Transportation and Fleet Operations Manager

5 days ago

Scunthorpe, United Kingdom PWS Technical Services (UK) Ltd Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Transportation and Fleet Operations Manager to join our team at PWS Technical Services (UK) Ltd. As a key member of our operations team, you will be responsible for managing and coordinating the transportation and fleet functions to ensure the safe and efficient movement of plant and equipment across multiple sites in the UK.

Key Responsibilities
  • Plan, organize, and manage the transportation and fleet functions to determine the best routes, optimize driver hours, and implement the most productive delivery schedules, while ensuring adherence to all company requirements and standards.
  • Lead a close-knit team of Fitters and Mechanics to ensure they repair, service, and maintain the company's fleet of specialist construction plant and equipment, as well as the HGVs required for their transportation.
  • Work closely with the internal operations team to fulfill the contractual commitments of projects in the most cost-effective and efficient manner.
  • Ensure suppliers are managed in accordance with agreed SLAs and with the best terms of service, and when necessary, undertake appropriate benchmarking exercises to monitor and maintain value for money and quality.
  • Conduct investigations in accordance with legislation and the company's HSE policy to determine causes of any transportation accidents and improve safety procedures if required.
  • Analyze expenditures and other financial information to provide feedback to consider process improvement plans, policies, and budgets for increasing operational efficiency in relation to the transportation and fleet function.
  • Recommend or authorize expenditure (to an agreed level) to procure relevant materials in order to increase the efficiency and service quality of the transport and fleet function.
  • Ensure adequate cover is provided in the absence of any crews so that operations are not compromised.
  • Manage and coordinate training requirements in order to ensure operational compliance.
  • Support the Operations Manager to determine priorities and allocate work to maximize output and efficiency.
  • Ensure personal and team adherence to existing working practices, methods, and procedures, undertaking relevant training and development activities as required.
Requirements
  • A good understanding of construction-related transport and fleet regulations, to help support the company's requirements in these areas.
  • A good understanding of transport regulations and supporting the company's license requirements.
  • Ideally fully up to date with the latest FORS regulations and O License Certified/Trained.
  • Sufficient knowledge of QA systems, in order that implementation of relevant processes and procedures can be managed appropriately.
  • Strong organizational skills for your team's workload, as well as planning workloads, and schedules and journeys to multiple sites UK-wide.
  • Ability to work flexibly and make decisions quickly.
  • Good communicator and the ability to work with people of all levels.
  • Computer literacy relative to the requirements of the role.
  • Good leadership and motivational skills.

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