Workshop Manager

About the role

This is a hands-on leadership position responsible for the planning, coordination and performance of all workshop fabrication activities. You will lead our workshop foremen, tradespeople and apprentices, ensuring production is completed safely, efficiently, on time and to the required quality standards. The role also carries responsibility for labour performance, production scheduling, job budgets and maintaining structure and accountability across the workshop.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the daily activities of workshop foremen, tradespeople and apprentices.

• Develop and manage daily and weekly production schedules.

• Allocate labour and resources across multiple workshop projects.

• Set clear expectations for productivity, quality, safety and workplace behaviour.

• Monitor job progress and adjust priorities to meet project deadlines.

• Ensure fabrication is completed in accordance with drawings, specifications and applicable standards.

• Monitor labour hours against job budgets and ensure hours are allocated correctly.

• Identify cost overruns, production delays and workflow constraints early.

• Maintain workshop quality assurance processes, inspections and documentation.

• Minimise defects, rework, downtime and material waste.

About you

• A relevant trade qualification.

• Demonstrated experience managing or supervising a fabrication workshop.

• Strong leadership and people-management capability.

• Experience planning production and coordinating labour across multiple jobs.

• The ability to interpret fabrication drawings and technical specifications.

• A sound understanding of welding, fabrication and quality-control processes.

• Commercial awareness, including labour budgets, job costing and productivity.

• A strong working knowledge of workplace health and safety requirements.

• The confidence to establish standards and hold employees accountable.

• Clear communication, organisation and practical problem-solving skills.

About us

SCW provides welding, fabrication, rigging and site services across the Illawarra and surrounding regions. We partner with major clients across construction, manufacturing and heavy industry to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality project outcomes. Operating from our modern workshop in Kembla Grange, we are seeking an experienced Workshop Manager to lead our fabrication operations and growing workshop team.

Benefits

• An attractive remuneration package reflective of your experience.

• A permanent, full-time leadership position.

• A modern, well-equipped fabrication workshop.

• The opportunity to lead and develop an established workshop team.

• A varied workload across industrial, construction and maintenance projects.

• Support from an experienced management team.

• Genuine scope to improve workshop systems, productivity and performance.