Assistant Fleet / Compliance Manager

Core Highways; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

HSF Health Plan

Enhanced maternity pay

33 days holiday (incl. bank holidays)

Employee Assistance Program

Wellbeing App

Job summary

Core Highways in Milton Keynes is seeking an Assistant Fleet / Compliance Manager to lead fleet and driver compliance, ensuring safety, regulatory and environmental standards are met. The role involves monitoring KPIs, audits, and driving continuous improvement across transport operations.

The position offers hybrid working (4 days in the office, 1 day from home) with occasional national travel. A Transport Manager CPC is essential, along with experience in FORS and vehicle safety processes.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise tasks to tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with attention to detail.
• Experience producing HR metrics and management reports.
• Experience implementing process improvements or HR system enhancements.
• In-depth knowledge of transport legislation incl. Road Traffic Act, WTD, tachograph regs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all aspects of fleet and driver compliance to regulatory, safety and environmental standards.
• Develop and maintain fleet KPIs and reports to support decision-making and improvements.
• Oversee FORS accreditation and driver safety across the fleet.
• Plan and audit maintenance schedules and vehicle safety protocols.
• Manage Operator Licence and DVSA compliance, ensuring audit readiness.

Skills

Organisational skills

Deadline-driven

Communication

Attention to detail

HR metrics experience

Process improvement

Education

Transport Manager CPC

Tools

MS Excel

MS Outlook

Job description

Core Highways are a leading provider of temporary traffic management, barrier solutions and events signage. People are the heart of our business. We recognise each and every individual’s value and commitment and we know that the success of our business is only made possible by the drive and enthusiasm of our people.

As a nationwide business, we have a number of fulfilling roles and we're often looking to expand our teams as we continue to grow.

We currently have a vacancy for an Assistant Fleet / Compliance Manager on a Hybrid basis at our Milton Keynes office. The hybrid split will be 4 days in the office and 1 day working from home. Due to the nature of this role it will require occasional national travel.

The Role:

Reporting in to the Head of Fleet you will be responsible for leading and managing all aspects of fleet and driver compliance, ensuring regulatory, safety, and environmental standards are met, while driving continuous improvement, cost control, and operational excellence across transport operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain forward communication planner and create department specific training/communication content for business wide releases.
• Update and manage the department intranet page to ensure access to the latest policies, announcements, and best practices.
• Take responsibility for completing fleet KPIs and compiling fleet reports, highlighting trends and areas of concern to support decision-making and drive improvements in fleet and driver performance
• Take the lead in owning all aspects of fleet and driver compliance, ensuring alignment with health, safety, environmental, and UK regulatory requirements.
• Provide strategic direction on Operator Licence management and DVSA compliance, ensuring all documentation is accurate, current, and audit ready.
• Keeps up to date regarding all manner of compliance updates from government bodies.
• Plan and audit all manner of FORs accreditations periodically throughout the year
• Engage with L and D depts and all sites with regards FORs accreditations and audits.
• Manage and maintain FORS accreditation for the business, including Bronze & Silver, while proactively seeking further accreditation opportunities to enhance industry recognition and promote the business.
• Drive and oversee the implementation of robust maintenance schedules and vehicle safety protocols to ensure continuous fleet roadworthiness and minimise risk exposure.
• Lead the development and execution of the fleet audit programme, including site and gate checks, by conducting regular depot visits, providing compliance leadership, resolving operational issues, and owning follow-up actions to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Champion driver safety across all areas including, legal adherence by managing Working Time Directive compliance, tachograph logbook records, fatigue risk mitigation, driving behaviours / policy infringements.
• Own and analyse all safety-critical data including OCRS, OLAT, and HGV KPIs to ensure real-time performance monitoring and compliance control.
• Lead investigations into prohibitions, test failures, and vehicle defects ensuring thorough investigation, identification of root causes, and implementation of corrective actions.
• Manage the delivery and compliance tracking of mandatory training programmes, such as OLAT and CPC, ensuring full legal compliance and operational readiness in collaboration with the L&D Manager.
• Monitor driver behaviour and performance trends using telematics and risk data, intervening early to minimise incident rates and exposure.
• Support Health and Safety objectives by aligning fleet compliance activities with broader H&S strategies and conducting joint safety reviews where applicable.
• Implement cost-control measures by optimising fleet efficiency, reducing compliance breaches, and minimising penalties and insurance risks.
• Deliver structured compliance reports and insights to the Head of Fleet, highlighting key risks, achievements, cost impacts, and opportunities for improvement.
• Assist in other areas of the fleet department as required.
• Manage the addition, removal, and transfer of drivers across systems (Internal License Check, Samsara, W20 hours).
• Review driving license risk decisions, maintain eyesight checks, and ensure completion of FORS mandatory training.
• Manage telematics system, track unit installations and health of system, address system alerts, replace faulty equipment, reconcile invoices.
• Monitor VOR assets and work with suppliers and operational teams to minimise downtime.
• Scrutinise fuel usage for anomalies (premium fuel use, theft), manage fuel card additions/removals, and generate fuel KPI/utilisation reports.
• Monitor and review active total loss claims and oversee post-collision reporting and manage insurance invoice queries.
• Maintain monthly and ad-hoc reports for fleet utilisation, idling, and driver performance, including "Driver of the Month" recognition.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively.
• Able to work to tight deadlines.
• Competent and experienced in use of MS Office applications, especially Excel and Outlook.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in data entry and reporting.
• A valid Transport Managers CPC & have experience as a Transport/Compliance Manager.
• Ideally in-depth knowledge of FORs and a FORs practitioner or be willing to train to be one.
• In-depth knowledge of transport legislation, including the Road Traffic Act, Working Time Directive, and tachograph regulations.
• Experience within construction, highways, engineering, logistics or other operational sectors.
• Experience producing HR metrics and management reports.
• Experience implementing process improvements or HR system enhancements.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary of between £40,000-£45,000 per annum
• Life assurance
• HSF Health Plan
• Enhanced maternity pay
• 33 days holiday per year – Inclusive of bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Program – providing free 24/7, professional and confidential advice on any issue both personal and work related
• Free Wellbeing App – access to the latest in wellbeing support for example, virtual fitness programs, help to stop smoking etc.
• CPD: support and training to develop your career and skills

We are an equal opportunities employer and are proud to be signatories to the Care Leavers Covenant and the Armed Forces Covenant.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we recognise that everybody is different and strive to harness those differences to create an inclusive environment where individuals feel valued, their talents are recognised and they are given every opportunity to develop their full potential.