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Leading Hand Mechanic - Penrith

Penrith, New South Wales💼 Full-time💰 $110,000–$110,000🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Leading a team of mechanics to perform repairs, maintenance, and quality assurance on a fleet of buses and heavy vehicles.

Role type

Senior IC heavy vehicle mechanic (team lead)

Builds

Maintained and repaired fleet of buses and heavy vehicles

Domain

Public transport / Heavy vehicle maintenance

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Heavy vehicle diesel mechanic trade qualifications, team leadership, mentoring apprentices, fault finding, quality assurance, WHS compliance, inventory management, purchase order processing

Preferred skills

Medium Rigid (MR) or above Australian driver's licence, experience with Euro 5 & 6 technologies

Technologies

Heavy vehicle diesel engines, Euro 5 & 6 vehicle systems

Responsibilities

Performing repairs on buses and other maintenance activities, overseeing major repair programs including testing and fault finding, conducting functional checks to ensure vehicles are fit for service, providing on-the-job instruction and training to staff, developing workshop team skills, liaising with Regional Assets Support Manager regarding buses off the road, reporting and repairing accident damage, raising purchase orders and processing invoices

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with supervisory duties

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