Fleet Manager

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 more.

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
• Comply with all appropriate O Licence, Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) legislation and policies and use a red‑tag process 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
• Manage 3rd party contractors, ensuring compliance with site induction, permit to work and delivery against agreed work plans
• Devise and manage the Fleet Budget, capex and monthly spend in line with agreed parameters (circa 85 vehicles with a £2.5m annual spend)
• Draft risk assessments, method statements and safe working procedures with appropriate training and competency validation
• Optimise pre‑planned preventive maintenance, refurbishment and replacement of fleet equipment as appropriate
• Deliver a reliability‑centred maintenance strategy derived from OEM recommendations, in‑service failure diagnosis and PPM frequency, continuously reviewing asset performance to eliminate or reduce mechanical or electrical failures
• Manage 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 while maintaining quality and reliability
• Manage statutory vehicle inspections (MOT) and ensure any non‑conformances and opportunities for improvement are addressed promptly
• Optimise fleet availability, liaising with OEMs and 3rd party contractors to agree repairs, costs and actions for lease and owned equipment and manage 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 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

Based in Nottingham with frequent travel to our Leicester sites

Permanent

Full Time, 45 hrs per week, Monday to Friday

circa £55,000 - £60,000 per annum

25 days holiday plus bank holidays, annual bonus scheme

• A competitive salary in a growing company committed to our people
• A competitive holiday allowance
• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Employee Assistance Program
• Lifestyle & Leisure discounts for gym, cinema, shopping and more
• Employee life insurance
• Bike2
  
  Work scheme
• Free on‑site parking
• Holiday purchase scheme