Transport Manager
- Job added: 8 April 2025
- Salary: £60000/annum Company Car
- Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
- County: South Yorkshire
- Job Type: Permanent
- Reference: 223210126
- Company: CV-Library
GPS Recruitment have an amazing new role- Transport Manager. This is the ideal opportunity for someone with existing transport and vehicle management experience looking for a new challenge in an extremely large and fast-paced environment.
As Transport Manager within a large manufacturing business, you will manage the operations, planning and administration teams, along with the daily responsibility of a dedicated fleet of around 200 drivers.
Being successful in this role, you must hold a current TMCPC licence, have at least 5 years’ experience controlling a large fleet (200+), Confident making quick decisions and have exposure to current new changes with technology.
Key duties:
* Maintaining strong relationships with vehicle suppliers and manufacturers. Ensuring vehicles and trailers are roadworthy, manage service providers; ensuring defects, service inspections and MOTs are carried out in accordance with maintenance agreements.
* Ensure that all DVSA compliance standards as well as companies own compliance standards are always adhered to, this includes timely scheduling for PMI, MOT, drivers' routine checks and proactive maintenance.
* Investigate any missing mileage from Tachograph reports (Monthly Reporting on Vehicle Compliance -PMI/Tacho/MOT/LOLER)
* Managing vehicle accidents and working with our current insurers. Ensure all incidents and accidents reported are fully investigated and actions taken as necessary via Driver Trainer.
* Ensuring forward planning, MOT and Service slots ahead of time so as not to affect overall fleet availability to the operation.
* Authorising and scrutinising vehicle repairs and invoices/ recharge on a fleet covered under R&M.
* Assist in all other duties related to the maintenance and running of the fleet as required.
* Driver technical phone support and guidance
Experience/Qualifications:
* A high standard of computer literacy, particularly MS Office applications
* TM CPC holder
* Minimum 5 years’ experience in Transport Management within a large fleet operation.
* Experience of FORS Accreditation is desirable
* User experience of Transport Systems- Tachomaster, TMS, 3rd Party Service systems (Daf Check/ Truckfile) desired Hold a full UK driving licence.
* Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, at all levels.
* Have a proactive, flexible approach.
* Have excellent organisational skills and a working knowledge of IT systems.
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, however, the role will require you to be available to drivers out of standard working hours as required
As Transport Manager within a large manufacturing business, you will manage the operations, planning and administration teams, along with the daily responsibility of a dedicated fleet of around 200 drivers.
Being successful in this role, you must hold a current TMCPC licence, have at least 5 years’ experience controlling a large fleet (200+), Confident making quick decisions and have exposure to current new changes with technology.
Key duties:
* Maintaining strong relationships with vehicle suppliers and manufacturers. Ensuring vehicles and trailers are roadworthy, manage service providers; ensuring defects, service inspections and MOTs are carried out in accordance with maintenance agreements.
* Ensure that all DVSA compliance standards as well as companies own compliance standards are always adhered to, this includes timely scheduling for PMI, MOT, drivers' routine checks and proactive maintenance.
* Investigate any missing mileage from Tachograph reports (Monthly Reporting on Vehicle Compliance -PMI/Tacho/MOT/LOLER)
* Managing vehicle accidents and working with our current insurers. Ensure all incidents and accidents reported are fully investigated and actions taken as necessary via Driver Trainer.
* Ensuring forward planning, MOT and Service slots ahead of time so as not to affect overall fleet availability to the operation.
* Authorising and scrutinising vehicle repairs and invoices/ recharge on a fleet covered under R&M.
* Assist in all other duties related to the maintenance and running of the fleet as required.
* Driver technical phone support and guidance
Experience/Qualifications:
* A high standard of computer literacy, particularly MS Office applications
* TM CPC holder
* Minimum 5 years’ experience in Transport Management within a large fleet operation.
* Experience of FORS Accreditation is desirable
* User experience of Transport Systems- Tachomaster, TMS, 3rd Party Service systems (Daf Check/ Truckfile) desired Hold a full UK driving licence.
* Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, at all levels.
* Have a proactive, flexible approach.
* Have excellent organisational skills and a working knowledge of IT systems.
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, however, the role will require you to be available to drivers out of standard working hours as required
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