Fleet Manager

Fleet Manager

Department: Transport

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Colwick

Our Fleet Manager is at the heart of all we do, responsible for optimising vehicle and mobile plant availability across our sites in Nottingham and Leicester to ensure we can efficiently deliver our material processing targets and delight our customers.

Working in collaboration with a small multi-skilled team this is a vital role, maximising vehicle availability and legislative compliance within a 24/7 operation. We are looking for someone ideally from the recycling industry with a demonstrable record of delivering improvements across a fleet of around 85 vehicles including HGV, Skip lorries, RoRos, Front End loading shovels, forklift trucks, grabs, 360 handlers and company cars.

Within this role you will also be responsible for the provision, maintenance and repair of our skips, recycling containers and

You will be an expert in practical problem solving, balancing the demands of operational need against pre-planned servicing, repairs and replacement, fuel optimisation and reliability improvements.

You will lead, motivate and manage a team of multi-skilled fleet administrators and maintenance engineers, supported by 3rd party contractors as appropriate, driving a continuous improvement culture within the fleet team.

• Ensure that you and your team only work safely, implementing and maintaining 5S disciplines across our sites
• Develop and execute a fleet strategy to optimise fleet availability including fleet composition, procurement, telematics, people and suppliers
• Complying with all appropriate O Licence, Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) legislation and policies and using a red-tag process as appropriate where vehicles or equipment is defective
• Lead, motivate and develop a high-performing fleet team that delivers against agreed objectives, best practice and continuous improvement.
• Managing 3rd party contractors, ensuring compliance with site induction, permit to work and delivery against agreed work plans
• Devising and managing the Fleet Budget, capex and monthly spend in line with agreed parameters (circa 85 vehicles with a £2.5m annual spend)
• Drafting Risk Assessments / Method Statements / Safe Working procedures with appropriate training and competency validation
• Optimising Pre-Planned Preventative Maintenance, refurbishment and replacement of fleet equipment as appropriate
• Deliver Reliability Centred Maintenance strategy derived from OEM recommendations, in-service failure diagnosis and PPM frequency and continuously review asset performance to eliminate/reduce mechanical or electrical failures
• Managing the procurement of all fleet categories ensuring minimum stock levels for identified critical items to avoid fleet downtime, financial write-downs, consignment stock and rebate opportunities to minimise maintenance spend whilst not reducing quality or reliability
• Managing statutory vehicle inspections (MOT) and ensuring any non-conformances and opportunities for improvement are addressed promptly.
• Optimise Fleet availability, liaising with OEMs and 3rd party contractors to agree repairs/costs / actions for lease and owned equipment and managing the asset replacement schedules
• Develop energy efficiency procurement and plant modification plans to reduce energy consumption

• Previous experience as a Fleet Manager within the recycling industry or similar operation with a varied vehicle fleet
• Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC)
• Membership of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers and/or the Society of Operational Engineers
• LGV Licence
• City & Guilds (parts 1-3) in Engineering or equivalent standard
• Demonstrable experience with 5s, continuous improvement tools and Fleet Management Software to optimise and improve fleet efficiency and reduce our environmental impact
• Project Management including the delivery of major capex projects
• Experienced in technical and practical problem-solving
• Demonstrable history of leading, coaching and developing a multi-skilled, multi-site fleet team
• Commercial Acumen

• IOSH Managing Safely
• Experience of Lean & CI techniques
• Experience working within a Heavy Industry

Location: Based in Nottingham with frequent travel to our Leicester sites

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time, 45hrs per week, Monday to Friday

Salary: circa £55,000 - £60,000 per annum

Benefits: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, annual bonus scheme

Enva is committed to providing more than just jobs, we want to grow our business by offering career paths that match the aspirations of the talent that is increasingly aware of the need to protect the planet we all share. For the right candidates, the possibilities are truly endless and we will offer all the support, training and benefits you need to help you realise your true potential.

Examples of Company Benefits:

• A competitive salary in a growing company committed to our people.
• A competitive holiday…