Job reference 339440
Area Fleet Maintenance Manager - East UK , BC8N0
Competitive salary plus £4,800 car allowance, healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential, 27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with serve and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Permanent , Full time
Role covers East of the UK from Sheffield to Peterborough with extensive travel required around the region.
This is a fantastic time to join the Royal Mail Fleet team as we progress on our journey towards net zero, targeting an all-electric delivery fleet by 2035. This is a huge undertaking with over 50,000 vehicles and trailer assets, from buying and selling vehicles, providing maintenance and accident repairs, to managing fuel and supplier contracts there are exciting roles for anyone wishing to pursue a career involving vehicle asset management.
Responsibilities
- Be accountable for running a of Fleet workshops (circa 30 workshops and 8 direct reports)
- Play a critical role in delivering of our Fleet vision to make cultural behavioural change amongst our maintenance teams, ensuring they make commercial decisions on a daily basis and operate efficiently
- Be accountable for compliance to both legal and RM safety policies and meet safety targets.
- Be accountable for delivering maintenance services and for optimising cost performance & forecasting through the use of the resource planning tools and resourcing to workload
- Be responsible for optimising the efficiency of Fleet Workshops to meet or exceed industry standard performance levels.
- Provide effective coaching, engagement, and tenacious communication to support and develop the regional Fleet Workshop teams through the cultural and performance transformation required to exceed customer expectation
About You
- To be eligible for the role you must hold at least an IMI Level 3 qualification in light or heavy vehicle maintenance and hold a full UK driving licence
- You will have a proven track record of management of a team over multiple sites (or one large site)
- You can demonstrate experience of change management through coaching of teams
- It would be desirable for you to have knowledge of compliance requirements for vehicles and road transport legislation and have worked with trade unions but this is not essential
Extra Benefits
- RMG Share Schemes – partnership and matching share offer
- Family friendly support – enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
- Discounts and offers – there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills* Available only to perm employees
- Supportive and generous company sick pay
- Your Wellbeing – you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.
Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.
We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.
We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.
Closing Date: 17th June. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
