Area Fleet Manager

Forestry Commission; Santon Downham; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading government agency is seeking an Area Fleet Manager in Santon Downham. This role focuses on managing the fleet's maintenance and ensuring compliance with safety standards. You will lead a team, oversee budget proposals, and maintain strong customer relationships. The position offers competitive pay and benefits including a generous pension scheme and flexible working options.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working options

Civil Service pension with employer contribution

Qualifications

• Full UK manual driving license required.
• Able to manage LCV and forestry machinery.
• Experience in agricultural tractors and small equipment.

Responsibilities

• Manage vehicle, machinery, and equipment compliance and maintenance.
• Develop and oversee the fleet's service and repair operations.
• Prepare annual budget proposals and monitor expenses.

Skills

Technical aptitude

Maintenance knowledge

Health and Safety compliance

Education

Recognised mechanical engineering qualifications

Fleet management qualification

Job description

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Santon Downham, East of England, IP27 0TJ

Job Summary

What you’ll do…

As the Mechanical Engineering Area Fleet Manager you will play a key role in the safety management of our maintenance provision and help to develop the high quality of service delivery required to support business units across Forestry England and wider agencies. You will hold overall responsibilities to ensure all Vehicle, Machinery and Equipment (VME) meet the required compliance and are maintained in accordance to manufacturer guidance and company policy utilising your team to achieve this. Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.

Where you’ll work…

The role will be based at our offices at Santon Downham, Norfolk and you will be expected to work flexibly as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing a wide range of specific administrative duties and work with colleagues who are based at different sites. To support this, some infrequent travel may be required. The area covered by Santon Downham office are the East, South and West forest districts and all business units with in these. Head office for Mechanical Engineering is based at Bellingham Northumberland.

Job Description

• management of staff to maximise their performance and ensure business objectives are met
• manage the service, maintenance and repair of the fleet to ensure customer satisfaction whilst monitoring both repair costs and availability of key machines
• ensure that all vehicle, machinery and equipment have a minimum 12 monthly inspection to ensure that it meets all relevant safety and service requirements
• prepare and submit an annual budget proposal and analyse monthly budget progress
• ensure that good working relationships are maintained with customers through regular liaison meetings
• ensure that there is a robust understanding and compliance with Health and Safety policies
• management of staff to maximise their performance and ensure business objectives are met
• manage the service, maintenance and repair of the fleet to ensure customer satisfaction whilst monitoring both repair costs and availability of key machines
• ensure that all vehicle, machinery and equipment have a minimum 12 monthly inspection to ensure that it meets all relevant safety and service requirements
• prepare and submit an annual budget proposal and analyse monthly budget progress
• ensure that good working relationships are maintained with customers through regular liaison meetings
• ensure that there is a robust understanding and compliance with Health and Safety policies
  
  

Person specification

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential professional and technical experience

• able to demonstrate aptitude of technical, maintenance and health and safety involved in running LCV, forestry machinery, agricultural tractors and attachments as well as small equipment such as quads, trailers and chainsaws
• full UK manual driving license Qualifications
  
  

Essential

• recognised mechanical engineering Qualifications (or Relevant Demonstrable Experience)
  
  

Desirable

• recognised fleet management Qualification
• H&S qualification such as IOSH Managing Safely
  
  

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
  
  

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• More information will be shared with candidates invited to interview
  
  

Alongside your salary of £39,135, Forestry Commission contributes £11,337 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
  
  

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

How To Apply…

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.

You will be assessed on a technical skills at interview.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
  
  

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email [e-mail].

Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
  
  

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name : FC Recruitment Team
• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Further information

Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact FCE by email: [e-mail]. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

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  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Government Administration

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