Pinetown: Workshop Manager Pinetown

March 1, 2026 Jobs in Durban Area

Job Description

About the Role

The Workshop Manager is a critical role that requires effective planning, coordination, and control of all workshop operations to ensure optimal productivity, quality, safety, and customer satisfaction. The successful candidate will lead and motivate workshop staff, manage work-in-progress, control costs, and ensure compliance with dealer operating standards, HSE requirements, and manufacturer procedures.

Key Responsibilities

Manage and plan the daily operations of the workshop, working with and acting on deviations.
Leading and motivating the workshop and service staff and services salesman personnel.
Set routines for daily planning and follow up meeting on WIP and Parts.
Carry out regular meetings with workshop staff and Technicians.
Minimise WIP in the workshop to below 50 open job cards and capitalise on hours sold.
Develop, implement, monitor standards and routines, maintaining a high standard of cleanliness and tidiness within the workshop.
Monitor the ongoing condition of workshop tools and equipment, arranging purchase, repair, and calibration.
Monitor and handle deviations, initiate proper actions and escalations.
Promote and work with Dealer Operating standards to ensure uniform quality standards in all areas of the business.
Coordinate the Spare parts activity to ensure parts availability together with Parts Manager, to ensure service exchange and warranty parts procedures are adhered to.
Manage the workshop facilities and HSE together with Safety Officer.
Create working time schedules for work shifts.
Attend to daily workshop reporting, regarding WIP, Efficiency, Productivity, Debtors and Creditors.

Requirements

Matric
Min 5 years experiences in similar role
Strong Planning and leadership Skills
Diesel Certificate Code 14 licence

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Qualifications

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Salary & Benefits

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