Position: Works Foreman

Responsible to: Operations Manager

Responsible for: All Service Engineers

The position of Works Foreman is a wide reaching hands on / leadership role within the company.

It covers various responsibilities for assisting with quotations, hands on repair & installation work, work shop management, man-management over shop floor staff, maintenance scheduling, building maintenance, vehicle maintenance, and the overseeing & promotion of Health & Safety.

Basic Core Duties to Include (these represent a minimum of core duties, not an exhaustive list)

1. Hands on pump repair work, both in house and on site

2. Carrying out all aspects from strip & reports, to final testing

3. Build-up of pump set assemblies.

4. Site surveys / customer meetings to fault find systems and promote company

5. Help prepare quotes for work, by providing accurate costing details

6. Assist on commercial decisions of pump replacement or repair

7. Shop floor supervision and control

8. Helping to managing the workload, scheduling of work, non-productive time, discipline, communication, training etc of all service engineers

9. The Health & Safety, cleanliness and good order of works’ area

10. Liaison with sales, works & stores in order to ensure jobs are done correctly and on time

11. Maintenance scheduling & calibration of equipment

12. Maintenance scheduling of the building and machinery

13. Ensuring all vans are regularly serviced, MOT, checked and are fully legal at all times

14. Assisting with the ongoing training of future engineers

15. Assisting in the mentoring and training of apprentice engineers

16. The overall promotion, effectiveness and smooth running of all shop floor activities.

Through regular meetings and discussions any additional training deemed necessary by the Company will be provided for the employee to carry out the above role successfully.