Fleet Director

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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EMED Group

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2023

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare • Logistics • Healthcare Insurance

EMED Group is a leading healthcare logistics provider in the UK, committed to improving community wellbeing by facilitating access to vital health and social care services. With over 2,800 colleagues operating from more than 50 bases, EMED Group is a significant partner to the NHS, offering specialist non-emergency patient transport services through its four divisions. During challenging times like the COVID-19 pandemic, they have successfully mobilized large-scale contracts, ensuring smooth transitions for patients. EMED Group emphasizes career development and health benefits for its employees, highlighting its role as a progressive supporter of the NHS and the communities it serves.

📋 Description

• Act as the technical authority and source of assurance for all fleet and equipment maintenance matters • Ensure fleet safety, compliance, standards, performance, and efficiency • Undertake skills gap analysis and create training plans for fleet employees • Create SOPs and method statements for maintenance activities • Establish change control methodology and an audit regime • Lead incident investigations and embed learnings • Monitor industry and vehicle technology developments • Validate and adjust the devolved fleet structure • Implement governance structures for regional fleet teams • Promote collaboration, resilience, and best-practice sharing across regional teams • Undertake talent reviews and succession planning • Coach and mentor regional fleet managers • Review and challenge fleet delivery, financial, and safety performance • Create continuous improvement programmes using lean principles or similar • Identify opportunities to internalise outsourced maintenance • Lead specification of new vehicles • Lead the EV strategy, including vehicles and charging infrastructure • Lead innovations supporting business development • Lead the telematics strategy • Manage fleet allocation and cascades across the business • Ensure fleet administration, paperwork, and systems remain up to date • Support finance with fleet strategy and procurement planning

🎯 Requirements

• Extensive technical and mechanical expertise, e.g. vans, HGVs, and PSVs • Professional engineering or fleet-related qualifications, or equivalent experience • Proven experience in senior engineering or technical leadership roles • Strong capability in data analysis, performance management, and engineering risk assessment • In-depth knowledge of fleet compliance, safety legislation, and regulatory standards • Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies and a track record of applying them • Excellent problem-solving skills • Analytical skills • Strong leadership and communication skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote with national travel • Competitive Salary plus Car allowance • 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) • Life Assurance – providing colleagues and their family financial peace of mind and protection to the value of £5,000 • Private Medical Healthcare • 24/7 online/telephone GP Consultation and access to prescriptions • 2nd opinion medical support following diagnosis or where a colleague is on a treatment pathway • Cash-plan benefits, including dental, optical, and chiropody • Access to mental health and physiotherapy consultations • Access to legal advice on domestic issues, including motoring offences, wills and probate, and personal injury • Financial guidance regarding retirement planning, tax savings, and state benefits • Long Service Recognition Scheme with increased annual leave after 5 years and at 5-year intervals • Values-based Internal Recognition Scheme with financial reward and annual recognition event