Diesel Mechanic/Workshop Leading Hand

The House & Building Wash Company; Auckland; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The House & Building Wash Company – Auckland, North Island is seeking a full-time qualified Diesel Mechanic/Workshop Leading Hand. The role covers our Whangaparaoa workshop and fieldwork across Auckland with a service vehicle.

You will maintain diesel trucks and pressure wash engines, ensure COF/WOF compliance, and keep a neat workshop while meeting health and safety standards. The position requires a proactive, reliable individual who can plan preventative maintenance and support stock

Qualifications

• Qualified Diesel Mechanic/Workshop Leading Hand with proven trade experience.
• Ability to work from workshop and in the field with a service vehicle.
• Pass police background check and ongoing random drug/alcohol tests.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair diesel trucks and pressure wash engines.
• Ensure vehicles have current COF/WOF and safety standards.
• Run a tidy workshop and meet health & safety requirements under pressure.
• Organise maintenance, order stock, and manage spare parts levels.
• Work Saturdays and on-call rosters as required.

Skills

Diesel mechanics

Workshop leading

Health & safety

Time management

Police background check

Education

Trade certification in Diesel Mechanics

Tools

Welding

Lathe

Mill

Job description

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The House & Building Wash Company – Auckland, North Island

We are offering an opportunity for a full-time, qualified Diesel Mechanic/Workshop Leading Hand to join our team. A tradesman who can work from our workshop in Whangaparaoa and in the field throughout Auckland with a service vehicle.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain and repair our fleet of small diesel trucks (Class 1 mostly Isuzu/Hino trucks) along with Yanmar diesel pressure wash engines & water pumps
• Ensure all vehicles have a current C.O.F. or W.O.F.
• Run a neat and tidy workshop and meet Health & Safety requirements even when under pressure
• Work extra hours to get the job done when the chips are down
• Take care of and take responsibility for keeping our rigs running
• Organise and plan preventative maintenance
• Source competitively, order stock & keep appropriate levels of spare parts
• Work Saturdays and be on a call out roster

About you

• Qualified Diesel Mechanic/Workshop Leading Hand with a track record in the trade
• Current unrestricted full MANUAL car drivers (Class I) licence. Class II is an advantage
• A positive "can do" attitude
• Methodical in approach
• Self-discipline and self-motivation
• Efficient with the use of time and have good personal organisational ability
• Ability to pass a police background check along with regular ongoing random drug & alcohol tests
• Ability to weld an advantage
• Ability to use a lathe and mill an advantage
• Living in Whangaparaoa or surrounding suburbs an advantage
• Trustworthy

About us

We are a medium sized, well respected, family run, financially sound, exterior house & building wash company. We have been operating for 28 years & cleaned more than 80,000 homes & buildings to date with 15 busy cleaning rigs. 84% of our work is either repeat or referral. We are the largest specialist House & Building Wash business in Auckland and are experiencing ongoing growth. We own our own engineering workshop where we service our own vehicles & build/service our own pressure wash equipment.

A variety of work, not just mechanical but fabrication and engineering as well

No "time-wasting" traffic congestion if you live in Whangaparaoa OR if you are driving against traffic flow

Open, light workshop with winter heating

Active social club

The opportunity to have genuine input on how to improve the workshop and the company

The ability to work independently

Career advancement opportunities for the right person