Workshop Technician-Leading hand

JLG Australia Pty Limited; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Oshkosh Corp. in Australia invites applications for a Leading Hand to support the Workshop Supervisor in delivering quotes and repairs to schedule while managing quality KPIs.

The role covers planning, supervision of apprentices, collaboration with contractors, and ensuring adherence to HSEQ policies on site. You will help maintain workshop productivity and contribute to training new team members, within a global company dedicated to safety and reliability.

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical, hydraulic and electrical environments is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Good literacy and numeracy for reading manuals and calculating parts.
• Self-motivated, able to work unsupervised and make on-the-spot decisions.
• Highly organised with a structured approach to workshop tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning and scheduling workshop jobs to meet on-time completion.
• Coordinate with contractors and sub-contractors as required.
• Assist in training and supervising apprentices.
• Provide accurate WIP feedback to the Workshop Supervisor for open customer service jobs.
• Ensure quality control checks are completed for all workshop jobs.
• Ensure repairs align with quotes and report any additional work.
• Support with daily prestart meetings and enforce HSEQ policies.

Skills

Mechanical knowledge

Hydraulic knowledge

Electrical knowledge

Communication skills

Numeracy

Self-motivated

Organised

Tools

Workshop knowledge

Job description

About JLG, an Oshkosh company JLG began in 1969, when our founder, John L. Grove set out to resolve growing safety concerns in the construction industry. Since then we have been committed to understanding the challenges and delivering innovative solutions to the access market. We partner with customers to provide quality equipment, training opportunities and trusted support within the access industry. We are a global company, and our products—including mobile elevating work platforms, telehandlers, utility vehicles and accessories—can be found all over the world.

JOB SUMMARY

The overall scope of the Leading Hand is to assist the Workshop Supervisor in providing supervision of the workshop team while ensuring quotes and repairs are completed to schedule whilst quality KPI’s are managed.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in the planning/scheduling of all workshop jobs ensuring on time completion
• Assist in organising and working with contractors and sub-contractors as required
• Assist in the training and supervision of apprentices
• Provide accurate WIP feedback to Workshop Supervisor for open customer service jobs (Major Inspections, PDI’s etc)
• Ensure quality control checks are completed for all workshop jobs
• Ensure repairs are carried out as per the quote and reporting any potential work required outside of the quote
• Ensure retail job files are completed prior to being signed off
• Ensure all unused retail parts are returned to the Workshop Coordinator prior to job closure
• Workshop inductions for all new workshop team members
• Assist with on-the-job training of all new workshop team members
• Workshop representative for HSEQ Committee
• Ensure all workshop staff team abide by specific site instructions including HSEQ policies and procedures
• Ensure workshop tooling is inspected regularly to identify damage and or new tooling requirements
• Assist with running daily prestart meetings, particularly in the absence of the Workshop Supervisor
• Maintain personal retail labour utilization rates as per target
• General ad-hoc duties as required

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Previous experience in a similar role – experience with mechanical, hydraulic and electrical advantageous
• Ability to effectively communicate both written and verbal
• Proficient Language, Literacy and Numeracy including the ability to write job notes, read safety information, machine manuals and understand basic numeracy such as time, parts numbers and quantities
• Self-motivator, self-starter with the ability to work unsupervised
• Ability to make on the spot accurate decisions when required
• Highly organised and structured individual
• Quality focused
• Advance knowledge of workshop activities

Advance your career by advancing the world. For many of our team members, this is more than a career. It’s a calling. Oshkosh is home to thousands of difference-makers working together to build, serve and protect people and communities around the world. From the front lines to the firehouse, the people we serve are driven by a sense of purpose. The people who work here are no different. Our engineering and product innovation help keep soldiers and firefighters safe, is critical in building and keeping communities clean and helps people do their jobs every day. As part of a People First culture, you’ll be encouraged and empowered to take ownership of your work, develop your career and make a real impact on the world around you. Oshkosh is a global company that designs and manufactures some of the world’s toughest specialty and access equipment under the brands of JLG®, Hinowa, Power Towers, Pierce®, MAXIMETAL™, Oshkosh® Defense, McNeilus®, IMT®, Jerr-Dan®, Frontline™ Communications, Oshkosh® Airport Products, Oshkosh® AeroTech™ and Pratt Miller.