Jay Herbst, Workshop Supervisor/Hands on Technician

Jay Herbst

Workshop Supervisor/Hands on Technician

Hino Toyota

Location
South Africa
Education
Diploma, Trade Tested Diesel Mechanic with Red Seal
Experience
43 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :43 years, 9 Months

Workshop Supervisor/Hands on Technician at Hino Toyota
  • South Africa
  • My current job since September 2013

Servicing and maintaining G4S cash in transit vehicles (25 vehicles)/
Hino 300, 500 and 700 series
24 hr standby and call out duties to Zululand and surrounding areas
Preventative maintenance
Fault finding and diagnostics
Data Dot
COF preparations
On site servicing for all G4S Hino vehicles
Stock control // ordering of spares
Job card control
monthly budgets
Overseeing workshop and staff
Adhering to health and safety issues
Liaising with suppliers

Workshop manager at Simamisa Farming
  • South Africa
  • My current job since June 2016

NAME OF COMPANY: Simamisa Farming (Tongaat Hulletts)
POSITION: Workshop Manager
PERIOD OF SERVICE: June 2016- Present
DUTIES
 Overseeing assistant mechanics, mechanics and general staff
 Preventative maintenance, repairs and servicing to 17 John Deere Tractors, 10 9 Ton Crane
trailers, 4 Water Tankers, 5 Harrows, 3 Chisel Plows, 3 Ridgers, 2 Lime spreaders, 4 Land
cruisers, 7 Toyota 4 x4's, 9 motorcycles.
 General plant maintenance and housekeeping
 Job cards
 Attendance register
 Stock control
 ordering of spares
 Liaising with suppliers
 Ensuring breakdowns are carried out in a 300 km radius
NAME OF COMPANY: Kemach JCB
POSITION: Workshop Manager
PERIOD OF SERVICE: October 2014 - June 2016
DUTIES
 Maintenance and repairs to JCB equipment
 Preventative maintenance and services JCB Front end Loaders, JCB Bachoe Loader, JCB
Telescopic handler, JCB Skidsteer Loader, Vibrating compactor, Excavator,
 Overseeing Apprentices
 Job cards
 Procurement of parts
 Liaising with customers in respect of servicing and maintenance
 Calling on customers throughout Zululand

Contractor at Conzella Construction and New Holland Tractors
  • South Africa
  • July 2012 to August 2013

servicing and maintaining all TLB's for Conzella Construction
Pre delivery sevicies and inspections for New Holland Tractors

Workshop Manager at Central Asi Development Group (CADG)
  • Afghanistan
  • September 2011 to May 2012

Worked in Afghanistan (Camp Bastion) Helmund Province under contract between CADG and the United States Department of Defense (USDOD)
Overseeing the daily running of the workshop and training of Local Nationals (LN's) as per the USDOD uplifting program
Repairs and maintenance to a wide variety of heavy duty and light duty vehicles as well as earthmoving equipment and construction equipment (small plant) i.e. mini rollers, vibrating pokers, concrete cutters etc.
Traveling to all outlaying camps and carrying out inspections ands evaluations of plant and equipment and drawing up of service schedules and maintenance plans
Frequency reports on all vehicles, plant and equipment
Designing and building of various special tools and equipment to the workshop demand
Liaising with manufacturers and US Army personnel concerning training, repairs, spare parts, replacements, guarantee issues etc.
job card systems
Sourcing and procuring of standard orders and delivery with suppliers worldwide

Mechanical Supervisor at Prolog Sollutions
  • Afghanistan
  • November 2008 to June 2011

Daily and weekly reports of maintenance schedules
Planned maintenance
Hands on maintenance and supervising of all vehicles
Liaising with USA Army personnel and KBR. UK concerning repairs, spare parts, replacements, guarantee issues etc.
Job card system
Frequency reports on all vehicles
Sourcing and procuring standard orders and deliveries with sppliers

Senior Diesel Mechanic at ICS International
  • Kazakhstan
  • June 2006 to September 2008

Repairs and maintenance to CAT 980H loaders and CAT 365 and 385

Technical Instructor at REED Inc.
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • June 2006 to August 2008

Worked in Iraq (Taji Base) under contract between REED Inc. and Cadillac Gage Textron Land and Marine Systems (USA)
Maintenance of Cadillac Gage Armored vehicles with Cummins 8, 3L engines and Allison 6 speed automatic transmissions
Repairs to hydraulic and electrical systems and sub systems
Upgrading of vehicles to new specifications from USA
Support for USA base ASV vehicles
Repairing, recovering and recharging of air conditioners in vehicles
Repairing hull damage caused from blasts and detonations
Designing and building of various special tools and equipment to workshop demand
Training of coalition forces to acceptable standard according to REED contract as per uSA Department of Defense standards
Liaising with manufacturers, USA Army and Iraqi Army personnel concerning training, repairs, spare parts, replacements, guarantee issues etc.
job card system
Frequency reports on all vehicles
Sourcing and procuring standard orders and deliveries with suppliers

Diesel Mechanic at Bell Equipment
  • South Africa
  • August 2005 to June 2006

Overhaul and assembly of ZA, Eaton and Bell diffs
Overhaul and assembly of wet brakes (Bell)
Complete overhaul and assembly of front axles
Assembly of drop boxes (Power divider)
Assembly of hydraulic steering cylinders
Modification of Eaton diff heads to suit production requirements

Fitter / Diesel Mechanic at Megaflow
  • South Africa
  • August 2003 to June 2005

Repairs and overhauls to pumps / centrifugal, vacuum, water and submittable pumps
On site repairs to compressors (Ingesol Rand / Atlas Copco and Portnet)
Diesel repairs (Magiruz Deutz)) Colt and Toyota
Strip and repair diesel generators
Repairs and maintenance to pneumatic and electrical hand tools etc.

Branch Manager at Early Bird Services
  • South Africa
  • January 1999 to July 2003

Supervising and managing of staff (5x Technicians, 2x Receptionists, 3x drivers and cleaning staff
Fleet maintenance / repairs, monitoring of mileage and fuel consumption
Recording and monitoring of staff attendance and upkeep
managing, motivating and leading staff
Branch administration
Ensuring weekly and monthly administration in the branch is at all times accurate and correct before forwarding to head office
Control of profit and loss in branch
Receiving and dispatch of spares and appliances
Quoting and closing of cash deals
Assisting senior technicians on closing quoted deals
Generating new business and training of staff
Securing of sales after quotations
ordering of spares
Relationship building of existing clientèle
Control of incoming and outgoing stack (dealing direct with suppliers)
Invoicing, GRN's, GRC's, and all stock taking, financial year end stock taking
Control of weekly budgets
Quoting of cash repairs to households and furniture retail outlets
maintaining appliances to furniture retail outlets that are still undr guarantee
Reporting directly to the National Regional Manager
Monthly staff meetings / Ensuring weekly and monthly targets are met
Assisting with Staff IR matters

Proprietor at Radiators 2000
  • South Africa
  • February 1997 to November 1998

Sales, repairs to radiators, oil coolers, fuel tanks and heat exchangers
Managed staff
salaries, wages and general bookkeeping
Tenders and quotations
Stock control

Sales/ Supervisor / promoted to Branch Manager in `1994 at Silverton Radiators
  • South Africa
  • February 1990 to October 1997

Sales, service and repairs to radiators, oil coolers, heat exchangers and fuel tanks to +- 380 customers
Full stock control
Quoting and securing of sales to companies and individuals
Control of budget and targets within the branch
Receiving and dispatch of new and client units
Reporting directly to Managing Director
Monthly stock take
Managing of staff memeber

Diesel Mechanic / Apprenticeship at Johannesburg City Council
  • South Africa
  • February 1980 to January 1990

Qualified As Diesel mechanic / Olifantsfontein with Red Seal in 1984
Repairs and maintenance to all transportation / Mercedes, Leyland Gardiner, Busaf, toyota LDV's, Komatsu, Terex, Internation., Mack and Sedans
130 tractors (John Deere, Massey Ferguson, Ford and Fiat
182 trailers and 228 vehicles
overhauling and rebuilding of engines, gearboxes and diffs
Daily inspections and check ups on all fleet in depot
Repairs to lawn mowers, skids, grass cutters and trailers
maintaining of wood chippers and tree spades

Education

Diploma, Trade Tested Diesel Mechanic with Red Seal
  • at Olifantsfontein
  • December 1984

Specialties & Skills

Hydraulic Systems
Generators
Workshop Leadership
Supervising