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Senior Mechanic
📍 Kiambu 💼 On-site ⏰ Full Time 📋 Permanent Contract 🏷️ Maintenance and Technical Repairs
Minimum Experience
1 year
Application Deadline
📅 28/11/2026
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Job Description
Job Description: Workshop Leadership: Lead and mentor mechanics, optimizing labor utilization and setting best practices for maintenance and repair tasks. Uptime: Ensure 85%+ equipment uptime (for all trucks, wheel loaders, forklifts and company cars/bikes) Diagnostics and Troubleshooting: Conduct diagnostic tests and troubleshoot basic equipment failures for trucks and other vehicles. Scheduling: Create and use daily and weekly planning for truck maintenance, services and repairs Maintenance Execution: Lead team in regular maintenance on machinery and equipment to boost uptime and reliability. Maintenance Logs and Documentation: Maintain detailed, organized records of work orders and ensure accurate, chronological tracking in the Vehicle tracker. Review Daily Checks: Review daily checks and liaise with logistics manager to plan for maintenance/repair Parts and Procurement Coordination: Request and assist (e.g. suppliers) the procurement process, coordinating with the purchasing team to ensure timely parts delivery. Store: Coordinate with the store and procurement to ensure spare and consumables being available  Compliance: Ensure that all equipment is compliance with governmental standards (e.g. NTSA) Truck inspection: Ensure that all trucks are taken to inspection when required Housekeeping: Ensure proper housekeeping in and around the workshop Consultation and Preventive Advice: Advise drivers/ logistics team on proper use and preventive measures to extend equipment life leading to improvements in uptime and fuel/repair costs Budget: Give all input required for the workshop budget in liaison with the logistics HOD. Maintenance Scheduling:: Ensure adherence to preventive maintenance schedules, weekly schedule for all mechanics  Automotive Machinery Acquisition: leading the process in the acquisition of company automotive machinery (e.g. trucks, wheel loaders, forklifts, etc) Leadership: Providing leadership to the Logistics department in absence of the Logistics HOD. Team and Performance Management: Manage the team of mechanics, monitor performance, and implement improvements for efficient operations. Equipment Uptime and Reliability: Strategize for longterm to maintain above 95% uptime for all trucks and equipment by enforcing preventive measures and prompt repairs. Budget: Lead workshop budget in the company quarterly budget tracker with structured back argumentation. . Minimum Qualifications. Degree/Diploma/ Vocational Training in Automotive engineering. Proven experience as Workshop Supervisor or Senior Mechanic for at least 5 years. Possess a valid driving license.  Excellent knowledge of truck systems, machinery and hydraulic, electrical and other systems and their components.   Ability to follow established procedures and practices and read instruction, blueprints etc. A strong commitment to all health and safety guidelines Ability, competence and certification to drive trucks up to 10 wheelers.
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