Fleet Maintenance Manager - Longcross, United Kingdom - ADF

ADF

Verified Company

Longcross, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Facilities by ADF have an exciting opportunity for a
Fleet Maintenance Manager to join the team.

Location:
Longcross, Surrey

Salary:
Competitive

Working Hours: 9am - 5pm Mon - Fri (35 Hrs). Flexibility is required to ensure the needs of the business are met.

About Us:

Facilities by ADF plc provides serviced vehicle hire for television and film productions in the UK and Europe, specialising in on-location support for dramas and major features.

The company has Substantial development plans due to the continued growth ofthe Film and TV industry and the company acquisition.

Fleet Maintenance Manager - The Role:

We are looking for a customer focused Fleet Maintenance Manager to effectively manage the Vehicle Maintenance Unit within a rapidly growing serviced hire and rental business with a current fleet size of circa 700+ assets.

You must be a strong leader witha continuous improvement mind set and be familiar with change management.

The site operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

To succeed, you will have a keen eye for attention to detail and must be able to meet all last minute customer requests whilst remaining calm under the pressure so that excellent standards of customer service, efficiency and performance are always achieved

Fleet Maintenance Manager - Key Responsibilities:

To undertake management control of both external service providers, inhouse workshop & mobile technicians
Ensure full legal compliance in all areas to include service, maintenance, repair, MOT, and tachograph compliance
Contribute to the formulation and implementation of the fleet, maintenance budgets
Manage & control expenditure to ensure the fleet is fully maintained and operate in full legal compliance whilst managing maintenance costs within the agreed fleet budgets
Manage maintenance spend v

- maintenance budget

SMR pence per kilometre per vehicle
SMR pence per kilometre by vehicle type
Manage, audit of Tyre Casing bank, ensuring all rebates and discounts are applied
Report on vehicle availability v vehicle of road statistics
Undertake external supplier performance reviews quarterly
Review random external supplier invoices for correct information and charges
Undertake external supplier audits annually
Negotiate parts agreements, with preferential rates with main dealer and independent parts supply routes
Review, plan and allocate work activities for internal workshop and mobile technicians
Review plan and allocate work activities with external maintenance providers
Review workshop technicians' performance v allocated hours
Fleet maintenance department personnel annual reviews and personal development plans
Manage workshop operating costs, ensuring overheads are managed in accordance with agreed fleet budgets
Must keep their own competence up to date and undertake mechanical duties as and when the business requires
Manage all aspects of Health and Safety to ensure that all company employees activities comply with the company's Health and Safety and ISO company procedures
Engage with all necessary audits for all areas of compliance and develop improvements, develop, and implement safe working procedures, and where necessary undertake investigations into near miss or incident events
To provide support to Operations & Accounts Management Team, including Updates on Vehicle Availability, Vehicle Product Issues, Vehicle Planning etc
To provide financial and performance data/analysis/reports, including workshop and fleet operational solutions as requested by the Head of Fleet
Management of business development plans ensuring they are achieved in line with Company strategies

Fleet Maintenance Manager - You:

Strong Management skills and experience of leading static and mobile teams
Ability to Coach and Mentor and develop staff where appropriate
Leads and motivates staff through positive employee engagement through open communication
Defines the strategy to develop the operation as a whole by identifying and sharing continual best practice protocols
Flexible in working hours and to be available for 'out of hours' contact / communication
Good analytical, budget management and numerical skills
Maintains own level of competence
Experience of providing exceptional customer service

Desirable: