Body Shop Foreman

Florida Kenworth is seeking a talented individual to take on our Body Shop Foreman - Working role. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of heavy-duty truck experience and is mechanically inclined. Excellent benefits offered. This is a great opportunity to join a high-performing team within a growing and successful dealer group!

Responsibilities:

• Maintains order in the shop
• Responsible for job assignments
• Responsible for the shop's cleanliness, organization, and function
• Assists technicians with requests
• Performs hands-on journey-level repair, upfitting, and bodywork as part of the daily workload, in addition to lead duties
• Accurately clocks into and out of assigned jobs and repair orders to record time worked.
• Tracks technicians' time in Karmak and is responsible for ensuring technicians are properly clocked on jobs
• Coordinates and communicates with the Body Shop Manager

Duties:

• Assesses incoming Body department jobs, makes initial repair diagnosis, and creates customer repair orders following company procedures, including obtaining customer signature on form
• Updates and closes computerized customer repair orders while ensuring all Body department activities were accounted for and properly documented on the order
• Manages available billing hours by planning and effectively delegating workload to qualified and available Body technicians while also carrying a personal production workload
• Provides leadership and demonstrates sound industry knowledge while serving as a technical resource for Body technician staff
• Shows a heightened commitment to the success of the Body department by demonstrating and assuring high standards for quality, safety, and customer concerns
• Evaluates all work in progress to ensure repairs are proceeding in a timely fashion and completed with a high degree of accuracy
• Informs Manager and various other Body personnel of delays in work performance, necessary repair order extensions, and additional service requirements
• Establishes and ensures adherence to maintenance schedule for Body facility and shop equipment
• Communicates with customers regarding the scheduling of appointments, status of their repairs, parts availability, and work in progress
• Performs journey-level repair, upfitting, and bodywork alongside Body technicians, clocking into repair orders and jobs to record actual time worked
• Records time accurately, including time spent on lead and administrative duties, in accordance with company timekeeping procedures
• Tracks and monitors technicians' time on Karmak, ensuring accurate clocking on jobs and repair orders
• Ensures an adequate resource inventory is available for technicians, including oil, grease, shop supplies, cleaning equipment, and materials
• All other duties as assigned