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Workshop Chargehand

Kautec Recruitment
Posted a day ago, valid for 4 days
Location

Twickenham, Greater London TW1 1RG, England

Salary

£45,000 - £49,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Workshop Senior/Supervisor role requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar position within an HGV or Council Fleet workshop environment.
  • Candidates should possess strong mechanical knowledge and people skills, as the position involves overseeing a team of skilled fitters and liaising with various stakeholders.
  • The responsibilities include managing day-to-day workshop activities, ensuring tasks are allocated efficiently, and performing hands-on mechanical work 60% of the time.
  • The ideal candidate should be fully qualified (City & Guilds, NVQ or equivalent) and familiar with modern vehicle technologies, including diesel, hybrid, and electric vehicles.
  • The salary for this position is competitive, reflecting the seniority and expertise required for the role.

Workshop Senior/ Supervisor

Are you ready to take on a little more responsibility?

Your guidance and savvy knowledge will be critical in helping the workshop achieve their objectives.

This is a role for a senior and responsible Technician 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 you will be ensuring 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.

Making sure that the work has been carried to the correct specifications and within the time frames

Liaising with the Parts Department to ensure the correct equipment is being used to carry out the repairs

This role would suit someone who has had experience of working in a similar role within a HGV or Council Fleet workshop environment and has good commercial vehicle knowledge from a technical perspective.

What are critical are that you have very good people skills. You will be liaising with internal and external Stakeholders, sometime in a high-pressured environment, so a cool head is required at all times,

The type of vehicles worked on range from heavy goods vehicles (HGV’s), road tankers, gritters, RCV’s Refuge vehicles and road sweepers.

The Fitters under your guidance are highly skilled. They will be looking after a mix of Diesel, hybrid and fully electric vehicles, it is therefore important that you are up to date with modern vehicle technologies

Your workshop will be responsible for;

Routine (and preventative) maintenance

MOT preparation

Scheduled servicing to DVSA standards

6 (or 8) weekly inspections

Correction of running defects

Chassis and fabrication work

Hydraulics and pneumatics

Improvement of vehicle standards

Electrical and wiring inspections and corrections

Ideally you will be fully qualified (City & Guilds), NVQ or equivalent


What is also important is that you are used to vehicle transaction systems and have solid IT skills.

Kautec Recruitment recruit for a variety of sectors and are actively seeking to recruit HGV Technicians, HGV Fitters, Mechanics, Mobile Technicians, PSV Technicians, 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 we’ll assist you in finding the next step in your career.

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