HGV Workshop Supervisor

KAUTEC RECRUITMENT Ltd; Normanton on Trent; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Kautec Recruitment Ltd is recruiting for a Workshop Supervisor in Reading. You will lead a busy HGV workshop, supervise a team of vehicle engineers and ensure work is planned and executed to schedule.

The role covers diesel, hybrid and electric vehicles, with a Monday-to-Friday day shift and overtime, offering a salary up to £60,000 per year. The ideal candidate has senior HGV technician experience and strong IT and systems skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading a workshop environment, preferably HGV or council fleet.
• Solid IT skills and familiarity with vehicle transaction systems.
• Ability to manage a team and ensure work is completed to schedule.

Responsibilities

• oversee productivity and overall efficiencies of a busy workshop.
• oversee day-to-day activity and allocate jobs via a card system to Vehicle Engineers.
• ensure work is carried out to correct specifications and within time frames.
• liaise with Parts Department to ensure correct equipment and stock levels.

Skills

HGV experience

IT skills

Leadership

Education

City & Guilds / NVQ level

Tools

Vehicle transaction systems

Job description

HGV Workshop Supervisor
Are you a Senior HGV Fitter, HGV Mechanic, HGV Technician looking for a Supervisory role?
Looking for a workshop based role in the Reading area?
Are you looking for a Monday to Friday job? 45 hours per week,
anywhere 6am and 6pm
Permanent, Full-time role, Salary up to £60,000p/a
This is a role for a Senior HGV Technician who is looking to take their career to the next level into a chargehand or supervisory level.

You will be responsible for:

• the productivity and overall efficiencies of a busy workshop.
• to oversee the day to day activity.
• ensuring that Jobs are allocated via a card system to the Vehicle Engineers.
• Making sure that the work has been carried to the correct specifications and within the time frames.
• Liaise with the Parts Department to ensure the correct equipment is being used to carry out the repairs and to ensure correct stock levels are maintained.

Whilst this is a Workshop Supervisor role, you may be required to jump on the spanners and assist the mechanics in the workshop. The type of vehicles worked on range from heavy goods vehicles (HGV's), road tankers, MOD, GSE, gritters, RCV's Refuge vehicles and road sweepers.

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.

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.

Ideally for this Workshop Supervisor role

• you will be fully qualified to (City & Guilds) or NVQ level 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.

Workshop Supervisor Vacancy
Location: Reading
Day shift: Monday to Friday,
45 hours per week, plus overtime
Up to £60,000
Permanent, full time position

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