Team Leader

Dorset Council; Longcross; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Dorset Council's Fleet Services team is recruiting a Team Leader to oversee Vehicle Technicians and ensure roadworthiness and safe operation of a large fleet. You will manage workloads, provide technical support, and maintain compliance with operator licensing and DVSA requirements.

The role emphasizes strong organisational skills, ability to work under pressure, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to keep services running smoothly.

Qualifications

• Experience managing Vehicle Technicians and workshop teams.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and plan preventative maintenance.
• Good organisational skills and calm under pressure in a busy, regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for day-to-day line management of Vehicle Technicians.
• Prioritise workloads and allocate tasks within the team.
• Carrying out preventative maintenance and defect repairs as required.
• First point of contact for services/customers bringing vehicles in for work.
• Sign off safety inspection sheets (legal documents).
• Ensure workshop safety, update risk assessments and health and safety records.
• Liaise with Technical Officers in fleet offices.
• Order, receive and account for parts.
• Keep the workshop clean, tidy and safe.

Skills

Line management

Organisational skills

Calm under pressure

Job description

The purpose of vehicle workshops is to ensure that vehicles are safe and legal and minimise vehicles downtime. As a Team Leader in Fleet Services, the post supports a busy specialist technical area where there are a wide range of duties. The post is responsible for the day-to-day line management of Vehicle Technicians and will manage and prioritise their workloads. The post provides specialist technical support to service users and third parties. The main focus of work will be to ensure the ongoing roadworthiness and maintenance of all council vehicles whilst working with other specialist technical support staff within the Fleet Services Team and across Dorset Council. The council has nearly two hundred large goods vehicles on its Operator Licencing and the role supports and ensures the authorities continued compliance with the Operator Licence as required and enforced by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). The post holders work is within a heavily regulated, legislated and specialist service. Team Leader Duties include

• Ensuring vehicles are safe and legal
• Supervising / allocating work to Vehicle Technicians
• Carrying out preventative maintenance and defect repairs
• First point of contact for services / customers taking vehicles in for work, collecting vehicles.
• "Signing off" safety inspection sheets (these sheets are legal documents)
• Ensuring the workshop is safe (updating risk assessments, general health and safety)
• Liaising with Technical Officers based at different fleet offices.
• Ordering, receiving and being accountable for parts
• Keeping the workshop clean, tidy, and safe
  In additional to the technical knowledge required, these individuals need to have good organisational skills and remain calm as the job is often pressurised with conflicting priorities.
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