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Fleet Operations Manager

Manylion swydd
Dyddiad hysbysebu: 01 Gorffennaf 2025
Cyflog: £48,710 i £52,805 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: Competitive
Oriau: Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau: 20 Gorffennaf 2025
Lleoliad: County Fleetcare Unit QA Beacon Business Park, Weston Road Stafford, ST18 0WL
Cwmni: Staffordshire County Council
Math o swydd: Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd: staffscc/TP/15883/3341

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We are seeking a motivated and experienced Fleet Operations Manager to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a key leadership role where you’ll help ensure the smooth running of our workshop operations and play a central part in maintaining the safety, compliance, and efficiency of our fleet services.

County Fleetcare is a vital trading service within the Council, responsible for the procurement and maintenance of the Council’s fleet. Supporting a wide range of services—from Highways and Libraries to Countryside Management—County Fleetcare also serves external public sector clients, including schools, academies, and other local authorities. Operating from a dedicated premises in Stafford, the service plays a key role in keeping essential services moving across the county.

Main Responsibilities

As Fleet Operations Manager you will:

  • Oversee the day-to-day operations of the workshop, ensuring high standards of service delivery and vehicle maintenance.
  • Lead on Health & Safety compliance across all Fleetcare operations.
  • Act as Deputy to the Fleet and Engineering Manager, supporting strategic and operational decision-making.
  • Manage the Council’s operator’s licence, ensuring full compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
  • Take responsibility for premises management, including facilities, equipment, and site safety.
  • Oversee the MOT testing centre and ensure it operates in line with DVSA standards.
  • Support the delivery of business objectives and continuous improvement across the service.
The Ideal Candidate

We’re looking for you to be a confident and capable leader with a strong background in fleet maintenance operations and a commitment to safety and service excellence.

You will also have:

  • Proven experience in managing workshop or fleet operations, ideally within a public sector or service-based environment.
  • A thorough understanding of Health & Safety legislation and best practices.
  • Experience managing an operator’s licence and ensuring regulatory compliance.
  • Strong leadership and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.
  • A proactive, hands-on approach and a commitment to continuous improvement.

“We’re happy to talk flexible working”

Interviews will be held week commencing 28 July 2025.

This is a permanent, full time role working 37 hours per week Monday - Friday with consideration for flexible working. The role is based at County Fleetcare in Stafford.

For further information regarding this role please contact Robert Page, Fleet & Engineering Manager at Robert.Page@Staffordshire.gov.uk

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

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