Head of Workshops

The Head of Workshops is a pivotal leadership role at the heart of our Production Team, driving the creation of ambitious productions from concept to stage through strategic planning, operational management, and expert workshop leadership.

Leading the woodwork, metalwork, and props departments, you will oversee staff, resources, budgets, procurement, and production schedules, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, on time, and within budget. With a strong understanding of scenic construction and fabrication processes, you will play a key role in maintaining the highest standards of craftsmanship while supporting the successful delivery of our productions.

An important element of this role is dedicated to administration and project management. You will be responsible for maintaining accurate project documentation, build schedules, procurement records, stock control systems, maintenance logs, risk assessments, budget monitoring, reporting, and workload planning, ensuring clear oversight of all workshop activities. You will coordinate resources, manage suppliers, track expenditure, support production planning, and ensure compliance with health and safety requirements and organisational procedures. We are looking for an experienced workshop leader who combines strong technical expertise with confident organisational and administrative skills, and who is critically, comfortable being hands on in our busy and high performing workshop.

• Contributory staff pension – 5% employee and 3% employer
• A day off for your birthday
• Free-to-use employee assistance service
• Staff ticket discount (when available)
• Staff discount in The Rep food and drink outlets (when available)
• 25% Season Ticket discount on parking at Q-Parks
• £6 day rates at Utilita Arena North and South Car Parks
• Access to salary sacrifice schemes including Bike to Work scheme and Health Cash Plans
• We actively encourage all staff to see shows as we believe that this enhances everyone’s experience as an employee and ambassador. To ensure everyone has a chance to attend shows every staff member is invited to attend press night for all The Rep’s own productions along with further complimentary tickets where possible as well as competitive discounts throughout the year.