Closing Date: 5pm, Sunday 31 August 2025
Position Type: Full-Time Permanent
Salary: $92,565 - $95,369 p/a + superannuation
Are you a skilled mechanic with leadership experience who is ready to keep a city moving? The City of Kalamunda is seeking a motivated Workshop Mechanic Team Leader to coordinate the day-to-day servicing, maintenance, and repair of our diverse fleet,
plant, and equipment.
This role ensures our operations run smoothly and safely by leading a small team, maintaining high-quality standards, and keeping our vehicles and machinery in top condition.
About this Opportunity
As the Workshop Mechanic Team Leader, you will:
- Oversee workshop operations, ensuring all servicing, maintenance, and repairs are delivered efficiently, safely, and to a high standard.
- Coordinate preventative maintenance programs and keep detailed records using the City’s systems.
- Supervise and support staff and apprentices, providing on-the-job training and guidance.
- Carry out hands-on mechanical work on light vehicles, trucks, small plant, and specialised equipment.
- Ensure compliance with WHS requirements, manufacturer guidelines, and roadworthiness standards.
- Manage workshop tools, parts, and consumables.
This is an opportunity to be at the heart of a team that values professionalism, quality, and service.
About You
You will bring:
- A Mechanical Trade Certificate or equivalent
- A ‘HR’ class driver’s license
- Basic First Aid Training (Desirable)
- Excellent communication, time management, and problem-solving skills.
- Commitment to workplace safety and a strong understanding of compliance standards in fleet operations.
- Proven experience in managing a team and overseeing workshop operations.
- Strong knowledge of fleet maintenance, diagnostics, and repair processes.
Selection Criteria
- Relevant mechanical experience.
- Maintenance and repairs of vehicles, plant, and equipment.
- Maintain accurate written and computer records for services and/or repairs of the City's assets.
- Responsible for maintaining a neat and tidy workplace which is safe for staff and those who enter the workshop area.
- Responsible for ensuring work environment and work practices are safe for staff and report any accidents or incidents on appropriate forms.
- Prior to commencing tasks, assess foreseeable hazards, report and ensure corrective action to eliminate or reduce risk of injury or damage to people, plant, and equipment.
- Extensive light vehicle and truck servicing skills
- Sound knowledge of safe operation procedures and user maintenance of tools and equipment.
- Sound knowledge of vehicle transmission, suspension, etc.
- Sound knowledge of small plant such as mowers, whipper snippers, chainsaws, etc.
- Auto-electrical, hydraulic and tyre fitting skills desired but not essential.
- Works cooperatively and effectively with others to achieve common goals.
- Participates in building a team though coaching, guidance, and support.
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including ability to
provide outstanding customer service.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety issues both in terms of personal responsibility, team and public.
Hours of Work
This is a permanent full-time position working Monday to Friday, 76 hours per fortnight. We offer flexible work arrangements, including rostered days off fortnightly or monthly.
About the Benefits
The salary range for this position is $92,565 - $95,369 per annum (depending on qualifications and experience) plus superannuation. Other inclusions are pre-start allowance, operational allowance, annual increments, EBA salary increases, a generous superannuation
co-contribution scheme, 22 days annual leave with 17.5% loading, etc.
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