Fleet Manager High Wycombe, England
Job description
It’s exciting times at Paradigm Housing Group as we expand our Property team by recruiting more tradespeople to support us to deliver excellent services to customers. This Fleet Manager role will work with the rest of the fleet team to provide a seamless service and keep our fleet on the road.
About the role: This is a brand-new role which comes with the exciting opportunity to grow and shape the function in line with the objectives of the team. Due to the expansion of our Property team, we are acquiring an additional vehicles, taking our total fleet to circa 200.
We currently have a Fleet Coordinator and a Senior FC, who do a fantastic job of supporting our Technicians and their delivery by keeping them on the road. This role is to provide additional support and direction in this and to lead on various projects such as our work toward the Van Excellence award.
About you: You’ll have some fantastic fleet experience and know that great communication skills are key to providing the best service. You’ll work with the existing team, managers in the Property directorate and Technicians to manage all aspects of our commercial fleet. You’ll also work with grey fleet drivers to ensure we have the necessary documentation in place.
We’ve got some significant procurements coming up such as our fuel cards which you will lead on. With over £500,000 spend per year, this is a significant project where we hope to realise some savings and improve the service we receive. There will also be contractor management with regard to our fleet suppliers such as our leasing company.
Our vehicles are the most significant part of our carbon footprint. You’ll work with our Environmental and Sustainability Manager to find ways to reduce this and ensure we are considering sustainability in planning and the decision we are making.
So not only is this a great opportunity to join a high performing and specialist team at a time when you can have a real and personal impact on the future success of our business, you can continue to grow and develop yourself, building an exciting/interesting/rewarding career with a growing business.
About us: You will be joining the support services team and working closely with Facilities and Health and Safety as part of a helpful and operationally focused team.
We are a values’ driven, ambitious organisation. We’re Best Companies 1 STAR accredited organisation in recognition of our high employee engagement and offer a welcoming and friendly environment. We are clearly focussed on the delivery of our five-year corporate plan with ambitious and challenging objectives including improving our environment and sustainability targets to deliver quality homes to people who need them.
We offer a very generous package including the following:
- Holidays – 25 days to start (this rises with service to a maximum of 30 days) plus 3 paid days between Xmas and new year when we close, plus the opportunity to buy up to another 5 days – subject to conditions.
- Pension scheme: employee minimum contribution of 3% and Paradigm will contribute 7.5% or 9.5% depending on the employee’s contribution rate.
- Car Leasing scheme (subject to conditions)
- Annual Bonus potential
- Professional Sponsorship Scheme (subject to conditions) and professional subscriptions paid.
- Family Friendly policies incl generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared parental and adoption leave, sabbaticals and more
- Health Cash Plan – worth over £1,800 p/a includes Dental, Optical, Prescriptions and Flu jabs, Physiotherapy, Chiropractic therapy, Reflexology, Sports massage and more. It’s free to add up to 4 dependent children aged up to 24yrs (if in f/t education) and each child is entitled to 50% worth of your allowance for each category!
- Up to 3 paid Volunteer days a year
- Modern collaborative offices, with free parking and charging points for electric vehicles.
- Employee rewards platform
- Opportunities for career advancement
- Social events, such as Quiz nights, Xmas Party, Summer BBQ
We support flexible ways of working and welcome applications from all sections of the communities we work in.
Further information
For the full job description and person specification for the role please see the attachment at the bottom of this page. Should you have any queries about this vacancy please email and we will respond as soon as possible.
As part of our application process, we ask for a covering statement and CV so we can assess your application against our essential and desired criteria as set out in the job description and person specification. Please include in your covering statement how you meet the criteria so we can see how well you match our requirements and give your application the consideration it deserves.
Thank you for your interest in Paradigm Housing Group thus far.
Shortlisting will be conducted in line with the essential and desirable criteria set out in the person specification. We reserve the right to close this role earlier than the published date should a suitable candidate be identified.
