managing performance of team members in line with policies (conducting informal reviews, objective setting, recognition of good performance, leading poor performance procedures).

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Bovington. Typically you will work Monday to Friday with a half day on Friday.

Essential experience of the Workshop Supervisor:

• Proven experience in a supervisory role
• Competent IT literacy and experience of key MS applications including Windows, MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Strong leadership and motivational skills

Qualifications for the Workshop Supervisor:

• Educated to Level 2 in National Qualification Framework (NQF) as a minimum (Intermediate apprenticeship, Level 2 NVQ, GCSE – Grade A* - C, O Level A – C, CSE Grade1) or equivalent workplace experience.
• Completed relevant technical or vocational qualification equivalent to NQF Level 3 (Advanced apprenticeship, level 3 NVQ)
   

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 share scheme 
• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

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: 12/02/2025