Maintenance Manager (Heavy Truck) at Ama-Zuma Group

Responsibilities
Broad Responsibilities:

• Lead the activities of the maintenance team to ensure that the company’s fleet and equipment are available, ready and safe at all times. Oversees the repairs and upkeep of all vehicles and equipment.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Ensure the availability and use of the right tools and equipment in the maintenance workshop.
• Establish Safe Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all maintenance/repair work of the company.
• Prioritize and assign scheduled work to subordinates to meet company’s deadlines and customers’ needs.
• Coordinate, schedule and audit transport fleet and equipment maintenances and repairs tom include preventive, mechanical and electrical repair to tractors, trucks and trailers.
• Ensure quality of work (maintenance and repair) on fleet and equipment.
• Ensure proper updating of fleet maintenance job cards.
• Reduce fleet downtime by providing speedy rescue to distressed company’s vehicles and equipment.
• Negotiate service (maintenance/repair) offers to ensure cost efficiencies.
• Coach fleet drivers on identification of faults and ways of reporting feedback.
• Monitor and analyze fleet maintenance/repair costs, fuel consumption, rectify defects as required, and provide recommendations on fleet utilization and replacement.
• Track fleet usage and maintain accurate inventory of replaced parts and equipment.
• Ensure safe work environment and good housekeeping to avoid infractions on statutory regulation.
• Communicate maintenance requirements of transport fleet and implement approved correction actions as required.
• Complete periodic performance reviews of maintenance staff and jointly determine areas of development and training requirement.
• Participate in the recruitment and selection of maintenance personnel.
• Assist in the development of maintenance budget by providing input relative to policy, costs and other metrics.
• Prepare and submit regular (daily, weekly, and monthly) maintenance/repair reports, and parts usage for Management appraisal.
• Complete other projects and perform duties as may be required.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in relevant field.
• Must have over 5 years’ experience of repair and maintenance of Trucks.
• Applicant must not be less than 35 years of age.
• Must have knowledge of repair and maintenance of Heavy Trucks.
• Applicant must reside on the main land.