Workshop Manager in London

Indra is one of the leading global technology and consulting companies and the technological partner for core business operations of its customers worldwide. It is a world-leader in providing proprietary solutions in specific segments in Transport and Defence markets, and the leading firm in Digital Transformation Consultancy and Information Technologies in Spain and Latin America through its affiliate Minsait. Its business model is based on a comprehensive range of proprietary products, with a high-value focus and with a high innovation component. In the 2024 financial year, Indra achieved revenue of € 4.84 billion, 60,000+ employees, a local presence in 46 countries and business operations in over 140 countries.As the technological partner for its customers’ key operations, Indra is at the core of their business, and Indra’s four values guide everything we do:Innovation - Our capacity for innovation, cutting‑edge solutions, and specialised team of professionals enables us to drive a safer, more connected future through technology.Trust - We work with strength, commitment, and reliability, delivering quality solutions to build trust with customers, employees, partners, investors, and society.Connection - We harness the power of collaboration, connect ideas and solutions, and adapt to our customers’ needs, supporting them on the path to a better future.Foresight - We anticipate future needs to make the world safer and more connected, transforming our experience and knowledge into solutions for a better tomorrow.We are seeking a Workshop Manager to lead and oversee the end‑to‑end repair and refurbishment operations for a major public transport technology programme. This role provides strategic and operational leadership to the workshop organisation, ensuring the effective repair of assets, strong performance management, and high‑quality technical outputs. The Workshop Manager will guide a multi‑tiered team comprising workshop team leaders, repair engineers, technical specialists, and administrative staff, as well as act as the primary management point for the logistics subcontractors.

Key duties include:

• Provide overall leadership of the workshop organisation, ensuring efficient, high‑quality repair and refurbishment of all returned assets and components.
• Oversee team leaders, technical specialists, repair engineers, stores and logistics interfaces, ensuring workflows, processes, and standards are consistently met.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards, repair procedures, safety requirements, and contractual KPIs, including turnaround times and technical compliance.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex technical or operational issues within the workshop environment.
• Manage the planning and prioritisation of repairs, resources, skills allocation, and capacity across multiple workshop streams.
• Maintain effective governance over spares availability, stock control coordination, and alignment with stores and logistics teams.
• Lead workforce management activities, including performance oversight of team leaders, competencies development, and promoting a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Act as the primary point of leadership for the logistics subcontractors, ensuring SLA compliance, coordinated delivery, and effective alignment with the workshop organisation.
• Support cost estimation, project variation assessments, and future capacity planning in collaboration with senior management.
• Provide regular reporting on workshop performance, quality metrics, MTTR trends, risks and mitigations, and improvement opportunities.

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