Workshop Supervisor

Lead a High-Performing Heavy Vehicle Workshop Are you an experienced Heavy Vehicle Technician or Workshop Leading Hand ready to take the next step into a leadership role? We're seeking a Workshop Supervisor to lead our Hazelmere-based workshop team, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality repairs while delivering outstanding service to our customers.

This is an excellent opportunity to combine your technical expertise with your leadership capability, overseeing the repair and maintenance of some of the industry's leading truck and engine brands.

What's on Offer?

• Leadership role with a respected heavy vehicle and engine OEM
• Work with premium brands including Western Star, MAN and Detroit products
• Career development and ongoing technical training opportunities
• Supportive team environment focused on safety and quality
• Competitive remuneration package

About The Role Reporting to the Service Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day supervision of workshop operations, ensuring customer requirements are met while maximising productivity, efficiency, and workshop performance.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Coordinating daily workshop schedules and repair activities
• Allocating work and resources across technicians
• Providing technical guidance and support to the workshop team
• Monitoring repair progress and managing workshop productivity
• Liaising with Service Advisors and Parts teams to ensure efficient job completion
• Conducting toolbox meetings and safety briefings
• Maintaining high standards of workmanship, safety, and quality
• Supporting the training and development of technicians
• Ensuring repair orders remain within allocated timeframes and budgets

About You To be successful, you will bring:

• Trade qualification in a relevant mechanical field
• Extensive experience within the heavy vehicle, truck, diesel engine, or transport industry
• Strong technical knowledge of heavy vehicle products and repair processes
• Previous leadership, supervisory, or leading hand experience
• Excellent communication and team-building skills
• Strong organisational and time management capability
• Sound understanding of workshop financial performance, labour recovery, and productivity measures
• Competent computer and administration skills

Why choose Team Penske? Benefits At Penske, we know that it is our people at the heart of our success, and we want to make sure you have everything you need to do a great job. That is why as well as a great work environment, we offer the following benefits:

• Flexible work arrangements that work for the individual and the business
• Onsite parking
• Accredited Training & Development Programs
• Commitment to providing the highest levels of safety, technical and leadership training
• Competitive Remuneration
• Reward and Recognition Programs
• Employee Referral Program - generous employee referral fees.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Family Friendly Benefits including Paid Parental Leave
• Penske Perks: save $1000's with access to discounts from your favourite retailers

About Penske In Australia & New Zealand Iconic in motorsport and in business, the Penske brand is proudly represented in Australia and New Zealand through businesses, including Penske Australia & New Zealand, Penske Truck Leasing, Penske Automotive Australia.

Penske Australia & New Zealand is a leading supplier of the world’s finest heavy-duty trucks, diesel engines, gas engines, and power systems. We proudly distributes the Western Star Trucks, MAN Truck & Bus, Dennis Eagle, mtu, Bergen Engines, Detroit, Allison Transmission, and Sauer Compressors brands. And we operate across the most dynamic markets, including commercial vehicles, mining, energy solutions, defence, rail, marine, construction and industrial, oil and gas, and agriculture.

And through Penske Truck Leasing, we offer convenient and professional truck rental and leasing services.

We value and embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. If you're passionate about working for us, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the selection criteria. We also encourage applications from those who are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, veterans, with disability, and those who are culturally and linguistically diverse. Require reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process? Please let us know.

Penske Australia and Penske New Zealand are 100% subsidiaries of Penske Automotive Group, a Fortune 500 company that is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Penske Truck Leasing forms part of Penske Transportation Solutions. Both Penske Automotive Group and Penske Transportation Solutions form part of the global Penske Corporation.