Group Fleet Manager

Metcor Group; Dartford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Car allowance

Personal accident cover

Life insurance

Virtual GP

Early Christmas pay

Employee assistance programme

Metcor Hub benefits

Company pension

Social events

Job summary

Metcor Group seeks an experienced Group Fleet Manager to lead fleet compliance, operations and improvements across the group, ensuring safety, compliance and cost efficiency.

You will build and manage a national fleet team, own Transport Manager duties, and collaborate with business units to boost availability, utilisation and performance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading fleet or transport operations.
• Strong knowledge of fleet compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Proven track record of cross-functional collaboration and cost control.

Responsibilities

• Lead statutory Transport Manager duties and Operator Licence compliance.
• Own fleet compliance policies, processes and audits.
• Improve fleet availability and efficiency using data and telematics.
• Oversee vehicle lifecycle, onboarding and queries.
• Lead fleet transformation projects, EV planning and emissions reporting.

Skills

Fleet leadership

Compliance management

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Project management

Data analysis

Education

Transport Manager CPC

Tools

Samsara telematics

Job description

Location: Dartford with national travel throughout the London & SE traffic area.

Contract: Permanent, full time | Reports to Group Transformation and Fleet Director

Package: Competitive salary and car allowance

The role

Metcor Group is seeking an experienced Group Fleet Manager to lead fleet compliance, operations and continuous improvement across the group. You’ll hold named Transport Manager accountability, ensuring our fleet stays safe, compliant and efficient.

The successful candidate will lead a small national fleet team, act as the main point of escalation for fleet operational matters, and work closely with business units to improve availability, utilisation, performance and cost control.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead statutory Transport Manager duties and Operator Licence compliance across the Group.
• Own fleet compliance policies, processes, audits and regulatory communications.
• Improve fleet availability, utilisation and efficiency using data, including Samsara telematics.
• Oversee vehicle lifecycle processes, allocation, driver onboarding and operational fleet queries.
• Lead fleet transformation projects, standardisation activity, EV planning and emissions reporting.
• Manage budgets, suppliers, KPI reporting, RAIDO and insurance claim activity.

About you

You will be a confident fleet or transport leader with strong compliance knowledge, senior stakeholder management skills and experience leading teams, projects and operational improvement in a transport environment.

• Transport Manager CPC, national and/or international road haulage.
• Proven experience holding statutory Transport Manager responsibility.
• Experience managing fleet compliance, operations, administration and audit programmes.
• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary team in a transport or fleet setting.
• Strong project management and stakeholder management capability.
• Experience with multi-category fleets; tank-vehicle, transformation, CILT or telematics experience would be advantageous.

Package

• Competitive salary and car allowance
• Personal accident cover (after 1 year's service)
• Life insurance (after 1 year's service)
• Access to a virtual GP (after 1 year's service)
• Early Christmas pay — monthly pay day is the 25th; December pay usually comes a week earlier
• Employee assistance programme, including a 24-hour advice line
• Metcor Hub — benefits, savings and perks
• Company pension: Employees will be auto-enrolled into the company pension scheme after three months’ service. Contributions will be made via salary sacrifice, subject to eligibility and scheme rules.
• Social events

Pre-Employment Checks

If successful, employment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including DBS and drug testing.

This is a high-impact opportunity to shape a critical Group-wide fleet function, strengthen compliance and drive meaningful improvements in safety, performance, efficiency and sustainability.

If you are a proactive fleet leader with strong compliance credentials and the drive to deliver operational improvement, we would welcome your application.

If you have applied for this role previously, your application is already on file and does not need to be resubmitted.