Transport Manager

Serco; Mountsorrel; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holidays: 25 days + bank holidays

Pension: Up to 6%

Training and development: >1,100 in‑h;

Employee wellbeing: EAP, GP access

Retail discounts

Volunteer day

Employee networks

Job summary

Serco is seeking a Transport Manager to oversee a safe, compliant and reliable fleet operation across contracts. The role focuses on vehicle maintenance, licencing compliance and ensuring service delivery meets contractual requirements.

You will work with frontline teams and stakeholders to minimise disruption and drive high standards. The position requires a National Transport Manager CPC, strong knowledge of UK/EU road transport legislation, and prior fleet management experience in a complex

Qualifications

• National Transport Manager CPC certificate.
• Strong knowledge of UK and EU road transport legislation.
• Experience managing fleet in a complex operational environment.
• Confidence managing compliance, data, and performance.
• Excellent communication across teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Ensure full compliance with Operator Licence requirements and related UK road transport legislation
• Manage fleet maintenance planning to ensure vehicles are serviced and maintained per manufacturer guidelines
• Oversee daily fleet availability to meet contract requirements and maintain service delivery
• Monitor third-party providers to ensure performance meets contractual and legislative standards
• Manage vehicle incidents, defects, and breakdowns, ensuring timely resolution and accurate reporting
• Maintain accurate fleet records, including asset registers, driver qualifications, and compliance documentation

Skills

CPC

Road transport knowledge

Fleet management

Communication

Education

National Transport Manager CPC certificate

Job description

Location: Derbyshire Dales Depot, Longcliffe, DE4 4HN.

Salary: £45,004.50 plus excellent benefits

Schedule: 37.5 hours Monday-Friday (open for flexible on-site working hours)

Ready to impact a better future?

As a Transport Manager, you’ll play a vital role in delivering a safe, compliant and reliable fleet operation that supports essential services across our contracts. You’ll ensure vehicles are maintained, available and fully compliant with Operator Licence requirements, helping our teams deliver for communities every day.

You’ll focus on keeping the fleet run efficiently, supporting frontline teams to deliver services without disruption. By maintaining high standards and working closely with stakeholders, you’ll help ensure operations run as they should, day in and day out.

What You’ll Do As a Transport Manager

You’ll be entrusted to:

• Ensure full compliance with Operator Licence requirements and all relevant UK road transport legislation
• Manage fleet maintenance planning to ensure vehicles are serviced and maintained in line with manufacturer guidelines
• Oversee daily fleet availability to meet contract requirements and maintain service delivery
• Monitor third-party providers to ensure performance meets contractual and legislative standards
• Manage vehicle incidents, defects, and breakdowns, ensuring timely resolution and accurate reporting
• Maintain accurate fleet records, including asset registers, driver qualifications, and compliance documentation

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• A National Transport Manager Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC)
• Strong knowledge of UK and EU road transport legislation
• Experience in fleet management within a complex operational environment
• Confidence managing compliance, data, and operational performance
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across teams and stakeholders

Vetting And Checks

As well as checking eligibility to work in the UK, you will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to help us identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.

Discover all you need to keep growing

We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What We Offer

• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays – pro rata (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax‑free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

A Little Bit About Us

At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on. Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride, our people make meaningful impact, every single day.

Our Inclusive Recruitment Commitment

We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, the Top Great British Employer of Veterans 2026, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.

• Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
• Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).