Workshop Supervisor

Volvo Group; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Volvo factory training

Career progression

Overtime opportunities

Access to diagnostic technology

Job summary

Volvo Group Australia is seeking a Workshop Team Leader to head the night shift, actively using hands-on skills while coordinating technicians and customer representatives. You will ensure safe, efficient repairs and maintenance of heavy vehicles and manage priorities and documentation.

The role requires leadership ability, strong diagnostics, and a commitment to safety and quality in a fast-paced workshop environment. Volvo Trucks experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong diagnostics and repair experience.
• Previous leadership or supervisory experience.
• HR Licence or higher.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and make sound decisions.
• Commitment to safety, quality and customer service.
• Experience with Volvo Trucks.
• Fleet or contract maintenance experience.
• Waste collection or heavy fleet industry exposure.
• Workshop management system experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the night shift workshop team.
• Perform servicing, diagnostics and repairs on heavy vehicles.
• Allocate work and coordinate workshop priorities.
• Ensure maintenance is completed safely and on time.
• Support technicians with complex fault diagnosis.
• Act as the key overnight contact for Veolia operations.
• Monitor workshop productivity, quality and performance.
• Maintain accurate repair documentation and records.
• Promote a strong safety-first culture and workplace standards.

Skills

Diagnostics

Leadership

HR Licence

Communication

Autonomy

Safety

Volvo Trucks

Fleet maintenance

Workshop systems

Job description

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

What you will do

As the Workshop Team Leader, you'll lead the night shift workshop operation while remaining actively involved on the tools. You'll work closely with technicians, customer representatives and Volvo support teams to ensure maintenance and repairs are completed safely, efficiently and to the highest standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support the night shift workshop team.
• Perform servicing, diagnostics and repairs on heavy vehicles.
• Allocate work and coordinate workshop priorities.
• Ensure maintenance is completed safely and on time.
• Support technicians with complex fault diagnosis.
• Act as the key overnight contact for Veolia operations.
• Monitor workshop productivity, quality and performance.
• Maintain accurate repair documentation and records.
• Promote a strong safety-first culture and workplace standards.

Who are you?

You may be an experienced Heavy Vehicle Technician, Leading Hand or Workshop Supervisor looking for your next challenge. You enjoy leading from the front, solving problems, developing others and taking ownership of outcomes. You're equally comfortable turning a spanner, coordinating workflows and engaging with customers.

• Strong diagnostics and repair experience.
• Previous leadership or supervisory experience.
• HR Licence or higher.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and make sound decisions.
• Commitment to safety, quality and customer service.
• Experience with Volvo Trucks.
• Fleet or contract maintenance experience.
• Waste collection or heavy fleet industry exposure.
• Workshop management system experience.

What's in it for you?

We offer a solid package of compensation and benefits, plus you will enjoy:

• Competitive salary package.
• Overtime opportunities.
• Volvo factory training and development.
• Career progression within Volvo Group Australia.
• Supportive leadership team.
• Access to industry-leading diagnostic technology.
• Opportunity to lead a dedicated fleet operation.

Ready for the next move?

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Who we are and what we believe in

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group's leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people - to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.