Workshop Supervisor
Overview: Mobius Motors designs, manufactures, and sells
highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Our vehicles create a transport
platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation
services to end-users in their communities.
We are seeking to hire an exceptional
mid-career professional interested in a truly unique entrepreneurial
opportunity to create impact on a global scale.
The role will require a close working
relationship with the Technical, Commercial and Procurement Teams.
Specific duties include, but are not
limited to:
- Delegate daily duties and supervise all work
being carried out by the workshop staff.
- Chair regular meetings with workshop staff and
if necessary, members of the Technical team, to discuss progress and
setbacks within the workshop.
- Control workshop tools and accessories
inventory as well as keeping up to date with new technology tools that
could be purchased by the company.
- Organise staff training to improve technical
knowledge and job performance of workshop staff.
- To ensure workshop staff wear protective
clothing (PPEs) at all times while in the workshop floor including all
non-workshop/technical staff.
- Organise all customer rescue missions ensuring
all resources and authorisation required is acquired within the shortest
time possible.
- Ensure properly documented repair orders with
clear instructions are opened for every repair/service/rescue job to be
undertaken by the workshop staff and that all required information on each
job card is properly maintained.
- To ensure that all vehicles are serviced in
accordance with the company’s service standards and that pro-active
planned maintenance is carried out continuously.
- Ensure vehicles are mechanically sound and
available for test days and investor visits.
- To act as a technical expert in the Workshop,
advising staff on tasks and sharing knowledge, for example through regular
toolbox talks.
- To instil and maintain a strong health and
safety culture amongst the Workshop team with a good understanding of risk
assessments.
- To ensure that the workshop housekeeping and
operating practices are of a high standard and that special tools and
equipment are well maintained.
- Generate ad-hoc reports as required by the
Technical and Commercial teams.
- Develop Service Level Agreements (SLA) with
internal customers like Engineering, Quality and After-Sales.
- Establishing efficient processes and
structures in order to optimize the usage of available resources and to
ensure quality in the deliverables.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should have a
track record of academic and professional achievement and demonstrate a strong
business acumen and passion for Mobius’s business.
He or she should combine expertise in
workshop management with exceptional communication, interpersonal, and
leadership skills as well as on-the-ground pragmatism and patience necessary to
manage ambiguities involved with an early-stage venture in a developing
country.
Most of all, they should demonstrate
integrity and accountability.
Required
- Diploma in automotive, mechanical or other
from a recognised college
- Minimum 4 years’ experience in workshop
operations or other similar roles
- Proficiency in computer packages e.g. Word
- Experience from the automotive industry will
be an added advantage
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build strong
rapport with others
- Detail oriented and capable of delivering high
quality outputs
- Ability to effectively communicate timelines
and project progress with both internal and external management teams
- A start-up personality; entrepreneurial,
ambitious, independent, detail oriented, proactive, flexible, and
resilient
- Excellent problem solving and analytical
ability in cross-functional and multi-cultural environment; able to define
problems, collect relevant data, extract meaning, and draw valid
conclusions
- A good sense of humour and an appreciation for
different cultures
E-mail your application to recruiting@mobiusmotors.com
