Fleet & Transport Manager
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Building a sustainable tomorrow
BAM Site Solutions are looking to recruit a Fleet & Transport Manager to be responsible for overseeing the company's fleet and transport operations, ensuring compliance with statutory regulations and managing new vehicle orders and tracking movements.
This is a full-time role working on site at Wellingborough. BAM operates a flexible working policy, actively encouraging periods of remote home working and flexibility in start and finish hours to fit into an individual's busy lifestyle.
In addition to an attractive salary we offer a significant benefits package including an company car or car allowance, contributory pension, BUPA, life assurance, 25 days holiday (increases with length of service), holiday purchase scheme, gym subsidy and BAM social club membership.
Your mission
• Manage the scheduling, maintenance, and operation of the company's fleet.
• Oversee logistics and transportation planning to ensure timely deliveries of vehicles.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards.
• Track fleet performance and implement cost-saving and efficiency initiatives.
• In conjunction with the Managing Director, actively contribute to BAM Site Solutions business strategy, business plans, ensuring compliance and consistent delivery and rolling out of objectives and targets, including reporting requirements.
• Set individual and team objectives for the four depots and Product Managers as assigned, ensuring performance against those objectives.
• Understand and interpret the strategic direction of the Business Unit and align operational delivery to strategic intent within the depot teams.
• Embed a culture of compliance to all UK & Ireland policies, targets, standards, and strategy in relation to safety, health, wellbeing, and sustainability.
• Implement and deliver new opportunities within Site Solutions.
• Embed new engagements and partnership approaches across industry, professional bodies, and trade associations as part of the business unit's future outlook.
• Actively promote and embed product innovation, expertise, and practice into the depots in conjunction with the Product Managers.
• Accountable for the safe and efficient operation of the fleet.
• Responsible for on-time delivery of assets to client sites.
• Ensure all vehicles meet regulatory compliance and safety standards.
• Report on transport and logistics metrics and drive process improvements.
Who are we looking for?
• An experienced manager with a background in fleet operations or logistics.
• Strong understanding of vehicle maintenance, transport compliance, and cost management.
• Excellent organizational and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage budgets and optimize fleet efficiency.
What's in it for you?
A challenging and continuously changing environment in a forward thinking organisation.
In addition to an attractive salary we offer a significant benefits package including an company car or car allowance, contributory pension, BUPA, life assurance, 25 days holiday (increases with length of service), holiday purchase scheme, gym subsidy and BAM social club membership.
BAM operates a flexible working policy, actively encouraging periods of remote home working and flexibility in start and finish hours to fit into an individual's busy lifestyle.
Your work environment
People are at the heart of what we do at BAM. We recognise that creating a diverse and inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to bring their best and whole self to work is crucial.
We're on an exciting journey to get us there by recruiting the very best talent to join us regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.
Be you! Join us today, so we can achieve amazing things together and build a sustainable tomorrow.
Who are we?
The art of building is about building for communities; it's about building for life.
Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.
Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.
Our recruitment process, what you need to know?
BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel we need to do something to make it more accessible to you, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.