Workshop Chargehand

Kemp Recruitment Limited; Exeter; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Holiday Allowance

Share Save Scheme

Profit Related Pay

Pension Plan

Family Friendly policies

Employee Discounts

Volunteering Day

Life Assurance and Personal Accident

Job summary

Kemp Recruitment Limited is seeking a Workshop Chargehand for Exeter to lead a municipal vehicle workshop. You will oversee maintenance, inspections, and repairs, ensuring safety, compliance, and timely paperwork.

The role requires liaising with onsite customers, managing workload, and covering out-of-hours standby on a rota. An HGV apprenticeship and municipal vehicle maintenance experience are essential.

Qualifications

• HGV apprenticeship or equivalent qualification.
• Municipal vehicle maintenance experience.
• Strong communication and listening skills.
• Ability to multitask in a busy environment.
• Diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• High health and safety awareness.

Responsibilities

• Carry out vehicle inspection examinations in line with VOSA procedure and Company policy.
• Diagnose faults by isolating systems or components that may have caused or potentially cause a problem.
• Repair or replace worn parts ahead of the vehicle’s breakdown or damage.
• Gain authorisation to repair or fit parts as required by Company Procedure.
• Complete daily handover to the workshop controller on fleet status/repair progress
• Manage workload to ensure smooth running of workshop.
• Ensure the safety of all personnel and security of premises under your control.
• Obtain accurate costings from suppliers and set to estimate for fleet desk approval when required.
• Monitor consumable stock onsite i.e. oils and other fluids and order replenishments when required.
• Ensure warranty parts returned and relevant paperwork completed
• Cover out of hours breakdown standby on a rota basis if required.

Skills

Good communication

Multitasking

Diagnostics

Problem solving

HSE awareness

Education

HGV Apprentice Served Qualification

Tools

Job description

Job Role: Workshop Chargehand Schedule: Monday to Friday, Day Shifts Salary: £52,000 Location: Exeter Benefits:

• Generous Holiday Allowance: 25 days, you also get to enjoy a day off for your birthday, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve. You can also buy or sell up to a week’s leave
• Share Save Scheme: Annually, you have the opportunity to buy shares in Paragon at a discounted rate
• Profit Related Pay: We share some of our annual profit with our eligible employees
• Pension Plan: We contribute up to 10% of your annual salary towards your pension
• Family Friendly policies: We offer enhanced parental pay and paid time off for fertility treatment
• Employee Discounts: Enjoy exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, shopping, motoring and more
• Volunteering Day: Contribute to causes you care about with one volunteering day per year
• Life Assurance and Personal Accident Cover

Main purpose of the Workshop Chargehand

This role is responsible for maintaining and repairing the vehicles operated by our local authority client from their Exeter depot. This includes carrying out all work to a high standard within this workshop facility, ensuring adherence to vehicle maintenance and compliance regulations, and that all paperwork is completed timely, accurately and to a high standard. The workshop chargehand will also be responsible for liaising with the onsite customers to ensure vehicles are maintained, and defects repaired efficiently.

Key responsibilities of the Workshop Chargehand

• Carry out vehicle inspection examinations in line with VOSA procedure and Company policy.
• Diagnose faults by isolating systems or components that may have caused or potentially cause a problem.
• Repair or replace worn parts ahead of the vehicle’s breakdown or damage.
• Gain authorisation to repair or fit parts as required by Company Procedure.
• Complete daily handover to the workshop controller on fleet status/repair progress
• Manage workload to ensure smooth running of workshop.
• Ensure the safety of all personnel and security of premises under your control.
• Obtain accurate costings from suppliers and set to estimate for fleet desk approval when required.
• Monitor consumable stock onsite i.e. oils and other fluids and order replenishments when required.
• Ensure warranty parts returned and relevant paperwork completed
• Cover out of hours breakdown standby on a rota basis if required.

To be successful in this role, you should have

• HGV Apprentice Served Qualification
• Municipal vehicle maintenance experience
• Good communicator and listener
• Ability to multi-task in a busy environment
• Diagnostic and problem-solving skills
• High level of Health and Safety awareness