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 you will be ensuring that Jobs are allocated via a card system to the Vehicle Engineers. You will also be working on the companies 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. Workshop, Depot, Site, Supervisor, Chargehand, Controller, Manager, HGV, heavy goods vehicle, commercial vehicle, RCV, refuse collection vehicle, tipper, sweeper, gritter, mechanic, vehicle engineer, vehicle technician, fitter