Paul

About me:

Candidate Info :
Hi Guys, I am looking for weekend casual truck driving work, been involved with the heavy vehicle industry most of my working life. Highly experienced and self starter. Mindful operator, reliable and conscientious to get the job done.
Ran own truck a few years back, knowledgeable skilled operator.
Looking at the extra work so I can save some cash to raise funds so my wife and I can drive to England from Australia. I am passionate about the heavy vehicle industry, without trucks Australia will stop.

Cheers

Paul 🙂

Experience :
Worked As Garage Manager at Brisbane City Council(Trades and Labour) from January 2019 to till now
Garage Manager, managing day to day running of a busy workshop, ensuring
vehicles are serviced and maintained to the highest standard, meeting QLD
Transport inspection criteria. Managing Workshop Supervisory Team, Technicians
and Trades Assistants, ensuring they comply with company policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that workshop costs are within defined budgets

• Manage a team of 38 staff

• Ensure compliance to safety and health policy’s

• Coordinate the daily operations of the Workshop.

• Drive continuous improvement

• Ensure compliance to Zero Harm policies

• Ensure maintenance and repair records are up to date

• Conduct scheduled maintenance of Buses and associated equipment to
ensure the vehicles comply with Queensland Transport Regulations and the Road Use Management Act.

• Provide reports on fleet related matters on a proactive and reactive
basis to the Senior Maintenance Manager.

• Approve the ordering of parts and accessories as required by the Workshop.

• Supervise and provide guidance to Team leaders, Leading hands,
Technicians/ apprentices and Trades assistants.
47 Leaver Court, Ormeau QLD 4208

Worked As Garage Manager at Transport for Brisbane from January 2019
Garage Manager, managing day to day running of a busy workshop, ensuring
vehicles are serviced and maintained to the highest standard, meeting QLD
Transport inspection criteria. Managing Workshop Supervisory Team, Technicians
and Trades Assistants, ensuring they comply with company policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that workshop costs are within defined budgets

• Manage a team of 38 staff

• Ensure compliance to safety and health policy’s

• Coordinate the daily operations of the Workshop.

• Drive continuous improvement

• Ensure compliance to Zero Harm policies

• Ensure maintenance and repair records are up to date

• Conduct scheduled maintenance of Buses and associated equipment to
ensure the vehicles comply with Queensland Transport Regulations and the Road Use Management Act.

• Provide reports on fleet related matters on a proactive and reactive
basis to the Senior Maintenance Manager.

• Approve the ordering of parts and accessories as required by the Workshop.

• Supervise and provide guidance to Team leaders, Leading hands,
Technicians/ apprentices and Trades assistants.
47 Leaver Court, Ormeau QLD 4208
Tel: (07) 5547 5537 Mob: 0422 107 142

Worked As Workshop Supervisor at surfside buslines from September 2017 to December 2018
Workshop Supervisor, managing day to day running of a busy workshop, ensuring
vehicles are serviced and maintained to the highest standard, meeting QLD
Transport inspection criteria. Managing Workshop Technicians and Trades
Assistants, ensuring they comply with company policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that workshop costs are within defined budgets

• Manage a team of 9 staff

• Ensure compliance to safety and health policy’s

• Coordinate the daily operations of the Workshop.

• Ensure maintenance and repair records are up to date

• Conduct scheduled maintenance of Buses and associated equipment to
ensure the vehicles comply with Queensland Transport Regulations and the Road Use Management Act.

• Provide reports on fleet related matters on a proactive and reactive
basis to the Fleet Manager.

• Undertake the ordering of parts and accessories as required by the Workshop.

• Supervise and provide guidance to Technicians/ apprentices and trades
assistants.
47 Leaver Court, Ormeau QLD 4208
Tel: (07) 5547 5537 Mob: 0422 107 142

Worked As Sales Manager at Bus Stop Brisbane from February 2017 to May 2017
Bus Sales Manager, responsible for QLD Bus Sales. Providing quotations for
vehicles, demonstrating product, ensuring the customers needs and requirements
are met and exceeded.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure regular Customer contact is maintained building strong
customer relationships

• Travel QLD regularly

• Complete quotations

• Determine correct specification of vehicle to suit customer needs

• Maintaining consistent margins

• Organising of vehicle modifications and new body manufacture

• Ensuring vehicle are delivered on time

• Management of AOR and daily tasks and duties

• Develop and maintain relationships with outside suppliers

• Organising the inspection, tare and registration of vehicles

• Assisting in the valuation of vehicle trade-in’s
47 Leaver Court, Ormeau QLD 4208
Tel: (07) 5547 5537 Mob: 0422 107 142

Bus and Coach Sales Australasia
Sales Manager

Worked As Aftersales Manager at VOLVO TRUCK & BUS BRISBANE from May 2013 to February 2016
Overview:
Bus Aftersales Manager tasked with ensuring Bus Customers are utilising Volvo
Genuine parts and service on a regular basis, provide competitive quotations on
parts and service offerings.
Support customers & dealers with technical assistance, technical training & specific Fleet Maintenance requirements.
Provide quotations on Volvo Service Agreements, and ensuring the contracts are
operating within pre-determined budgets.
Develop and implement sales strategies to promote the sale of parts and service.
Responsibilities:
âš« Make sure the Brisbane dealers are actively supporting the Volvo
products
âš« Develop training material and deliver training to ensure dealers are
familiar with the Volvo Bus products
âš« Develop and deliver driver development training
âš« Provide Technical support for area of responsibility, for both dealers and customers.
âš« Manage Telematics roll out, deliver training in Telematics
âš« Analyse bus industry parts and service market and develop strategies for
increasing market share
âš« Follow up with dealers to ensure the local government contractual
arrangements are being met and exceeded
âš« Manage dealer Technicians to support bus product
âš« Analyse Customer & Dealer operations
âš« Build strong customer relationships

Achievements:
• Achieve an increase in Aftersales business by over 60% (Parts and Service)

• Improved parts supply chain within AOR, ensured that parts available
were on target at 95% availability

• Successfully reduced costs with big fleet maintenance contracts
47 Leaver Court, Ormeau QLD 4208

Worked As Diesel Mechanic/ control workshop at volvo group australia from May 2002 to May 2013
Service Workshop Manager whose tasks include the management of the day to day running of the busy Brisbane based Bus/Truck service department. Organising Team’s daily duties, managing the customer’s requests for service & repair. Support and develop Team for personal and business development.

Responsibilities:

• Manage department time on a daily weekly basis
• Manage workshop Team efficiencies
• Create workshop repair orders
• Invoice workshop repair orders
• Liaise with customers directly in regards to vehicle repairs
• Estimate vehicle repairs
• Provide technical advice to customer & other Volvo dealerships
• Ensure Staff were operating to the highest standard of workshop ZERO HARM standards
• Develop Staff in line with Personal Business Plans
• Follow up with market company to ensure the local government contractual arrangements are being met and exceeded e.g ensure deliveries are occurring on time with no faults.
• Support Team with HR issues, support through personal and work issues

Diesel mechanic whose tasks include the servicing and repair of various forms of truck and public transport.
Responsibilities:
Road test customer vehicles, diagnose faults and issues.

• Pre delivery safety checks
• Machinery (Roadworthy) preparations
• Fault finding/Diagnostics
• Welding
• Apprentice training
• Attending roadside vehicle breakdowns

Worked As Owner/Operator at Self Employed truck driver from October 1999 to May 2002
Run own truck and trailer for courier companies when and where required. Interstate work and long haul runs within home state. Deliveries undertaken with the food industry. Deliveries to warehouse and factories.
• Ensure truck & trailer is maintained the highest of standards
• Making deliveries on time and within Work Diary limitations
• Develop and maintain relationships with customers

Worked As Sales Manager at G L PALM EQUIPMENT from May 1999 to July 2000

Worked As Sales Professional at Zupps Truck Centre from June 1997 to October 1999
Overview:
Professional and Highly Successful Salesperson whose duties consist of the retail
sale of quality new trucks ranging from 9000kg GVM to 22500kg GVM, to the Government, Commercial and Private market.
Responsibilities:

• Maintaining consistent margins
• Organising of vehicle modifications and new body manufacture
• Ensuring vehicle are delivered on time
• Management of AOR and daily tasks and duties
• Develop and maintain relationships with body suppliers
• Organising the inspection, tare and registration of vehicles
• Assisting in the valuation of vehicle trade-in’s

EAST COAST TRUCK AND BUS SALES, ACACIA RIDGE
Sales professional
July 2000-June 2001
Overview:
Professional and Highly Successful Salesperson whose duties consist of the retail
sale of quality used vehicles ranging from 22500kg GVM to 4500kg GVM to the commercial and private market.
Responsibilities:
• Maintaining consistent margins
• Organising of vehicle modifications and new body manufacture
• Ensuring vehicles are delivered on time to clients
• Organising the inspection, tare and registration of vehicles
• Maintaining an up to date “wanted book”
• Develop and maintain relationships with body suppliers
• Liaising with the company workshop to organise the RWC and COI of the vehicles
• Assisting in the valuation of vehicle trade in’s

Worked As Diesel Mechanic (Bus) at ARRIVA TRANSPORT from February 1998 to September 1998
Overview:
Diesel mechanic whose tasks include the servicing and repair of various forms of public transport.
Responsibilities:
• PCV monthly safety checks
• MOT (Roadworthy) preparations
• Fault finding/Diagnostics
• Welding
• Apprentice training
• Attending roadside vehicle breakdowns
• Relief Workshop Fleet Manager of East London workshop and Staff
47 Leaver Court, Ormeau QLD 4208
Tel: (07) 5547 5537 Mob: 0422 107 142

Worked As Diesel Mechanic (Bus) at CAPITAL CITYBUS from October 1997 to February 1998
Overview:
Diesel mechanic whose tasks include the servicing and repair of various forms of public transport.
Responsibilities:
• PCV monthly safety checks
• MOT (Roadworthy) preparations
• Fault finding/Diagnostics
• Apprentice training
• Attending roadside vehicle breakdowns

Worked As European Tour Driver/Diesel Mechanic at TOP DECK TRAVEL from April 1994 to September 1996
Overview:
Confident, energetic tour driver with vast knowledge and ability to safely transport
passengers through the many countries of Europe. These include tours, which
ranged in length from 14-70 days. Employed through the winter months in the bus maintenance department as workshop supervisor/diesel mechanic.
Responsible for the day-to-day workshop operations.
Responsibilities:
• Supervise workshop staff and daily operations
• Responsible for the maintenance and safety checks of driver allocated
vehicles
• Responsible for the safety and welfare of passengers through under
developed countries
• Maintaining excellent time management skills to ensure that the correct
itinerary is adhered to always i.e. connecting ferry journey
47 Leaver Court, Ormeau QLD 4208
Tel: (07) 5547 5537 Mob: 0422 107 142