Senior Workshop Manager (Diesel Trade Test)
Top Vitae Recruitment
- Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Male, between the ages of 35 and 55
- Physically fit and healthy
- Trade tested diesel mechanic or equivalent qualification
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a workshop foreman, and 5 years’ experience as a diesel mechanic
- Experience must include diesel mechanics related to trucks, and yellow plant.
- Experience within the construction and related industry highly advantageous
- Valid Drivers license (Code EC preferable)
- Must read / write & speak English
- Must have good communication skills
- Must be computer literate at intermediate level
- Have a proactive management approach
- Ability to plan and manage tasks and projects
- Ability to work long hours and over weekends/standby
- Ability to problem solve and think outside the box.
- Strong work ethic
- The foreman would be required to manage the workshop and all staff within the workshop including technicians, assistants, etc. Experience in this area is vital
- Ability to manage day to day workshop servicing and repairs, breakdowns, and rebuild projects
- Minor and Major Services
- Engine removal and replacement
- Engine Strip & Assemble
- Gearbox removal and replacement
- Braking Systems
- Steering
- Suspension
- Differentials
- Electrical Diagnostics
- Mechanical Diagnostics