Workshop Leading Hand

2 weeks ago

Hunter Valley, Australia Penske Full time

**Your New Opportunity**:
Stepping into your new role as a **Leading Hand**, you'll join and mentor a growing team **Heavy Vehicle Diesel Mechanics**. Based in McDougalls Hill you'll use your skills and experience to lead and develop our current diesel technicians and help grow your team.

You'll allocate jobs, develop work instructions, prepare info for quotes and repairs and not be afraid to jump on the tools when the team needs a hand. Your mechanics will rely on you as a point of escalation for any tricky problems, and you'll provide guidance and training where required.

**About you**:

- Minimum **5+ years post qualification** experience in **maintenance, service and repair **of heavy vehicles and trucks.
- Experience in Western Star, MAN Trucks & Bus, Dennis Eagle, _mtu_, Detroit and Allison Transmission products would be ideal.
- Easily work independently, but just as happy working in a team.
- Not afraid to get your hands dirty and help the team when needed, flexible to pick up overtime as required.
- Have effective communication and leadership skills - you'll be talking to everyone from apprentices to customers and everyone in between.
- A positive, can-do attitude with the drive to help your team develop and succeed.
- Strong attention to detail to ensure maximum efficiency in the workshop.

**About Us**:
With over 1,100 employees across Australia and New Zealand, **Penske** is an iconic brand in both the business and racing worlds and a Fortune 500 company with a global presence. Operating across some of the most dynamic on and off-highway markets in the country, including road transport, energy solutions, mining, rail, defence and commercial marine and the leading distributor of premium power systems solutions.

**Why join Penske?**

To put it simply, Penske are serious about their **commitment to employees**. Whether it be our commitment to **safety**, **training**, or **career progression**, you know when you step into a role at Penske, you step into a career.

We provide a **fantastic work environment**, with strong leadership, **rewards and recognition** and an employee assistance program to make sure all of our team are happy, healthy and safe.

With discounts on everything from tools, to vehicles, to travel and insurance, you know our **above award rate **will go even further

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