Productive Workshop Chargehand
This is a role for a senior Technician currently in a Supervisory role who is looking to take their career to the next level. You will be responsible for the productivity and overall efficiencies of a busy workshop. Your remit will be to oversee the day-to-day activity and ensure that jobs are allocated via a card system to the Vehicle Engineers.
You will also be working on the company's outstanding fleet of high-spec municipal vehicles, so current mechanical experience is still very much required for the role. It is anticipated that your day-to-day duties will be 60/40 on the spanners.
Your responsibilities will include:
1. Making sure that the work has been carried out to the correct specifications and within the time frames.
2. Liaising with the Parts Department to ensure the correct equipment is being used to carry out the repairs.
3. Routine (and preventative) maintenance.
4. MOT preparation.
5. Scheduled servicing to DVSA standards.
6. 6 (or 8) weekly inspections.
7. Correction of running defects.
8. Chassis and fabrication work.
9. Hydraulics and pneumatics.
10. Improvement of vehicle standards.
11. Electrical and wiring inspections and corrections.
This role would suit someone who has experience of working in a similar role within an HGV or Council Fleet workshop environment and has good commercial vehicle knowledge from a technical perspective. It is critical that you have very good people skills, as you will be liaising with internal and external stakeholders, sometimes in a high-pressure environment, so a cool head is required at all times.
The type of vehicles worked on range from heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), road tankers, gritters, RCVs, refuse vehicles, and road sweepers. The fitters under your guidance are highly skilled and will be looking after a mix of diesel, hybrid, and fully electric vehicles, so it is important that you are up to date with modern vehicle technologies.
Ideally, you will be fully qualified (City & Guilds, NVQ, or equivalent) and used to vehicle transaction systems with solid IT skills.
Kautec Recruitment recruits for a variety of sectors and is actively seeking to recruit HGV Technicians, HGV Fitters, Mechanics, Mobile Technicians, PSV Technicians, and Engineers for our Fleet Management Clients across the UK.
If you are actively looking for a new job but are not a Technician by trade, we are still eager to hear from you and will assist you in finding the next step in your career.
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