Depot Manager

DEPOT MANAGER

OTE: £67,500pa
 
Depot Manager Job Details
Basic Salary: £62,500pa
Working Hours: 45 Hours/No Weekends
Monday-Friday - 07:30-17:00
Location: Brackley
 
Responsibilities of a Depot Manager
·Responsible for management of all technicians within the workshop, ensuring the workshop is loaded to maximise productivity and reduce vehicle downtime whilst ensuring full compliance with H&S procedures.
·Ensure all servicing for A, B, C, LOLER and MOT activity is completed aligned to the systemised schedules, to minimise vehicle downtime, whilst ensuring costs are kept to a minimum. Ensuring the Fleet management system is updated aligned to these activities, in a live time approach.
·All work needs to be raised and allocated through job cards, this role along with support from the administrator for the workshop, is responsible for raising the job cards ensuring all work required to be completed is correct on the job card, and then is assigned to the correct resource.
·In controlling all day-to-day activities of the workshop and closing of jobs on the Fleet management system, having close control of all systems in place at the workshop and ensuring compliance paperwork is correctly completed and loaded to jobs within 24 hours of the job being completed.
·Assessing the potential total costs of repairs for older vehicles to determine if economic to repair, and if not, raising this to the senior management of the business.
·Ensure the site and employees are Health and Safety compliant to meet with company requirements.
·Responsible for the workshop team completing Off Hire Inspections within 3 working days of the vehicle being returned to site, ensuring all damage is identified, recharged and repaired and ensuring vehicles are cleaned within these time scales.
·Obtaining approval for maintenance expenditure in line with company policies.
·Management of full depot for facilities to ensure equipment is all compliant and arranging repairs or new where required, along with management of third parties on site.
·Overarching day to day senior responsible manager for the site, ensuring depot is controlled and all personnel on site are effectively managed, display high level of professionalism and are sufficiently trained to carry out their responsibilities effectively.
·Have responsibility for the sites Operating Licence and management of the licence.
·Responsible for management of all members of depot.
 
Skills and Qualifications of a Depot Manager
·Level 3 / City & Guilds or NVQ qualified.
·HGV licence is an advantage.
·Hold a recognised IOSH health and safety management qualification
·Previous automotive management experience is essential.
 
Please contact George Elliott @ Auto Skills
Please reference job number: 50705