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Duty Fleet Manager

Great Crosby
2 months ago
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Duty Fleet Manager (rolling stock experience required)| £(Apply online only) per day (Inside IR35) | Merseyside area| initial 3-month Contract.

Are you a meticulous and tenacious professional with experience and passion for railway rolling stock operations? We are seeking a Duty Fleet Manager to ensure to smooth and safe operation of the fleet. This role is pivotal in providing business-critical support and ensuring the smooth operation of our fleet.

Key Responsibilities:

Efficiently manage fleet operations using the SRMS system.
Maintain effective communication with all stakeholders to ensure smooth operations.
Ensure that health, safety, and welfare standards are upheld at all times.
Log all activities to ensure that accurate records are maintained.
Adopt a meticulous and tenacious approach to documenting and communicating all fleet-related activities.
Understand and address the pressures faced by the Fleet Team and MEC members.

Essential Skills & Experience:

A meticulous and tenacious approach to documenting and communication.
Understand the pressures that the Fleet Team and MEC members may be under and provide support accordingly.
Experience of managing an operations team in a high-pressure environment.
Must have experience in rail rolling stock.

Desirable Qualifications:

Company Safety Policy and Procedures
IOSH
Fire Safety
Core Management skills
Operation of TRUST
Operation of GEMINI
Operation of CCTV systems (on train)

If you're a strategic thinker and excellent negotiator with a passion for strategic commercial procurement and industry expertise, apply today to join a dynamic team.

Closing Date: Friday 11th April 2025

Likely Job Titles: Fleet Operations Manager, Fleet Supervisor, Fleet Director, Transportation Manager, Logistics Manager, Operations Manager, Service Manager, Terminal Manager, Rail Fleet Manager, Technical Support Engineer, Performance Engineer, Fleet Engineer, Reliability Engineer.

About Ford & Stanley Group

Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group is in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness. We support our clients in their most challenging business areas – recruiting, developing and retaining the best talent from shop floor to boardroom.

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Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group Ltd is a Disability Confident employer that is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy

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