Depot Manager

Lanes Group; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Lanes Group, the UK's largest independent provider of water and wastewater solutions, seeks a dedicated Depot Manager for their Aberdeen location. The successful candidate will lead operational teams, ensure compliance, and manage P&L to deliver high-quality service to clients. This key role offers competitive earnings and opportunities for professional development in a supportive environment that values employee welfare.

Benefits

24 Days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Annual Bonus linked to depot performance

Pension

Death in service

Company car/car allowance

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing over 20 employees.
• Strong understanding of drainage or construction background.
• Proficient in P&L management and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring effective delivery of works by operational staff.
• Managing compliance across Health and Safety and customer satisfaction.
• Overseeing performance management and reporting.

Skills

People Management

Commercial Knowledge

Health and Safety Standards

Job description

The Lanes Group are the UK’s largest independent provider of water and wastewater solutions and services, we play a vital role in always maintaining the seamless operations of the nation’s water systems.

Formed in 1992, our half a billion-pound turnover ensures continued expansion for market share. Our key differentiator is our 4000+ staff and our resource pool that includes the most innovative fleet, plant, and equipment the market has to offer.

We are the UK’s largest end to end drainage solution provider with depots strategically located across the UK from Aberdeen to Plymouth, to ensure round the clock coverage for customers and clients alike.

About the Role:

The Lanes Group are looking to appoint an experienced Depot Manager, leading our Aberdeen Depot. Successful applicants will have a strong commercial understanding and experience of managing profit and loss (P&L). In addition the depot manager is also responsible for leading the operational teams to consistently deliver a safe and reliable service to our domestic and commercial customers.

Location: Aberdeen

Salary: OTE £60,000 (inclusive of potential bonus earnings)

Hours of work: 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday

Responsibilities – but not limited to:

• Ensuring the smooth and effective delivery of works conducted by operational staff.
• Working closely with the sales staff to ensure the depot is successfully delivering work to meet the depot targets.
• Ensuring compliance of the depot across all key functions – Health and Safety, Transport, HR and customer satisfaction
• Staff Management – Ensuring all staff are following the correct health and safety procedures, work is being carried out in line with the company standards, wage and holiday approval, Performance management, absence and return to work reporting.
• Effectively reviewing the P&L, future forecasting, month end consolidation, debt reporting.
• Ensuring daily/weekly communications with appropriate teams ( i.E HR, Health and Safety, finance)

Experience and qualifications required for the role:

• Proven experience in people management and a good track record of managing over 20 employees.
• Past experience and strong understanding of drainage / construction background
• Be able to demonstrate commercial knowledge along with the ability to manage profits and identify efficiencies and push operational teams to achieve targets.
• Excellent understanding of health and safety standards within the workplace.
• Experience within a drainage industry or similar would be advantageous.
• Be able to demonstrate a good understanding of P&L and forecasting, reporting on and managing debt.
• Proven track record of working to and achieve company set targets.

What we offer:

• 24 Days holiday plus Bank Holidays (Increasing with length of service)
• Annual Bonus linked to depot performance
• Pension
• Death in service
• Company car/car allowance

What you will get in return:

In joining the Lanes Group, the UK’s largest independent provider we are committed to fostering a workplace culture that prioritises the well-being, growth, and safety of our employees. Through continuous training, professional development opportunities, and a supportive environment that values every individual's unique contribution, we empower our team to uphold the highest standards of integrity, collaboration, and inclusivity.

The Lanes Group plc comprises of a range of established service providers subsidiaries, which complement the specialist service of Lanes, by both work type and geography. Increasing our overall capability, assets and offering to our customers.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from under-represented members of the community.

Strictly no agencies please