Depot and Contract Manager

Stagecoach Group plc; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transport company is looking for a Depot and Contract Manager in Guernsey to lead a dedicated team and ensure timely services. The ideal candidate should have strong leadership capabilities, knowledge of fleet maintenance, and a Transport Manager Qualification. This role offers competitive pay and benefits including a pension and free travel for you and a household member.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension

Free travel for you and a household member

Qualifications

• Strong leadership in a changing environment.
• Track record of high-quality fleet maintenance.
• Ability to deliver a safe preventative maintenance program.
• Excellent knowledge of health & safety legislation.
• Innovative and commercially astute.

Responsibilities

• Ensure services leave the depot on time with customer-focussed drivers.
• Lead, motivate, develop, and engage colleagues.
• Respond to problems ensuring a positive impact on customers.
• Oversee performance of the Guernsey bus operation.

Skills

Leadership capabilities

Fleet maintenance

Health & safety legislation knowledge

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Customer focus

Education

Transport Manager Qualification

Job description

Overview

Depot and Contract Manager
Stagecoach Guernsey

Does the thought of leading our Guernsey operation of over 70 colleagues and 39 vehicles sound right up your street? How about working in the heart of the Guernsey community to deliver an amazing service to our hugely valued customers every day? Then read on, because this could well be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for!

You could well be an existing Depot or Commercial Manager looking for a new opportunity.

You’ll be passionate about people – leading your colleagues to deliver a safe, efficient and effective transport service to the incredible Guernsey community.

A competitive salary is available to the right candidate for this position and benefits package including pension, free travel for you and a household member on Stagecoach services.

What will I have the opportunity to do?

Responsibilities

• Working within a dedicated team, the main ‘aim of the game’ is to ensure our services leave the depot on time, with our customer-focussed drivers ready and able to meet our customers’ expectations.
• To do this you’ll lead, motivate, develop and engage your colleagues, and develop a close and constructive partnership with engineering and commercial departments.
• The responsibility to respond quickly to any problems will be yours, so you’ll have the opportunity to make a direct and hugely positive impact on our customers and our business.
• Ultimately, the performance of the Guernsey bus operation will be in your hands – service, security, safety and standards…so this is an incredible career opportunity.
• And it won’t all be internally facing – there’ll be the opportunity to be involved with building relationships with key local partners.

Experience

• Transport Manager Qualification

• You’ll need to have good leadership capabilities, in particular within a changing environment.

• An excellent track record of high-quality fleet maintenance.

• Ability to lead a team to deliver a safe and cost-effective programme of preventative maintenance and repair.

• Excellent knowledge of health & safety, environmental and employment legislation.

• An innovative, customer focussed and commercially astute outlook.

• Excellent communication and analytical skills to build excellent relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

• Evidence of Continued Professional Development.

Sound like the role for you?

Click apply now and take the first step toward joining our dedicated and passionate depot team.

We’re proudly an inclusive employer.

Stagecoach is committed to building a workplace where everyone can be themselves. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, abilities, neurotypes, religions, and sexual orientations.

We also live by our five values across Stagecoach:
We plan for the future , We do the right thing, We are stronger together, We are down to earth, and We support communities.

Stagecoach is proudly an inclusive employer, striving for a culture where everyone can be themselves and where all the differences people bring are truly appreciated. We welcome applications from all, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, race, religion, beliefs, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, or age.

Location: Guernsey Depot Les Banques Guernsey GY1 2HZ