Vehicle Maintenance Team Leader

Dorset Council; Shaftesbury; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority is seeking a Team Leader in Fleet Services located in Shaftesbury, England. The role requires managing Vehicle Technicians, ensuring all council vehicles are safe and compliant. Key responsibilities include supervising workloads, handling preventive maintenance, and acting as the first point of contact for service users. Ideal candidates should possess strong technical knowledge, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to remain composed under pressure. This position also entails occasional travel to various depots.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Diverse and inclusive workplace

Qualifications

• Experience in managing technical teams and prioritising workloads.
• Understanding of vehicle maintenance and safety regulations.
• Ability to liaise with various technical officers and manage conflicting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily management of Vehicle Technicians.
• Ensure all vehicles are safe, legal, and well maintained.
• Liaise with service users and handle parts ordering.

Skills

Organisational skills

Technical knowledge

Pressure handling

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

• Ensuring vehicles are safe and legal
• Supering / 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.

Travel requirement

This position has an occasional travel requirement (including but not limited to) visiting and working at other offices and depots.

Further Information

For further information please contact Simon Walker on 01305 225472 or email [email protected].

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We

• Provide essential services that support over 300,000 residents
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You Will

• Be part of a team that works together for a better Dorset
• Have access to a range of benefits and support
• Receive training and development opportunities to help your career progress

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation where different skills, perspectives, and backgrounds strengthen both our council and the communities we serve.

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