Senior Mechanic

Job Description:

Workshop Leadership: Lead and mentor mechanics, optimizing labor utilization and setting best practices for maintenance and repair tasks.

Uptime: Ensure 85%+ equipment uptime (for all trucks, wheel loaders, forklifts and company cars/bikes)

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting: Conduct diagnostic tests and troubleshoot basic equipment failures for trucks and other vehicles.

Scheduling: Create and use daily and weekly planning for truck maintenance, services and repairs

Maintenance Execution: Lead team in regular maintenance on machinery and equipment to boost uptime and reliability.

Maintenance Logs and Documentation: Maintain detailed, organized records of work orders and ensure accurate, chronological tracking in the Vehicle tracker.

Review Daily Checks: Review daily checks and liaise with logistics manager to plan for maintenance/repair

Parts and Procurement Coordination: Request and assist (e.g. suppliers) the procurement process, coordinating with the purchasing team to ensure timely parts delivery.

Store: Coordinate with the store and procurement to ensure spare and consumables being available 

Compliance: Ensure that all equipment is compliance with governmental standards (e.g. NTSA)

Truck inspection: Ensure that all trucks are taken to inspection when required

Housekeeping: Ensure proper housekeeping in and around the workshop

Consultation and Preventive Advice: Advise drivers/ logistics team on proper use and preventive measures to extend equipment life leading to improvements in uptime and fuel/repair costs

Budget: Give all input required for the workshop budget in liaison with the logistics HOD.

Maintenance Scheduling:: Ensure adherence to preventive maintenance schedules, weekly schedule for all mechanics 

Automotive Machinery Acquisition: leading the process in the acquisition of company automotive machinery (e.g. trucks, wheel loaders, forklifts, etc)

Leadership: Providing leadership to the Logistics department in absence of the Logistics HOD.

Team and Performance Management: Manage the team of mechanics, monitor performance, and implement improvements for efficient operations.

Equipment Uptime and Reliability: Strategize for longterm to maintain above 95% uptime for all trucks and equipment by enforcing preventive measures and prompt repairs.

Budget: Lead workshop budget in the company quarterly budget tracker with structured back argumentation. .

Minimum Qualifications.

Degree/Diploma/ Vocational Training in Automotive engineering.

Proven experience as Workshop Supervisor or Senior Mechanic for at least 5 years.

Possess a valid driving license. 

Excellent knowledge of truck systems, machinery and hydraulic, electrical and other systems and their components.  

Ability to follow established procedures and practices and read instruction, blueprints etc.

A strong commitment to all health and safety guidelines

Ability, competence and certification to drive trucks up to 10 wheelers.