Fleet Maintenance & Compliance Manager
Posted 6 days ago by The Engineer UK
£45,000 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Selby, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Fleet Maintenance & Compliance Manager will oversee the management and maintenance of the fleet at Acorn Event Structures, ensuring compliance with operational legislation and safety standards. This hands-on role requires a mechanical background, with responsibilities including vehicle maintenance scheduling, defect reporting, and driver compliance. The position is based in Selby, England, and involves working closely with a team of drivers and fitters. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and a proactive approach to fleet management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Efficient management of the team of drivers and fleet maintenance.
- Oversee and instruct fitters on daily inspections of plant equipment.
- Ensure an efficient vehicle defect reporting system is in place.
- Plan and oversee vehicle and plant maintenance to ensure roadworthiness.
- Maintain and audit maintenance records for compliance.
- Manage the implementation of a vehicle and plant defect reporting system.
- Ensure compliance with EEC & domestic driving rules.
- Organize and oversee "Driver CPC Training" programme.
- Investigate accidents and liaise with insurance providers.
- Update company spreadsheets related to fleet management.
Key Skills:
- Mechanical background or qualification.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Good knowledge of computers, Excel, and Microsoft Office.
- Ability to prioritize and work under pressure.
- Physically fit due to the nature of the work.
- Positive attitude and keen eye for detail.
- International or National CPC licence.
Salary (Rate): £45,000 yearly
City: Selby
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
About The Job
Job Title : Fleet Maintenance & Compliance Manager
Location : Sherburn in Elmet
Salary: £45,000 per year
Job type: Full time, Permanent. Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.30pm.
About Us
Acorn Event Structures are one of the largest suppliers of temporary structures to the Events Industry. Installing Staging and temporary structures to all major festivals and tours in both the UK and Europe.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
We are looking to recruit a fleet / plant professional with a mechanical background or qualification. The ideal applicant will come from a plant/agricultural or vehicle repair environment and preferably flat Trailer experience. This is a hands-on position where a proactive, practical approach to maintenance and compliance is essential.
Role
A clean driving licence is essential for this position. Vocational training for equipment use will be available to support the selected applicant in their role. Listed below are key elements of the role -:
- You will be responsible for the efficient management of our team of drivers and fleet and for ensuring our fleet is properly maintained and always serviced and inspected externally.
- You will also oversee and instruct the fitters on site to complete daily inspections of plant.
Responsibilities
- To ensure an efficient vehicle defect reporting system is in place and managed.
- Oversee, plan vehicle and plant maintenance ensuring that they are roadworthy.
- Ensure vehicle scheduling is up to date and that vehicles are booked in and presented for MOTs on the correct dates.
- Monitor external maintenance contractors, ensure brake test, tyre pressure inside and out. wheel torque all carried out and logged correctly.
- Maintain and audit maintenance records ensuring they are kept for 15 months.
- Advise and instruct the operator to maintain compliance around operating legislation.
- Manage and oversee the implementation of an effective vehicle and plant defect reporting system and that all drivers adhere to it.
- Ensure vehicles are presented for PMI's on the correct dates.
- Ensure drivers are aware and compliant with EEC & domestic driving rules.
- Ensure driver's cards & VU's are downloaded at the required intervals and checked.
- Maintain and keep driving records for a period of 12 months
- Issue warning letters for any driving infringements to drivers.
- Arrange and oversee "Driver CPC Training" programme.
- Be approachable and available to all drivers during the company working hours.
- Carry out operator licence variation applications.
- Investigate accidents and liaise with the fleet insurance policy providers
- Update company spreadsheets such as Moffett Sheet/ Trailer sheet WP / Maintenance Planner, Hire Trailer MOT, inspections.
- Organise the servicing of Forklifts
- Organise hire of vehicles and off hiring of vehicles
Qualifications
Ideally you will hold an International CPC licence. The minimum you must hold is a National CPC licence
You will be an excellent communicator with both verbal and written skills
Good knowledge of computers, Excel, and Microsoft Office software
Flexible in your approach
Ability to prioritise and work under pressure as this is a demanding role
Skills Needed
Keen eye to notice problems ensure external inspections being carried out well.
Mechanical background
Physically fit due to the nature of the work
Positive attitude
Benefits
Company Pension Scheme 3% contributions
21-days holidays plus 8 bank holidays
Cycle to work scheme
Holiday accrual continues up to 30 days, each year of service an extra day's holiday.
Candidates with experience of: Head of Fleet Operations, Fleet Asset Manager, Regional Fleet Controller, Head of Transport & Equipment, Fleet Technical Manager, Workshop Manager, Technical Services Manager, Fleet Risk & Compliance Officer, Transport Safety Manager, may also be considered for this role.