Kenya Association of Manufacturers is the representative organisation for manufacturing value-add industries in Kenya. Established in 1959 as a private sector body, KAM has evolved into a dynamic, vibrant, credible and respected business association that unites industrialists and offers a common voice for businesses. KAM provides an essential link for co-operation, dialogue and understanding with the Government by representing the views and concerns of its members to the relevant authorities. In pursuit of its core mandate of policy advocacy, KAM promotes trade and investment, upholds standards, encourages the formulation, enactment and administration of sound policies that facilitate a competitive business environment and reduce the cost of doing business. In 2009, KAM unveiled a new corporate image as it observed 50 years since its establishment.
Purpose of the Role :
Organise, control, manage and develop staff and services of the vehicle workshop, fleet of vehicles, recycling or other equipment owned by Modern Coast Ltd, to meet our needs in ensuring a high quality, cost effective, and technical service is provided to support all Departments.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage, organize and control an efficient vehicle workshop including the management of Technicians and Graded Workers.
- Manage, plan, control and organize the planned preventative and corrective mechanical maintenance on all of Modern’s fleet in order to maximize their lifespan and ensure safety. This involves monitoring the performance of our trucks and busses, ensuring remedial work is undertaken to prevent failure/loss of vehicles from rotation and the production of job sheets and allocating the work on a daily basis to the Mechanical Technicians, monitoring progress and inspecting completed work to ensure the required standards are achieved.
- Manage unplanned work resulting from breakdown and emergencies, making sure they are dealt with in efficient manner by prioritizing as required.
- Manage the administration of the workshop. Ensure all departmental records are effectively maintained to enable stock control, ordering of parts and all other workshop functions operate efficiently
- Work within the Workshop on a regular basis, to retain/update mechanical skills & knowledge. Be prepared to step in and assist Mechanical Technicians in times of emergencies & undertake on the job training with Mechanical Technicians should it be required.
- Approve job cards to ensure the correct allocation of time and materials has been recorded.
- Hold daily meetings with staff to ensure the current workload and prioritize daily tasks with them.
- Responding to the information and enquiries sent on emails
- Ensure all vehicles worked upon are handled carefully and that all precautions are taken whilst on the premises
- To risk assess tasks required to be completed and undertake changes to areas that require improvement.
The post Workshop Manager, Nairobi at Modern Coast Express appeared first on Jobs in Kenya - http://jobwebkenya.com/.
The post Workshop Manager, Nairobi at Modern Coast Express is republished from Jobs – Jobs in Kenya – http://jobwebkenya.com/
