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JOB DETAILS:

Fleet Tyre Manager

Location Dar es Salaam

Employment Type: Full Time

Minimum Qualification: Certificate

Job Summary

Position is responsible for performing skilled and specialized automotive mechanic work in the repair, maintenance, and replacement of tires on trucks, trailers, and other motorized equipment .

Job Description

Position ensures conformance to industry standards; examines and repairs tires; performs preventative maintenance; and responds to emergency road calls. Position also inventories and requisitions supplies; and prepares paperwork. Position may be required to work evenings, nights, and weekends.

Essential Duties

• Prepares tires for installation; mounts and demount tires on rims and vehicles; and fills tires to the proper air pressure.

• Inspects and tests tires to ensure conformance to standards.

• Examines and probes damaged, defective, or flat tires to determine the extent of damage and the feasibility of repair; and recommends the disposal of non-repairable tires.

• Repairs tube and tubeless tires by puncturing blisters, applying patches, replacing treads, removing nails, changing tubes, installing boots, etc.

• Aligns and balances wheels and tire assemblies to minimize wear on tires; and rotates wheels at prescribed mileage intervals.

• Performs preventative maintenance checks on vehicle tires and related components.

• Responds to emergency road calls; performs road service to repair/replace damaged tires; and operates a school division tow truck to retrieve inoperable vehicles.

• Operates and maintains diagnostic equipment, hand/power tools, tire changing machines, balancing equipment, and other specialized automotive tools and machinery.

• Practices safety methods in the operation of equipment and performance of duties.

• Inventories and ensures an adequate supply of tires and related parts; and requisitions/orders supplies as necessary.

• Prepares paperwork including work orders, part usage records, tire weight records, etc.

The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.)

Experience required: 5 Years in the field of managing fleet tires in a transport environment.