Workshop Manager – Heavy Steel CNC Fabrication

About the role

The Workshop Manager will own the Heavy Steel CNC Fabrication Workshop, driving strategic planning, operational excellence, people management and full P&L responsibility.

Key responsibilities

• Take full end‑to‑end responsibility for managing the CNC heavy steel fabrication workshop, including CNC cutting, drilling, plasma, beam line, bending, rolling, fitting, welding, blasting & painting.
• Develop and execute production plans, schedules and capacity planning based on confirmed orders, forecasts and project priorities, ensuring optimal utilization of CNC machines, overhead cranes and fabrication bays.
• Oversee interpretation of engineering drawings, nesting, CNC programming and fabrication execution to ensure on‑time, on‑budget and on‑quality delivery.
• Own the full P&L of the workshop, preparing annual budgets, operating costs and CAPEX, and developing competitive pricing and cost estimates in collaboration with the commercial team.
• Ensure compliance with approved drawings, ITPs, welding procedures and international codes, working closely with QA/QC to enforce quality controls, inspections and NDT.

Required profile

• BSc Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering or HND in a relevant field.
• Minimum 10 years experience in heavy steel fabrication, with at least 5 years managing a CNC fabrication workshop.
• Proven experience managing CNC machines such as CNC Beam Drill Line, CNC Plasma/Oxy Cutting, CNC Plate Drilling, CNC Bending/Rolling.
• Demonstrable experience with P&L management, budgeting, costing and commercial management of a workshop.
• Experience in mining, oil & gas or heavy structural fabrication is highly preferred.

Required skills

• CNC Beam Drill Line operation
• CNC Plasma/Oxy Cutting
• CNC Plate Drilling
• CNC Bending/Rolling
• CNC programming and nesting
• Welding processes: SMAW, FCAW, SAW
• Fabrication estimation and steel codes
• Quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) and non‑destructive testing (NDT)