Fleet Manager

Fleet Manager (VIVO Team)

Location: Hybrid working with weekly travel to UK-wide site locations (West Midlands, United Kingdom)

Job ID: 312331

Employment Type: Full-Time, 9-Month Fixed-Term Contract

Schedule: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £38,400 - £42,000 per annum (dependant on experience) + Company Car

About Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency

At Supportive Bridge, we connect experienced transport, logistics, and fleet management professionals with impactful, mission-critical roles across the UK public and private sectors. Partnering with leading operational service providers, we specialize in placing candidates into stable, rewarding careers where your technical oversight and compliance expertise ensure vital infrastructure and essential services run safely and efficiently.

Role Overview

As a Fleet Manager within our VIVO team, you will play a central role in delivering safe, compliant, and cost-effective fleet operations that directly support essential public services. Working closely with contract teams, external suppliers, and operational colleagues, you will guarantee that vehicles remain fully available, roadworthy, and ready to meet rigorous demands.

Your work has direct purpose: by maintaining vehicles to the highest standards of safety and compliance, you help keep vital services moving while creating a positive impact on communities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operational Fleet Management: Manage day-to-day fleet requirements across the contract, maximizing vehicle availability for service delivery.

• Maintenance & Servicing Oversight: Oversee comprehensive vehicle maintenance, servicing, inspections, and repairs in strict alignment with manufacturer guidelines and legislative requirements.

• Cost & Performance Control: Monitor fleet expenditure, fuel usage, vehicle performance, and operational costs to drive value for money and minimize the total cost of ownership.

• Supplier Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with third-party suppliers, holding them accountable to performance metrics and agreed service levels.

• Compliance & Legislation: Ensure absolute adherence to UK and EU road transport legislation, driver license checks, driver qualifications, and internal fleet policies.

• Data Analytics & Innovation: Analyze telematics, fleet data, maintenance records, and utilization trends to pinpoint opportunities for continuous improvement and operational innovation.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a proactive transport professional with a robust background in compliance, safety, and stakeholder collaboration.

Requirements:

• Industry Experience: Proven experience in a fleet management role with direct responsibility for vehicle compliance, maintenance, and operational performance.

• Regulatory Knowledge: Strong working knowledge of UK and EU road transport legislation, including MOT requirements and Construction and Use Regulations.

• Professional Qualifications: A recognized fleet management qualification, or equivalent extensive hands-on fleet management experience.

• Relationship Management: Excellent stakeholder management skills, capable of working collaboratively alongside operational teams and external vendors.

• Analytical Ability: Strong reporting and data analysis skills, with practical experience utilizing fleet management systems to optimize performance.

• Vetting Requirement: Ability to successfully pass Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance (and potentially further security checks depending on site requirements), alongside an Occupational Health Questionnaire.

What We Offer You

• Financial Package: Competitive starting salary of £38,400 - £42,000 per annum + a company car.

• Leave & Pension: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (with the option to buy up to 5 additional days each year) and up to a 6% contributory pension scheme.

• Training & Development: Over 1,100 internal training courses, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (across over 60 different schemes), structured mentoring, and a strong focus on internal career progression.

• Health & Wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, virtual GP service, wellbeing app, and 30% off at managed leisure centres.

• Perks & Community: Discounts across roughly 1,000 retailers, a paid volunteering day, tax-free payroll giving, and active employee inclusion networks.

Our Recruitment Process & Equal Opportunities

• Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans, and individuals with convictions who meet the minimum job criteria are guaranteed an interview.

• Ban the Box: We champion fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions (subject to security clearance exemptions). Reasonable adjustments are fully supported throughout the hiring process.