Plant & Transport Supervisor

Due to Substantial growth at OCU, we are looking for an experienced Plant & Transport Supervisor to work from our Erith Depot. You will monitor aspects of the Plant & Transport (P&T) operations ensuring the operations maintain the highest standards in quality and safety, you will also ensure all assets are ready and available for allocation, compliance elements are adhered to, and costs are controlled. Your Primary focus will be on ensuring we operate a safe and compliant fleet, ensuring down-time is kept within acceptable levels.

**Responsibilities**
- Working alongside and communicating with key stakeholders internally and externally
- Signing vehicles and plant in and out to ensure asset accuracy and accountability
- Ensuring all equipment has an identification code and allocated correctly
- Oversee and ensure that all company owned fleet equipment is safe and fully compliant, paying particular attention to regulatory and legal requirements.
- Checking that all fuel cards are being correctly used, highlighting any misuse to the regional P&T Manager.
- Responsible for compliance and that all vehicles are operated within the current Road Transport Regulations. Ensuring that all vehicles and plant are maintained as per the maintenance plan and any issues that arise are communicated appropriately.
- Ensuring that the 6 monthly testing of all OCU chains, slings, shackles, and harnesses are completed and ensuring all sign boards are amended with the correct colour codes.
- Ensure that daily P&T walk around checks are completed and all defects are recorded, and remedial action is taken and communicated appropriately.
- Driver onboarding as per OCU process
- Periodic driving assessments of all drivers as per OCU process
- Ensuring driver weekly hours are signed off and any excess hours are addressed with the Regional P&T manager.
- Carry out any other duties appropriate for this post.
- Checking that all fuel cards are being correctly used, highlighting any misuse to the regional P&T Manager.
- Responsible for compliance and that all vehicles are operated within the current Road Transport Regulations. Ensuring that all vehicles and plant are maintained as per the maintenance plan and any issues that arise are communicated appropriately.
- Ensuring that the 6 monthly testing of all OCU chains, slings, shackles, and harnesses are completed and ensuring all sign boards are amended with the correct colour codes.
- Ensure that daily P&T walk around checks are completed and all defects are recorded, and remedial action is taken and communicated appropriately.
- Driver onboarding as per OCU process
- Periodic driving assessments of all drivers as per OCU process
- Ensuring driver weekly hours are signed off and any excess hours are addressed with the Regional P&T manager.
- Carry out any other duties appropriate for this post.

**Skills & Experience**
- Strong technical knowledge Transport Legislation
- Driver Assessor trained.
- Knowledge of HGV/transport and plant compliance
- Be able to adapt and communicate all levels.
- Able to deal with reactive work.
- OLAT qualified

**Company Information**:
Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.

Working directly with many of the country’s leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms, and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.

We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.

We believe that being successful is a choice.

We choose to be successful.

We are OCU, ‘One Company United’.

**We celebrate difference and appreciate diverse backgrounds. We encourage everyone who join us to be themselves at work and create inclusive teams in our workplace**

Application question(s):

- Do you have previous Plant and Transport Supervisor experience?

Work Location: In person