Vehicle Maintenance Team Leader

Dorset Council; Shaftesbury; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Dorset Council's Fleet Services is seeking a Team Leader to manage Vehicle Technicians and prioritise workloads to keep council vehicles safe and compliant. You will provide technical support, oversee maintenance, and ensure DVSA and operator licence obligations are met.

The role requires strong organisation, calm under pressure, and effective liaison with officers across fleet offices. Occasional travel to other depots is required.

Qualifications

• Experience of line management or supervision of vehicle technicians
• Good organisational skills and ability to work under pressure
• Strong communication and customer service skills

Responsibilities

• Supervise and allocate work to Vehicle Technicians
• Oversee preventive maintenance and defect repairs to keep vehicles safe and roadworthy
• Sign off safety inspection sheets and ensure they are legally compliant
• Order, receive and account for parts for the workshop
• Liaise with Technical Officers and other fleet offices
• Maintain a clean, safe and compliant workshop
• Travel occasionally to other offices and depots as needed

Job description

About the role

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.

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 [e-mail]

Candidates who have previously applied for this position will not be considered and need not reapply.

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We:

• provide essential services that support over 300,000 residents
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• value every role and the impact it has on our communities
• support our employees to grow, develop, and thrive

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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