Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Rs80,000.00 – Rs120,000.00 per month
Job Descriptions (JDs)
The role involves tactical supervision, real-time monitoring, and ensuring operational efficiency. Responsible for overseeing the maintenance, repair, and servicing of a company’s vehicle fleet. This role ensures that vehicles are roadworthy, safe, and operating efficiently while managing workshop staff, inventory, and budget.
1. Fleet Management and Tracking
– Real-time Monitoring: Utilize GPS/telematics tracking software to monitor the entire fleet of trucks/vehicles in real-time, ensuring adherence to scheduled routes and timely departures/arrivals.
– Vehicle Logs: Maintain accurate digital and physical logs of all vehicle movements, driver hours, fuel consumption, and maintenance schedules.
– Compliance: Ensure all fleet operations and drivers comply with local and national transportation regulations (e.g., hours of service, safety standards).
2. Routing and Optimization
– Route Planning: Design, implement, and adjust daily and weekly routes for optimal efficiency, minimizing mileage, fuel usage, and transit time.
– Problem Resolution: Act as the primary contact for drivers regarding traffic delays, road closures, or mechanical issues, rerouting trucks as necessary to maintain the schedule.
– Performance Analysis: Analyze route data and fleet performance metrics to identify opportunities for continuous improvement in speed and cost-efficiency.
– Back Loading and Capacity Management
Back Loading Coordination: Proactively identify and coordinate backhauling opportunities (back loading) where possible, ensuring trucks do not return empty after delivering mattresses.
– Load Maximization: Work with the warehouse/sales team to ensure each truckload is correctly planned and maximized for efficiency without exceeding legal weight limits.
– Inventory Communication: Maintain clear communication with the warehouse team regarding inbound and outbound truck status to ensure timely loading and unloading.
3. Supervise and coordinate workshop activities including maintenance, repairs, and diagnostics.
– Plan and schedule routine preventive maintenance for all vehicles and equipment.
– Ensure compliance with safety, legal, and environmental regulations.
– Maintain accurate service records and vehicle maintenance history.
– Manage workshop inventory, spare parts procurement, and tools.
– Lead a team of mechanics, technicians, and support staff—assigning tasks and monitoring performance.
-Conduct inspections and authorize vehicle releases after repairs.
– Handle breakdowns and emergency repairs efficiently to minimize downtime.
– Ensure adherence to maintenance budgets and cost-effective operations.
– Liaise with transport operations teams to ensure availability and reliability of fleet.
– Train and develop workshop staff on new technologies, safety protocols, and best practices.
4. Driver and Safety Supervision
Driver Support: Provide daily operational instructions and support to the truck drivers.
– Safety Enforcement: Promote and enforce a culture of safety, ensuring drivers conduct pre-trip and post-trip inspections and report any defects immediately.
5. Reporting and Communication
Reporting: Generate regular performance reports for the management, detailing key metrics like on-time delivery rate, fuel efficiency, backhauling success, and fleet utilization.
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Qualifications:
– Be a Graduate. Diploma or degree holder in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Technology, or related field will be preferred.
Experience:
– Minimum 2 to 3 years of experience in transport workshop management or heavy vehicle maintenance.
– Proficiency in workshop management software and fleet tracking systems.
– Excellent planning and communication skills.
– Ability to work under pressure and solve problems quickly.
– Knowledge of safety standards and regulatory requirements for commercial vehicles.