Job Description
About The Role
Transport Manager
Working hours 37 Hours per week
Permanent
Salary - £50,000 up to £59,000 (depending on experience) and Car Allowance
Location Hybrid working with a base at Leat House, Washington, Tyne & Wear
We’re open to discussing flexible working
About The Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Fleet team as our Transport Manager. This is a key role in ensuring we deliver the vital service for our customers daily.
This role will be named on our Standard National Operator’s licence in the north and our Restricted licence in the south, giving you responsibility for the continuous and effective control of our fleet, in line with Statutory Documents set out by the Traffic Commissioner
This is a varied and rewarding role as you’ll spend time at our sites, ensuring our vehicles, drivers and records are up to standard. You’ll support our depot managers with digital tachograph and drivers’ hours management to help ensure our vehicles are routinely checked.
Building relationships is key as you’ll communicate with colleagues to ensure they have the information they need and our Fleet Manager to ensure every vehicle is safe for our colleagues. You’ll also support our Fleet Services Manager, deputising where required.
You will also have line management responsibilities and with the team’s support, use data to support your decision making, taking a lead in compliance to help us protect our OCRS score and progress towards Earned Recognition. You’ll spot risks and identify efficiencies, ensuring our fleet team deliver the best possible service, and help us in our duty to bring all of our people Home Safely.
About You
If you are an experienced Transport Manager with a national, or international CPC and up to demonstrable CPD then we want to hear from you.
The successful candidate will be detailed focused, demonstrating the ability to investigate risks and spot trends before they become incidents. Whether you’re walking around a vehicle with a driver or reviewing brake test reports, you’ll know exactly what to look for and how to act on what you find.
You’ll use your up-to-date vehicle knowledge and technical understanding to challenge appropriately. This means you’ll be an effective communicator, adapting your style depending on your audience.
If you are passionate about keeping our fleet safe, supporting our people and helping us deliver an unrivalled service then we want to hear from you!
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Due to the nature of the role you’ll also have a full UK driving licence.
Interviews will take place online/in person on day 8 December 2025
Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.
Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.
We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.
Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment
NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.
About Us
Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.
We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply
NWG At a Glance:
Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.
We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.
We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.
Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.
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Our Benefits
We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:
* Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
* Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
* Free access to local attractions.
* A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
* Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
* Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
* Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
* Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.
This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test.
Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.
Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked
About Us
NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.
We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.