Workshop Leading Hand

**Manage day to day production requirements**:

- **Leadership opportunity to support & mentor teams**:

- **Permanent full-time role, located in Bassendean**

UGL’s Heavy Maintenance Facility based in Bassendean, are searching for a high performing **Section Leader / Workshop Leading Hand** to join their Locomotive & Heavy Mining Equipment (HME) component overhaul team. This position will be offered as a permanent full-time opportunity with occasional overtime & weekend work as required.
Reporting to the _Service Delivery Manage_r, the purpose of this role is to provide leadership and manage the daily production requirements of a workshop section, to exceed UGL and the customers’ expectations of safety, quality and deliveries.
The role has future career pathways into Production and Workshop Management.

**About your role**

As the **Section Leader / Workshop Leading Hand**, you will be required to provide front line leadership to the production facility and the team, ensuring safe work practices and procedures are adhered to.
Key responsibilities will include:

- Assess risks and hazards involved in tasks, and methods to manage the hazards in order to prevent incidents, injury and damage
- Develop and allocate production delivery plans and resources
- Conduct high quality planned and corrective maintenance, repair and/or service
- Develop documentation specific for work package (NCRs, EAR and Completion reports, SWMS, ITP’s, high risk permits) and maintain registers
- Attend/conduct site meetings, toolbox/pre-start meetings and progress meetings
Interpret technical specifications, manuals and drawings

**About you**

You will have extensive experience working in a similar leadership role, within a heavy industrial or workshop environment.
**Skills & Experience**:

- Relevant Trade Qualification (**Electrical** preferred)
- Demonstrated Supervisory experience (essential)
- Supportive attitude regarding health, safety & quality
- Pride and high standards for maintenance in a workshop environment
- Strong communication skills & willingness to learn, teach & mentor others
- Solid rotating electrical equipment knowledge & thinking

What makes you right for UGL
- Ability to provide a safe, supportive and positive workplace
- Empower a united and collaborative culture
- Deliver technical excellence and create efficient, innovative solutions
- Build an enviable reputation and the trust of employees, clients and other stakeholders
- Genuine concern for safety & quality

**What we offer**
- Career development opportunities
- Competitive hourly rate - Bassendean Enterprise Agreement
- Diverse opportunities to grow, back yourself and achieve
- A change to join a 6,000 + strong organization owned by the CIMIC Group, one of the world’s leading international contractors

**About Us**

UGL is a well-known and respected for providing end-to-end engineering, construction and maintenance services within; rail and transport, communications and technology systems, oil and gas, power, renewables and resources, water and defence markets. UGL partners with some of the world’s largest blue-chip companies and government agencies, private enterprises and public institutions. We are a member of the CIMIC Group of companies.
At UGL, we value diversity - in the backgrounds, ideas, work styles and perspectives of our team. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourage people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, mature aged workers and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.
Please note that relevant screening checks will be conducted as part of the recruitment process. These may include a national criminal history check and for you to undergo pre-employment medical assessment including drug and alcohol screen.

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**Discipline**: Leading Hand

**Primary Location**: Australia-WA-Eastern Suburbs

**Work Type**: Full-time