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Fleet & Maintenance Shift Supervisor
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Fleet & Maintenance Shift Supervisor
Workshop Shift Supervisor – Permanent Contract
Job reference: 333020
Location: Croydon Workshop
Job type: Permanent contract
About the Opportunities
Are you looking for stability and variety in your next move? Join the largest and greenest fleet operator in the UK, and take on a new challenge in a commercial vehicle workshop environment.
We are now recruiting Workshop Shift Supervisors, offering a permanent contract with the potential to earn over £50k.
Working Hours: Full-time (39.5 hours per week), with a rotating shift pattern:
- Week 1: 06:00–14:30
- Week 2: 10:30–19:00 Saturdays on a one-in-three basis (with a corresponding weekday off).
Salary & Benefits
- Annual Salary: £50,988
- Weekend supplement: £53.66 per Saturday shift
- Annual leave: 22.5 days (plus bank holidays) – growing with service, with optional extra purchase
- Pension: Excellent company-matching scheme
- Career development: Personalised annual training programme
- PPE & clothing: Overalls and steel-toecapped boots provided
- Exclusive discounts: For shopping, technology, travel, entertainment, and social activities (personal/family)
- On-site theraband or wellness activities (depends on site availability)
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Key Responsibilities
As Shift Supervisor, reporting to the Fleet Workshop Manager, you will:
- Lead operations under production planning, deploying teams and processes to maintain high-quality, efficient outputs.
- Ensure safety standards and drive operational excellence in a team of vehicle techs.
- First-line management:
- Run weekly team meetings and shift huddles.
- Oversee remedial approaches to conduct issues.
- Support technician wellbeing post-sick leave.
- Ensure compliance with logistics and legal requirements.
- Conduct inspections, diagnostics and repairs as needed, particularly:
- Lighting slick/trailer/ladder tasks.
- Maintenance/repairs across LCV, HGV or other ‘wide-ranging fleet vehicles.
- Maintain accurate stock and vehicle documentation.
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Required Experience & Knowledge
- Leadership experience:
- Managed teams of vehicle technicians with strong H&S knowledge.
- Able to simplify technical issues when communicating to teams.
- Fully advised mechanic with IMI Level 3 qualification (Light Vehicle or Equivalent).
- Technical toolkit owner plus work experience specifically in:
- LCVs and HGVs on trailers.
- Valid UK manual licence, with preference for HGV license (including trailers).
- Proven adaptability across vehicle types under tight deadlines.
- Upholds standards and prioritises quality over speed.
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