Panelshop Foreman

Tranzit Group Ltd; Lower Hutt; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tool allowance

Competitive remuneration package

Job summary

Tranzit Group Ltd seeks an experienced Panelshop Foreman for its Seaview Panelshop in Wellington to oversee a bus refurbishment project. You will lead the refurbishment from planning to completion, monitor timelines, and drive quality on the workshop floor.

Applicants should bring background in panel beating, painting, and heavy vehicle repairs, with project management experience and strong leadership abilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in a workshop supervision or leadership role.
• Project management within a workshop or similar environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead refurbishment programme from planning through to completion.
• Monitor project timelines, milestones and vehicle throughput.
• Work with panel beaters/auto painters to ensure quality standards.
• Be visible on the workshop floor every day and actively lead the team.
• Manage refurbishment work by internal workshops and external suppliers.
• Coordinate external paint and panel work where required.
• Provide weekly project reports and progress updates including risks and barriers.

Skills

Panel beating

Coaching building

Vehicle painting

Heavy vehicle repairs

Project management

Leadership

On-floor leadership

Quality focus

Continuous improvement

Class 2 license

Job description

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Panelshop Foreman

Reference: 6928595

Our Seaview Panelshop is seeking an experienced workshop leader to join our team and oversee the delivery of an exciting bus refurbishment project.

In this role, you'll play a key part in ensuring our diverse fleet of buses and coaches are repaired and returned to service efficiently. You'll also lead our newly launched bus refurbishment project, coordinating its successful delivery while supporting day-to-day operations . While project management is a key part of the role, this is not a desk-based position. You'll be actively involved on the floor, working alongside the team, conducting quality checks, identifying and resolving issues early, and actively driving projects.

About the role:

Lead the refurbishment programme from planning through to completion.

Monitor project timelines, milestones, and vehicle throughput.

Work closely with our team of panel beaters/auto painters to ensure quality standards are achieved.

Be visible and actively involved on the workshop floor every day.

Manage refurbishment work completed by internal workshops and external suppliers.

Coordinate external paint and panel work where required.

Provide weekly project reports, documentation and progress updates, including risks, delivery barriers and inform decisions and get support where required.

Liaise with internal and external stakeholders as required.

Our preferred candidate will have:

We are open to candidates from several backgrounds, however experience in one or more of the following would be highly desirable:

Panel beating, coaching building, commercial vehicle painting and/or heavy vehicle repairs.

Relevant industry experience in a workshop supervision or leadership role, including experience in fleet refurbishment programmes.

Project management within a workshop or similar environment

Strong organisational and planning skills.

Ability to lead and influence teams, with a hands-on and practical approach.

Comfortable balancing project management within workshop involvement.

Strong reporting and communication skills.

Quality-focused with a continuous improvement mindset.

A Class 2 Heavy Vehicle Drivers Licence.

Why join our workshop team?

The opportunity to be involved in an exciting project that is more than just the day-to-day workshop operations.

• Competitive remuneration package and tool allowance.

Full time role (minimum 45 hours per week), Monday to Friday.

Be part of a supportive, experienced team within a nationwide workshop network that genuinely invests in its people. Our commitment to training and development was recently recognised when we won the inaugural MITO Summit Training Business of the Year Award!

Want to know a bit more about us? Check out the video below for more information and meet some of our current workshop team!

We will be reviewing applicants as they apply. Applications close on 25 September 2026.

We do require a pre-employment drug and alcohol test as part of our recruitment process. All applicants must also have the legal entitlement to work in NZ.