Technical Maintenance Controller
Job Title: Fleet Technical Maintenance Controller
Location: Northampton
Salary: £43,000 - £55,000
Shift Pattern: Days
Job Type: Permanent
Job Purpose – Fleet Technical Maintenance Controller
To ensure that the maintenance of the vehicles is managed professionally and pro-actively to maximise vehicle availability whist minimising maintenance spend.
Key Responsibilities
To undertake the role of Fleet Technical Maintenance Controller including but not limited to:
Training in use of company systems
Support for company employees in day-to-day tasks
Ensuring the Health and Safety and wellbeing of team members
To oversee management of maintenance providers:
Ensuring warranty periods are maximised or policy claims applied for
Negotiating with third party repair agents to ensure fair charges
Identifying issues with income, fixed costs, tax and the maintenance budget, highlight and resolve them to ensure accurate financials
Producing the monthly Budget Variance report for senior management
Sourcing the most competitive and cost-efficient parts and suppliers
Highlighting product issues to manufacturers ensuring safety and that any costs incurred are reimbursed by the manufacturer
Informing large cost repairs to senior management promptly and recommending and arranging remedial action
Arranging the most cost-efficient repair considering contractual obligations
Reporting monthly to senior management all spend by means of the Month End Report and Budget Variance and producing the Budget Variance report with any subsequent vehicle reports or supporting evidence.
Source new suppliers as and when required.
Negotiate and agree terms and SLA’S
Carry out Audits for quality and compliance and create action plans as necessary
Management of the Mobile Engineers including but not limited to;
Arranging on and off hire inspections for the hire fleet
Organising PDI’s for new vehicles being added to the fleet
Organising fleet inspections
Arranging parts inspections to ensure replacement was necessary
Keeping mobile engineers up to date with any technical bulletins that are released by manufacturers
Provide support and identify training needs for each engineer
Ensuring health and safety policies are upheld by each engineer
To manage use of the fleet management system by;
Ensuring accurate information and financial costs are entered
Any faults with on system are identified and a resolution proposed, actioned or escalated appropriately
To ensure KPI’s are accurate and followed up
To process accounts invoice queries
To identify and organise the administration of all new vehicles including but not limited to:
Ensuring that a PDI has been carried out and the paperwork received
Ascertaining relevant legal and company documentation required for each vehicle
Creating the new vehicle on Fleetwave and ensuring that all data is accurately entered
Monitoring and chasing all registration documents and if required certificates of initial fitness, certificates of conformity and plating certificates
Liaising with the contracts and issuing original or copy documents as required
Creating the new vehicle file and informing the tyre contract provider of the tyre requirements
Qualifications and Experience
Must have one of the following:
Educated to A level or equivalent
Apprenticeship in the Automotive industry
HNC in Automotive Engineering and Science or equivalent
CPC in Road Haulage would be an advantage
What can we offer you?
Generous Holiday Allowance: 25 days and you also get to enjoy a day off for your birthday, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve. You can also buy or sell up to a week’s leave
Share Save Scheme
Profit Related Pay: We share some of our annual profit with our eligible employees
Pension Plan: We contribute up to 10% of your annual salary towards your pension
Family Friendly policies: We offer enhanced parental pay and paid time off for fertility treatment
Employee Discounts: Enjoy exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, shopping, motoring and more
Volunteering Day: Contribute to causes you care about with one volunteering day per year
Life Assurance and Personal Accident Cover
To apply for this Fleet Technical Maintenance Controller, please submit your CV via this advert or contact (url removed) or (phone number removed)