Workshop Manager

Workshop Manager

Job Summary

Responsible for overseeing the maintenance and repair of heavy-duty trucks and trailers, ensuring efficient workflow, high-quality workmanship, and excellent customer service.

The ideal candidate will have strong technical knowledge, excellent leadership and management skills, and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

Key Duties and Responsibilities;

• Overseeing the daily management of DSR Fleet’s workshop and its operations, which includes fostering team productivity, inventory management, quality fleet maintenance, people engagement/management and zero level of down time in workshop equipment’s.
• Supervise, manage, and motivate staff within the operation of the workshop to achieve quality results. o Ensure the availability and use of the right tools and equipment in the maintenance workshop.
• Establish safe procedures (SOPs) for all maintenance repair work of the company.
• Prioritize and assign scheduled work to subordinates to meet company deadlines and customer needs.
• Coordinate schedule and audit transport fleet and equipment maintenances and repair to include preventive mechanical and electrical repair to tractors trucks and trailers.
• Reduce fleet downtime by providing speedy rescue to distressed company trucks and equipment Negotiate service (maintenance/repair) offers to ensure cost efficiencies.
•  Coach technical team on the identification of faults and ways of reporting feedback.
• Ensure that repairs are performed in a professional manner and in accordance with company’s accepted good practice.
•  Accomplishes workshop team results by communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
• Facilitating corrections to malfunctions; initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation amongst workshop team members.
• Liaise with Human Resources to conduct safety meetings with the workshop team.
•  Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Keeps equipment operational by coordinating maintenance and repair services.

Job Requirement:

• BSc / HND in Mechanical Engineering
• 10+ Years Cognate Experience in Fleet maintenance/Heavy Duty Truck Maintenance
• NSE / COREN