Workshop Manager

JJ's Waste & Recycling; Wagga Wagga; Sur place; AUD 110 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Job security

Career development

Health funds and car discounts

Novated leasing

Financial planning partnerships

Résumé du poste

JJ’s Waste & Recycling in Wagga Wagga is looking for a practical, hands-on Workshop Manager to lead our heavy vehicle workshop with a strong emphasis on safety and compliance, while remaining actively involved on the tools.

You will supervise a small team of mechanics and apprentices, own the maintenance records, and ensure every job is diagnosed, repaired to spec, tested and audit-ready. This role blends leadership with hands-on work on the shop floor.

Qualifications

• Relevant trade qualification: Truck Mechanic – Heavy Commercial Vehicle.
• Commitment to workplace health and safety, quality and customer service outcomes.
• Lead a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and attention to detail.
• Experience in heavy vehicle/truck or diesel industry.
• Knowledge of NHVR requirements and roadworthiness standards.
• HR Licence (preferred, but not essential).

Responsabilités

• Maintain a culture of safety first.
• Lead, mentor and support workshop staff, including promptly addressing any concerns as required.
• Managing the daily operations of the workshop to ensure efficient scheduling and productivity.
• Ensuring the fleet is maintained to, and in compliance with, JJ’s Waste Fleet Management Standards and heavy vehicle regulations, with an emphasis on safety.
• Owning the workshop’s maintenance compliance systems, including daily checks, fault reporting and repair, scheduled servicing and accurate maintenance records.
• Ensuring all repairs, particularly safety‑critical work such as brakes and steering, are completed to manufacturer specifications, tested and signed off before vehicles return to service.
• Preparing for and supporting workshop audits and driving corrective actions to close out any findings.
• Manage the service delivery and meet the individual contract requirements
• Build and maintain positive relationships with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders, including the driving team.

Connaissances

Problem solving

People management

Customer service

Detail oriented

Formation

Trade qualification: Truck Mechanic – Heavy Commercial Vehicle

Description du poste

We’re looking for a practical, hands‑on Workshop Manager to lead our Wagga Wagga heavy vehicle workshop, with a strong focus on safety and compliance, while remaining actively involved on the tools.

Why Join Us?

At JJ's Waste & Recycling, you'll join an Australian-owned company that's been keeping communities clean and running for generations. Our trucks are a familiar sight across the country, delivering an essential service people rely on every day.

When you join our team, you'll benefit from:

• Job security in an essential services industry.
• Maintaining a diverse in‑house fleet, including front lift, rear lift, hook lift, crane and liquid waste trucks, with organised workflows and efficient job management.
• Variety of work managing the operations of our Wagga Wagga depot while working alongside the team.
• The opportunity to work for a company that puts safety first and values its people.

Ready to learn more about life as part of JJ’s Leadership team? View the video below.

About the Role

Qualifications: Truck Mechanic – Heavy Commercial Vehicles

Company Car and Phone supplied

What You’ll Do

As a Workshop Manageryou will play an integral role within our workshop.

You will be responsible for all aspects of the workshop, ensuring all vehicles and equipment under your control are maintained to the highest standards and fully compliant with heavy vehicle requirements. You will lead a small team of mechanics and apprentices, while managing workflow, resources and customer expectations.

Heavy vehicle compliance is a key focus of this role. You will own the workshop’s maintenance systems and records, making sure every job is properly diagnosed, repaired to manufacturer specifications, tested, signed off and documented so the fleet is audit‑ready at all times.

Based at our Wagga Wagga depot, this role is the perfect opportunity for someone wanting to take that leap into a leadership position while remaining hands on, or for an experienced leader who wants to get out of the office and spend more time alongside the team on the workshop floor.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Maintain a culture of safety first
• Lead, mentor and support workshop staff, including promptly addressing any concerns as required.
• Managing the daily operations of the workshop to ensure efficient scheduling and productivity.
• Ensuring the fleet is maintained to, and in compliance with, JJ’s Waste Fleet Management Standards and heavy vehicle regulations, with an emphasis on safety.
• Owning the workshop’s maintenance compliance systems, including daily checks, fault reporting and repair, scheduled servicing and accurate maintenance records.
• Ensuring all repairs, particularly safety‑critical work such as brakes and steering, are completed to manufacturer specifications, tested and signed off before vehicles return to service.
• Preparing for and supporting workshop audits and driving corrective actions to close out any findings.
• Manage the service delivery and meet the individual contract requirements
• Build and maintain positive relationships with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders, including the driving team.

What You’ll Bring

• We’re seeking a genuine, honest and adaptable leader with strong problem‑solving and people management skills. You will be committed to delivering exceptional customer service, working collaboratively and achieving results in a fast‑paced environment while meeting the operational requirements of the role.
• Hold a relevant trade qualification (Truck Mechanic – Heavy Commercial Vehicle)
• Committed to upholding workplace health and safety, quality and customer service outcomes.
• Lead a culture of continuous learning and improvement
• Have good mechanical aptitude and an exceptional eye for detail.
• Previous demonstrated experience in heavy vehicle/truck or diesel industry.
• Strong working knowledge of heavy vehicle compliance and roadworthiness standards (e.g. NHVR requirements, NHVAS Maintenance Management and the National Heavy Vehicle Inspection Manual).
• Experience maintaining workshop documentation, such as job cards, service records and fault registers, and preparing for audits.
• Be dedicated and reliable; we are an essential services industry with our communities counting on us.
• Knowledge of hydraulic operation as well as waste compaction equipment is advantageous.
• HR Licence (preferred, but not essential)

What You’ll Need

• Undertake and satisfy a company pre‑employment medical and drug/alcohol screening
• Current Australian working rights.
• Previous experience is required.

What We Offer

We appreciate there is more to life than work, and so we provide a variety of work options to ensure the job gets done; along with competitive remuneration and a range of benefits, regardless of your role or location including:

• The security of an essential services industry
• Career development and growth opportunities
• Health funds and car related discounts
• Novated leasing options
• Banking partnerships - including financial, budgeting, and mortgage advice

Ready to Join the Team?

If you're looking for a stable job with a company that values its people, we'd love to hear from you.

Life at JJs

JJ’s Waste & Recyclingis Australia’s largest family‑owned and operated waste management company. From our beginnings as a small family business, we’ve grown into a global operation servicing Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

But JJ’s is more than bin collection - we are one company with 17 divisions, employing more than 2,700 people and together we exist to continuously improve waste management and the impact that waste has on the community and environment. To find out more about JJ’s, visit our website.