Fleet Director

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced technical and commercially aware Fleet Director to join and lead our national fleet team. This role will remote with national travel.

The Fleet Director will have strong technical knowledge to oversee fleet standards, performance and efficiency. This is a key senior hire responsible for ensuring our ambulances operate safely, reliably and efficiently.

This role must provide technical assurance that our maintenance practices are safe, ensuring consistent and robust SOPs across around 40 fleet assistants nationwide. At the same time they must provide strategic leadership, including fleet planning, upgrade programmes, and continuous improvement to increase reliability and reduce costs.

EMED is a product of several mergers and acquisitions, giving a variety of operating models. In some places maintenance is largely outsourced to local suppliers, while in others we undertake heavy work in-house. This role needs to work with all of these, while determining the right balance and future operating model.

Benefits for the role include

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, providing colleagues the option of protecting themselves in case of illness and recuperation, including dental, optical, chiropody.

Access to mental health and physiotherapy consultations.

Access to legal advice on domestic issues e.g. motoring offences, wills and probate, and personal injury.

Financial guidance re retirement planning, tax savings and state benefits.

Long Service Recognition Scheme – recognising colleagues for their continued service after 5 years and at 5-year intervals with an increase in annual leave.

Values-based Internal Recognition Scheme with financial reward, which will lead to an annual recognition event.

Role Responsibilities

Technical authority for fleet within EMED

Be the technical authority and source of assurance for all fleet and equipment maintenance related matters, ensuring safety and compliance

Undertake a skills gap analysis and create a training plan to ensure every fleet employee meets appropriate standards

Create SOPs and method statements for maintenance activities, ensuring safety and compliance

Establish change control methodology to safely and robustly implement change

Establish an audit regime

Ensure comprehensive incident investigation and learnings, in line with technical best practice

Stay up to date with industry and vehicle technology developments

Supporting fleet operations

Validate whether our current devolved fleet structure is appropriate, and adjust as required

Implement governance structures to scrutinise and support regional fleet teams

Ensure regional fleet teams work together in a collegiate way to provide resilience and share best practice

Undertake regular talent reviews and succession planning, ensuring resilience and excellence

Coach and mentor regional fleet managers

Review and challenge fleet delivery performance

Review and challenge financial performance

Review and challenge safety performance

Innovation

Create a structured programme using lean principles or similar to foster continuous improvement, reducing costs and VOR

Identify areas for further development, for example internalisation of currently-outsourced maintenance

Lead the specification of new vehicles to ensure they meet staff, patient and client requirements

Lead the EV strategy, including vehicles and charging infrastructure

Lead other innovations to support business development

Lead the telematics strategy

Fleet administration

Lead a team which manages fleet allocation and cascades across the business

Lead a team to which ensures all fleet admin tasks, including paperwork and systems, are up to date

Support the finance team in overall fleet strategy and procurement planning

Do you have what it takes?

Extensive technical and mechanical expertise (eg vans, HGVs, PSVs), with the ability to operate as a subject matter expert

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

Continuous improvement methodologies and track record

Excellent problem-solving skills

Analytical skills

Strong leadership and communication skills

About Us

EMED Group is an established healthcare logistics provider that enables access to health and social care through our four specialist divisions. We are one of the largest health and care partners to the NHS with 4,000 colleagues across over 60 bases UK-wide.

EMED Group is committed to pro-actively improving the wellbeing of our communities by providing access to vital health and social care services across the UK.

EMED Group are committed to providing equal opportunities and we endeavour to provide an inclusive and safe working culture for all.