Fleet Technical Officer at BOTSWANA POWER CORPORATION

Main purpose of the position

Performs fleet operations activities in accordance with laid down policies, procedures, and safety standards.

Job Responsibilities

• Carries out mechanical and electrical repairs as required.
• Generate purchase requisition, fast track purchase order, create service entries, and resolve operational queries.
• Tests and inspects various machines, adjusting work sequence and/or other variables to improve efficiency.
• Arrange recovery, conduct pre and post inspection for accident damaged vehicles and liase with risk officer for panel beating and other repairs.
• Supervise Extra Heavy-Duty drivers to ensure smooth transportation of staff to and from work.
• Ensures compliance to shift roaster, availability of buses, facilitate local and cross broader trips.
• Administers pool system and maintains accurate records of vehicles.
• Implements improvements and carries out change management tasks by following established procedures to support others.
• Analyses and resolves queries timeously to maintain high customer satisfaction.
• Monitors contracts tasks following contracts procedures.
• Ensure quality outputs and value for money.
• Supervises on-site service providers
• Identifies, assesses, prioritizes, and manages risks at an elementary level, under supervision
• Ensures compliance to SHE procedures when carrying out duties.
• Promotes safety awareness in line with SHE requirements through periodic audits and inspections.

Qualifications

• A recognized Diploma in Automotive Engineering/ Transport Management or equivalent

Experience

• At least 3 years post-qualification experience as a mechanic in an environment with a large fleet of vehicles.
• A minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience
• Class B driver’s license

Competencies