Depot Manager
Job Type: Permanent
Job Sector: Management
Region: Yorkshire
Location: York
Salary: £32,000 to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 30/10/2025
Recruiter: Speedy Services
Flexible hours available, including job shares and amended hours. Offering a work/life balance is of great importance to Speedy.
Role: Depot Manager
Days of work: Mon – Fri, 07:30 – 17:00 (42 hours per week)
Speedy are the UK’s leading hire provider with the widest range of tools, specialist hire equipment, plant and support services – everything for every job!
We are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable Depot Manager, preferably with a background in hire or engineering, to manage our busy depot in York.
As a Depot Manager you will ensure the customer is at the heart of everything we do, proactively manage the team, have the independence of running your own depot, drive the business forward and continue to deliver first‑class customer service that makes Speedy the best in our sector.
What you'll need
* Experience in managing a team
* Customer focused
* Excellent communication and organisational skills
* Ability to prioritise workload and work under pressure to strict deadlines
* Demonstrate understanding of managing Health and Safety practices at work
* Ability to work with profit and loss accounts and budgets
* Capability to take ownership and responsibility
* Adaptability to individual and operational change in a diverse and fast‑paced organisation
* PC literate
* General knowledge of the construction industry and trades, including products
* Previous experience of the hire process would be an advantage
* Ability to support your business unit/team to deliver our ESG Strategy – Decade to Deliver
* Driving licence
What we offer
* 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
* Life assurance
* Pension scheme
* Canteen facilities
* 95% discount across the Speedy brand
* Opportunities for training, development and career progression
* My Staff Shop: discounts and offers across many suppliers
* Green Commute Initiative: Work scheme for cycling
* PAM – Employee Assistance Program (EAP): free and confidential support and counselling
Speedy operates an industry‑leading Work Life Balance initiative, demonstrating our commitment to reducing core contracted hours, supporting colleague wellbeing, and identifying more balanced work patterns for our colleagues.
Talk to us about a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements to suit your needs, including flexible start/finish times, shorter days, term‑time hours and job share opportunities.
Speedy offers a Career Line of Sight which enables a detailed understanding of the route to progression and growth within the Speedy Group.
Please be aware Speedy reserves the right to close our vacancies earlier than the listed date if we receive a high level of applications. We recommend completing the application promptly.
Please be aware that some roles within The Speedy Group UK&I may require a DBS, Credit or Security Clearance Check.
The Speedy Group is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity in all its forms and foster an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us.
All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status. All roles require proof of right to work in the UK by the start of employment.
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