Fleet Supervisor

Babcock International; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP & health check via Aviva

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Leave for Reservists (10 days)

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Fleet Supervisor for the Chatham, Kent area to coordinate fleet resources, drive safety compliance and deliver contractual commitments. You will manage drivers, oversee fleet records and DVSA compliance, and work with stakeholders to maintain high service standards.

Based onsite with a Monday–Friday 37-hour week, the role requires knowledge of EU Drivers' Hours, a UK driving licence with PSV entitlement, and the ability to lead a team in a fast-paced environment while

Qualifications

• Experience in transport, fleet or logistics operations.
• Knowledge of EU Drivers' Hours and Working Time Regulations.
• Proven ability to manage teams and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all scheduled vehicles, equipment and personnel remain compliant and operationally ready.
• Manage and update fleet administration systems and transport records in line with company policies and DVSA Operator Licence requirements.
• Support and supervise a team of drivers to ensure contractual obligations are achieved.
• Maintain compliance with all health, safety and environmental requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and support contract objectives.

Skills

Driver hours regulations

Transport operations experience

People management

Customer focus

Stakeholder relationships

Job description

Job Title: Fleet Supervisor

Location: Chatham, Kent

Compensation: From £37,891 Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75680

Take the lead in keeping essential operations moving

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Fleet Supervisor at Chatham, near Chatham, Kent.

The role

As a Fleet Supervisor, you will be responsible for coordinating fleet resources, managing drivers and ensuring contractual commitments are delivered safely, efficiently and compliantly. Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you'll play a key role in maintaining operational performance while supporting a culture of continuous improvement and service excellence.

Day-to-day you'll be required to:

• Ensure all scheduled vehicles, equipment and personnel remain compliant and operationally ready
• Manage and update fleet administration systems and transport records in line with company policies and DVSA Operator Licence requirements
• Support and supervise a team of drivers to ensure contractual obligations are achieved
• Maintain compliance with all health, safety and environmental requirements
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and support contract objectives

The role is based onsite at Chatham, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 37 hours per week.

Essential experience of the Fleet Supervisor:

• Solid working knowledge of current EU Drivers' Hours and Working Time Regulations
• Proven experience within transport, fleet or logistics operations environments
• Experience delivering results in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities and deadlines
• Demonstrable people management and team leadership experience
• Strong customer focus with the ability to build effective stakeholder relationships

Qualifications for the Fleet Supervisor:

• Experience working with multi-category fleets including passenger service vehicles, heavy goods vehicles and plant machinery
• Full UK driving licence suitable for use in the United Kingdom with Passenger Service Vehicle licence as a minimum
• Category D and D1 licence and Large Goods Vehicle Category C+E licence is desirable

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock

We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 04/09/2026