Vehicle Maintenance Team Leader

1 week ago

Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom Dorset Council Full time £40,000 - £80,000 per year

The purpose of vehicle workshops is to ensure that vehicles are safe and legal and minimise vehicles downtime.

As a Team Leader in Fleet Services, the post supports a busy specialist technical area where there are a wide range of duties.

The post is responsible for the day-to-day line management of Vehicle Technicians and will manage and prioritise their workloads.

The post provides specialist technical support to service users and third parties.

The main focus of work will be to ensure the ongoing roadworthiness and maintenance of all council vehicles whilst working with other specialist technical support staff within the Fleet Services Team and across Dorset Council.

The council has nearly two hundred large goods vehicles on its Operator Licencing and the role supports and ensures the authorities continued compliance with the Operator Licence as required and enforced by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).

The post holders work is within a heavily regulated, legislated and specialist service.

Team Leader Duties include

  • Ensuring vehicles are safe and legal
  • Supervising / allocating work to Vehicle Technicians
  • Carrying out preventative maintenance and defect repairs
  • First point of contact for services / customers taking vehicles in for work, collecting vehicles.
  • "Signing off" safety inspection sheets (these sheets are legal documents)
  • Ensuring the workshop is safe (updating risk assessments, general health and safety)
  • Liaising with Technical Officers based at different fleet offices.
  • Ordering, receiving and being accountable for parts
  • Keeping the workshop clean, tidy, and safe

In additional to the technical knowledge required, these individuals need to have good organisational skills and remain calm as the job is often pressurised with conflicting priorities.

Travel requirement
This position has an occasional travel requirement (including but not limited to) visiting and working at other offices and depots.

Further Information

For further information please contact Simon Walker on or email [email protected]

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At Dorset Council, we are working together to create a fairer, more prosperous, and more sustainable Dorset for everyone, now and in the future.

We

  • provide essential services that support over 300,000 residents
  • work in partnership to make a real difference
  • value every role and the impact it has on our communities
  • support our employees to grow, develop, and thrive

You Will

  • be part of a team that works together for a better Dorset
  • have access to a range of benefits and support
  • receive training and development opportunities to help your career progress

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation where different skills, perspectives, and backgrounds strengthen both our council and the communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. If you declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role, we will offer you an interview. We also want our recruitment process to be accessible, if you need any reasonable adjustments, just let us know on your application.

This role is UK-based, and we will need to confirm your Right to Work as part of the appointment process. We use generic job descriptions and person specifications, so the job title in any attachments may differ from the advert. If needed, we will provide additional details in a context statement.

If you're passionate about making a difference, we'd love you to join us.

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