Johnsons is recruiting for a Fleet Maintenance Manager to be based at its operation in Henley-in-Arden.
Job Title: Fleet Maintenance Manager
Reports To: Head of Operations
Date: May 2024
Location: Henley-In-Arden
Vision Statement: Travel with Johnsons – Travel with Friends
Mission Statement: With this ‘Culture’ being our solid foundation, Peter and I have looked again at our ‘Mission’…This is now “To be the highest quality coach operator in the midlands by providing our customers with an attractive and diverse range of high-quality travel services, delivered by an efficient and friendly team of highly motivated staff”. This sounds easy enough – but how we do it?! Firstly, we have to be always pro-active ‘can do’ people. Secondly, we have to work as a team and pull together. Thirdly, we support our staff and customers – and treat them with honesty, respect and fairness.
Job Purpose:
You will pro-actively lead and motivate a workshop team to ensure excellent standards of maintenance to our mixed fleet of Coaches & Minibuses. You will use your strong leadership, influencing skills, and understanding of the PCV industry to drive forward the team and implement any changes to ensure the success of our business in delivering to our ever-changing customer’s needs.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for all aspects of day-to-day people management within the team including coaching, mentoring, training, recruitment, performance management, absence, and discipline.
- Work Allocation – Plan and organise the maintenance of all company vehicles, ensuring that service and inspection intervals are adhered to.
- Organise the team so that all repairs are carried out to the highest standards and regular inspections are made of the team’s overall workmanship and care including addressing any training needs.
- Create and maintain a good working relationship with the Traffic Office and wider Management team so that the needs of our customers can be always met and the vehicles can be fully utilised on profitable work for the company.
- Deal with all aspects of the company’s obligations to the Department of Transport including vehicle annual tests, record keeping and fleet inspections.
- Ensure that you and the team adhere to the Health and Safety at Work Act and that any other employees entering the workshop conform to that legislation.
- Budget management of all items involved in the running of the workshop including staffing costs.
- Maximise the teams’ productivity & efficiencies across all areas.
- Maintain the stock system and ensure that any ordered parts are the best value for money available at the time they are needed. Stock levels are not above the pre-agreed limits.
- Rota Management – Manage and maintain a balanced team to cover the workload and ensure that you always have adequate breakdown cover outside the working day.
- To make sure that Drivers’ Defect (s) are dealt with correctly and recorded for inspection.
- Advise the Head of Operations on vehicle replacement and purchasing policies, displaying a sound knowledge of new vehicle types and vehicle related products.
- Along with your team deal with all warranty and vehicle manufacturer issues.
- Be a team player and lead by example in line with our core values to increase motivation and create a sense of pride within the team.
This position reports directly to the Head of Operations. You will be expected to have opinions on all aspects of the company and play an active part in its Management Team.
Your ‘core’ hours are based on an 8-hour duration shift notionally 08.00 to 17.00 with a 1 hour unpaid lunch, Monday to Friday. However, you will of course be required to retain full flexibility of hours in order to fulfil your role and where necessary provide support to the rest of the business. Within reason you will be expected to work whatever hours are necessary to ensure the success of your role and protect the company and its customers. For all Managers, no overtime payment is claimable.
The above list is not exhaustive and you may on occasion be asked to carry out reasonable requests/tasks that are not listed above.
Key Skills and Experience Required:
- Full Driving Licence/PCV Licence
- Knowledge of the PCV industry and of the Driving regulations applicable to us i.e. DVSA and Health and Safety legislation
- Ability to communicate and influence at all levels in line with our core values
- Ability to problem solve
- Proactive approach
- Change Management
- Excellent attention to detail
- Time Management – Ability to organise and plan workloads
- People Management – Ability to coach, mentor and drive through success.
- PC Literate – Microsoft packages and Distinctive Systems are desirable
We are justifiably very proud of the very high standards we display in the quality of our vehicle fleet. This has been achieved by our commitment to training, the well-being of our employees and always putting our customer first. This position plays a vital role in this company achieving these objectives.
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