The employee will
- Manage the daily operations in the workshop including the management of manpower planning, logistics, stores, and infrastructure
- Have a technical background and experience and knowledge of racing cars
- Have strong management skills
- Have the ability to set priorities in function of the workload and the race programs
- Be motivated to reach goals and objectives of the team
- Promote high-standards and quality of service and team spirit in the workforce
The duties of the WRT Workshop Manager include
- Technical support
- Contributes own expertise and experience on technical and mechanical matters
- Pro-actively assists the mechanics if necessary
- Coordinates with the program managers to support requirements of the different WRT business lines and activities
Logistic support
- Manages the maintenance and legal compliance of WRT service vehicle and truck fleet
- Manages and schedules the use of WRT service vehicles and trucks for the different WRT business lines and activities to ensure saturation and efficiency
- Directly manages the truck drivers
Management of race shop work-force
- Works in close collaboration with the program managers to efficiently employ the workforce to ensure productivity
- Directly manages the skilled mechanics
- Manages the Technical Support Divisions (engine, transmission, machining, and fabrication shops) to ensure proper productivity and service to the different WRT business lines and activities
- Infrastructure
- Manages the maintenance and space utilization of the facilities
- Ensures compliance with health and safety requirements interfacing with the WRT Health and Safety Responsible
The WRT Workshop Manager should have the following desired skillset
- Motorsport experience
- Hands on approach with a flexible “Can Do” & “Will Do” attitude
- Flexible with workload and tight deadline
- Truck driving licence is a plus
- Knowledge of French and English required, notions of German considered as a bonus
- Pro-active problem solver
- Strong communicator
- Strong organisation and planning capacities