Leading Hand - Genset Upfit

Lead the Team. Stay on the Tools. Deliver Critical Power Solutions.

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced mechanical or electrical tradesperson to step into a hands-on leadership role within our Production Centre in Wacol. As the Leading Hand - Genset Upfit, you'll combine technical expertise with day-to-day team leadership, ensuring generator set builds are completed safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards.

This is the ideal role for someone who enjoys mentoring others, coordinating workshop activities, and remaining actively involved on the tools.

What's on Offer?

- Full time leadership opportunity in a modern workshop environment
- Lead a skilled team delivering critical power generation solutions
- Hands-on role with minimal desk time
- Work with industry-leading generator and power systems technology
- Career progression opportunities within a global organisation
- Supportive team culture with a strong safety focus
- Ongoing training and professional development opportunities

About the Role

Reporting to the Production Centre Manager, you'll be responsible for leading the Genset Upfit team while ensuring production schedules, quality requirements, and customer expectations are consistently achieved.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading a team of technicians with varying levels of experience
- Coordinating and allocating daily upfit activities across the workshop
- Providing technical guidance and support to team members
- Working hands-on alongside the team to complete generator upfit projects
- Assisting with production scheduling and workload planning
- Ensuring projects are delivered to customer and project specifications
- Communicating job progress, delays and emerging work requirements
- Building strong working relationships with internal stakeholders




- Driving safety, quality and continuous improvement initiatives across the workshop

About You

To be successful, you will bring:

- Trade qualification in Diesel Mechanics, Heavy Vehicle Mechanics, Electrical, Plant Mechanics or a related field
- Previous leadership, supervisory or Leading Hand experience within a workshop or manufacturing environment
- Strong mechanical and electrical aptitude
- Experience working with generators, power systems, heavy equipment, or industrial machinery
- Sound understanding of production, manufacturing and quality systems
- Solid problem-solving and diagnostic skills
- Excellent communication and team leadership capabilities
- Ability to interpret technical documentation and specifications
- Strong planning, organisation and resource allocation skills

Why choose Team Penske?

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.

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