At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and mentor a trades team while ensuring safety and quality in operations.
- Company: Join Hastings Deering, a top Caterpillar dealership with a strong team culture.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, career growth opportunities, health support, and world-class training.
- Other info: Enjoy job security and a supportive workplace focused on continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a dynamic environment while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in leading teams and coordinating workshop activities.
The predicted salary is between 59400 - 72600 $ per year.
Kickstart your career or take the next step with Hastings Deering, where our people build something BIGGER. We’re looking for an experienced Leading Hand to join our award-winning team in Brisbane, providing hands-on leadership to our trades team while driving safety, quality, productivity and development. This is a permanent role.
What you’ll be doing
- Lead from the front – provide active day-to-day leadership, coaching and mentoring to help your team perform at their best.
- Plan for productivity – coordinate and plan work efficiently, ensuring jobs are completed to schedule and resources are used effectively.
- Drive quality outcomes – monitor jobs for quality and efficiency, provide technical guidance and ensure work orders are completed correctly.
- Develop our people – train and mentor team members while ensuring apprentices receive the on-the-job experience required to achieve their competencies.
- Keep improving – proactively identify quality and efficiency risks, report defects and unsatisfactory practices, and support continuous improvement across the workshop.
- Champion safety and sustainability – ensure work is completed in line with safe work practices, company procedures and environmental requirements.
What you’ll need
- Lead and coordinate daily workshop activities across component and hydraulic cylinder rebuild operations.
- Plan and allocate work effectively, maximising productivity and making the best use of available labour and resources.
- Champion Hastings Deering’s safety standards, ensuring procedures are understood, followed and reinforced across the team.
- Maintain a clean, organised and professional workshop, setting clear expectations around housekeeping and workplace standards.
- Monitor job progress, quality and delivery performance to ensure work is completed efficiently and customer expectations are met.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to tradespeople, apprentices and trade assistants.
- Conduct quality inspections to ensure rebuilt components and hydraulic cylinders meet OEM specifications and internal quality standards.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across safety, productivity, quality and cost reduction.
- Build a culture of accountability, ensuring the team delivers against production targets, minimises rework and consistently maintains high workmanship standards.
If you’re interested in growing your career with a large OEM and stepping into a role where you can make a real impact on your team, we’d love to hear from you!
Leading Hand employer: Sime Motors
Hastings Deering is an exceptional employer that prioritises the growth and development of its employees, offering comprehensive training programs and a collaborative work culture. Located in Australia, the company provides unique opportunities to work with cutting-edge Cat equipment in the mining sector, ensuring that team members are equipped with the latest skills and knowledge. With a strong commitment to safety and innovation, Hastings Deering fosters an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact.
