Job title: Workshop Supervisor

Reports to: Farm Manager

Location: Sogakope

Direct Reports: Mechanics and welders

Job summary: 

Reporting to the Farm Manager, the jobholder will lead and manage people to inspect, diagnose, troubleshoot, repair, assemble components and provide preventative maintenance services for a variety of farm equipment, vehicles and farm facilities and maintain inventory and records for the mechanic shop; and perform a variety of technical tasks relative to assigned area of responsibility.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan, prioritize, assign, supervise, review and participate in the work of technical assigned staff.
• Create and maintain service and maintenance schedules for machines and equipment; schedule coordinate with departments and vendors for service; and determine and coordinate daily work priorities for shop.
• Generate repair orders and track progress through completion; ensure repair orders and timesheets of employees in shop are complete and accurate.
• Perform mandatory periodic reporting to the workshop.
• Plan the availability of spare parts on time to repair and maintain all farm machines and equipment.
• Repair and maintain all farm infrastructure including irrigation canals, drains, pumps stations, farm roads and water dams.
• Maintain accurate, updated and complete records of preventive maintenance.
• Co-ordinate resources, (operational and human) schedules and activities to effectively manage jobs.
• Act as a technical advisor on key projects as requested.
• Identify staff that require on-going training and implement training opportunities to ensure their skills are improved. Work with apprentices and semi-skilled staff to role model appropriate technical skills.
• Provide feedback to staff on their performance regularly and ensure human resources is informed of trends in performance.
• Promote a Health and Safety culture within the department.

Competencies

Education & Experience 

• A bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or an Engineering Trade Qualification
• 10 years’ progressive hands-on experience with 3 years’ experience managing a team in a preferably agriculture equipment maintenance workshop
• Experience in heavy machinery is a plus (Massey, Caterpillar,

Knowledge (Incumbent must have proficiency in)

• Knowledgeable of farm machinery, equipment and facilities including tractors, ploughs, harrows, harvesters etc
• Knowledge of Tractor Maintenance & Related Computer Systems Ability to plan, prioritize and monitor • Ability to handle stress.
• Possess a unique blend of business and technical orientation

Skills (Incumbent must demonstrate proficiency in)

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with people at various levels from shop floor to senior management
• Strong technical, organizational, analytical and execution skills.
• Demonstrated ability to professionally develop and coach team members.
• Project management experience
• People management skills
• Computer literacy with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word and Excel
• Quality and productivity focused

Personal attributes (Incumbent must demonstrate)

• Strong personal integrity
• Self-driven with the ability to motivate team
• Conflict management skills
• Professional image/visibility
• Teamwork
• Possess a strong performance and results orientation