Workshop Leading Hand

Motion Apac; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vehicle

Salary reviews

Career growth

Incentives

Job summary

Motion Engineering & Services is seeking a Workshop Leading Hand in Brisbane to lead a skilled workshop team and drive safe, efficient maintenance operations at Acacia Ridge. This permanent full-time role offers market-aligned remuneration with annual reviews and a vehicle.

You will coordinate daily workshop activities, supervise planned and reactive work, perform hands-on mechanical fitting, and ensure accurate scoping, estimates and maintenance records while promoting a strong safety culture

Qualifications

• Experience in a mechanical fitting, maintenance or workshop environment within manufacturing or a similar industry.
• Demonstrated experience leading or supervising a team in a workshop or maintenance setting.
• Strong technical knowledge of pumps, mechanical seals and other rotating equipment.
• Experience with equipment overhauls, bearing replacements, shaft alignment and fault-finding.
• Sound understanding of maintenance planning, job scheduling, labor allocation and materials management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make effective decisions under pressure.
• Intermediate computer skills, including Microsoft Office and CMMS systems.
• A demonstrated commitment to safety, quality and environmental standards.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with internal teams and customers.
• Willingness to travel to work on customer sites as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the workshop team in completing fitting, maintenance and repair activities.
• Allocate and coordinate labour, materials and daily job priorities to minimise delays and costs.
• Supervise planned, unplanned and emerging maintenance work.
• Perform hands-on mechanical fitting duties, including equipment inspections, fault-finding, repairs and overhauls.
• Support repairs to pumps, mixers, bearings, mechanical seals and other rotating equipment.
• Ensure accurate job scoping, estimates, timeframes and maintenance documentation are completed.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure all work is completed in line with Company health, safety and environmental procedures.
• Assist with team rostering, workflow planning and development of workshop personnel.

Skills

Mechanical fitting experience

Team leadership

Maintenance planning

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

CMMS & MS Office

Safety conscious

Travel to sites

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Lead a skilled workshop team and help drive safe, efficient maintenance operations at Acacia Ridge.

• Market aligned remuneration + incentives + annual salary reviews + Vehicle
• Unlock your potential with hands on experience and clear career growth pathways!
• Permanent full-time role | Monday to Friday | 7.00am – 3.15pm

As the Workshop Leading Hand, you will provide hands-on leadership to the workshop team while ensuring maintenance and repair work is completed safely, efficiently and to a high standard.

You will coordinate daily workshop activities, supervise planned and reactive work, and support the maintenance of pumps, mixers, mechanical seals, rotating equipment and associated plant systems. You will also be willing and able to work on customer sites as required.

This is an opportunity to step into a hands-on leadership position where you can use your mechanical expertise to lead a skilled workshop team and make a real impact on daily operations.

What Your Day Will Look Like:

• Lead and support the workshop team in completing fitting, maintenance and repair activities.
• Allocate and coordinate labour, materials and daily job priorities to minimise delays and costs.
• Supervise planned, unplanned and emerging maintenance work.
• Perform hands‑on mechanical fitting duties, including equipment inspections, fault‑finding, repairs and overhauls.
• Support repairs to pumps, mixers, bearings, mechanical seals and other rotating equipment.
• Ensure accurate job scoping, estimates, timeframes and maintenance documentation are completed.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure all work is completed in line with Company health, safety and environmental procedures.
• Assist with team rostering, workflow planning and development of workshop personnel.

About You

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• Experience in a mechanical fitting, maintenance or workshop environment within manufacturing or a similar industry.
• Demonstrated experience leading or supervising a team in a workshop or maintenance setting.
• Strong technical knowledge of pumps, mechanical seals and other rotating equipment.
• Experience with equipment overhauls, bearing replacements, shaft alignment and fault‑finding.
• Sound understanding of maintenance planning, job scheduling, labor allocation and materials management.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to make effective decisions under pressure.
• Intermediate computer skills, including Microsoft Office and CMMS systems.
• A demonstrated commitment to safety, quality and environmental standards.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with internal teams and customers.
• Willingness to travel towork on customer sites as required.

What We Offer:

We offer more than just a job — we offer a long‑term career.

• Market aligned remuneration with annual salary reviews: Your salary grows with your skills and performance.
• Career progression: Build a long‑term career with clear development pathways, supported by free webinars, training events and learning courses.
• Comprehensive benefits: Incentive, Motion‑provided uniforms, parental‑leave top‑up support and confidential wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program.
• Health and wellbeing: Enjoy up to $30 flu vaccination rebate and discounted Bupa health insurance options.
• Give back to your community: Access one paid Good to Give volunteer leave day each calendar year, in addition to your standard leave entitlements. Participate in community engagement initiatives, including opportunities to support organisations such as the Red Cross and many more.
• Recognition that matters: Celebrate your contribution through peer recognition, service‑milestone awards and our employee referral program.

About Motion

Motion Engineering & Services is a locally operated company within Motion Asia Pacific. We provide high‑quality hardware and services including, rotating equipment repair, gaskets, packings, hydraulic, pneumatic, rotary and mechanical seals to engineering, mining, earthmoving, defence, oil and gas, chemical manufacturers, and the trades, serviced by our strategically located Branches around Australia and New Zealand.

We are a Company who values relationships, therefore we need this role to always work to foster and maintain trusted relationships across all levels of our business and seek to support and add value to our store network, managers, and leaders.

We focus on continuous improvement and sustainable growth as our two main objectives. This is driven by our long‑term investment in people, systems, process, and new growth opportunities for our people.

MOTION is an equal opportunity employer

You must be either an Australian Citizen or a holder of an Australian Permanent Residency Visa to be eligible to apply for this position.

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.