Internal opportunity: Workshop Leading Hand, Erskine Park. Step up, lead your workshop team and take the next step in your Linfox career.

What does the job look like?

We are looking for a Workshop Leading Hand to join the Erskine Park workshop team full time. This role provides day-to-day technical leadership and work coordination while continuing to perform trade-based maintenance and repair work.

This is an internal opportunity for current Linfox employees.

Ideal for a team member ready to step into a leadership role, supporting Mechanics, Apprentices and Trade Assistants to keep our fleet safe, compliant and available.

Reporting to the Workshop Supervisor or Service Manager, you will help allocate, monitor and complete maintenance activities to meet operational requirements.

Key areas include:

• Coordinating daily workshop activities, including prioritising servicing, repairs, breakdowns and safety-critical work
• Providing practical technical guidance and fault-finding support to Mechanics, Apprentices and Trade Assistants
• Monitoring work progress, labour utilisation and repair quality, and escalating delays or risks
• Performing servicing, preventative maintenance, diagnosis and repairs on prime movers, trucks and trailers
• Coaching and mentoring workshop employees, including apprentices
• Completing repair orders, inspections, service records and compliance documentation accurately and on time
• Assisting with parts planning, allocation and control
• Identifying recurring defects and improvement opportunities for safety, quality and fleet availability

Are you the one?

You are a motivated team member with strong diagnostic skills and the ability to guide others, organise workflow and respond to changing priorities in a busy workshop.

You can demonstrate:

• Demonstrated experience maintaining and repairing prime movers, trucks, trailers and associated equipment
• Demonstrated diagnostic and fault-finding capability
• Knowledge of workshop safety systems, Safe Work Procedures and maintenance documentation
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Computer capability, including SAP and Microsoft Office (desirable)

Experience coordinating workflow, guiding workshop employees or mentoring apprentices is desirable. Leading Hand appointments receive the applicable allowance or higher duties payment under the relevant industrial instrument.

Why join the Erskine Park workshop?

• Step into a leadership role while keeping your trade skills hands-on
• Stay with your Linfox workshop team at Erskine Park while taking on more responsibility
• Lead by example and support a safe, injury-free workplace
• Develop coaching, work coordination and mentoring skills
• Be part of a collaborative workshop team
• Gain exposure to fleet planning, parts and compliance processes
• Take the next step in your Linfox career with a leadership pathway