Workshop Supervisor


Company:	Kautec Recruitment
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	RG30 4XX
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	23 Sept 2026
Closing date:	23 Oct 2026

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Summary

The company is a national leader in providing first class transport solutions.

This Workshop Supervisor role is critical to the smooth functioning of a busy service/ Aftersales operation

Your remit will be to oversee the day-to-day activity of the workshop ensuring that Jobs are allocated via a card system to the highly trained Vehicle Engineers.

The successful application must be a retail focused automotive professional who is aware of DVSA regulations and compliance

Typically your workshop will be responsible for;

• Routine (and preventative) maintenance

• MOT preparation

• Scheduled servicing to DVSA standards

• 6 (or 8) weekly inspections

• Correction of running defects

• Chassis and fabrication work

• Hydraulics and pneumatics

• Improvement of vehicle standards

• Electrical and wiring inspections and corrections

What are critical facets to the role are that you have very good people skills. You will be liaising with internal and external Stakeholders, sometime in a high pressured environment, so a cool head is required at all times,

The type of vehicles worked on range from heavy goods vehicles (HGV’s), road tankers, MOD, GSE, gritters, RCV’s Refuge vehicles and road sweepers.

The Fitters under your guidance are highly skilled. They will be looking after a mix of Diesel, hybrid and fully electric vehicles, it is therefore important that you are up to date with modern vehicle technologies

Making sure that the work has been carried to the correct specifications and within the time frames.

Kautec Recruitment recruit for a variety of sectors and are actively seeking to recruit HGV Technicians, HGV Fitters, Mechanics, Mobile Technicians, PSV Technicians, Engineers for our Fleet Management Clients across the UK.

If you are actively looking for a new job, but are not a Technician by trade, we are still eager to hear from you and we’ll assist you in finding the next step in your career.

Workshop, Depot, Site, Supervisor, Chargehand, Controller, Manager, HGV, heavy goods vehicle, commercial vehicle, RCV, refuse collection vehicle, tipper, sweeper, gritter, mechanic, vehicle engineer, vehicle technician, fitter.

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