NRG Riverside
Depot Manager
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Depot Manager - HGV Industry
Salary: £65,000 per annum + Bonus + Company Car/ allowance + Amazing Benefits
Working Hours:
45 hours
8:00am- 5:30pm Monday- Friday (30-minute unpaid lunch)
Location: Northampton
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has become available at NRG Riverside within our Northampton depot and we are looking for an experienced Depot Manager to join the team and help us on our journey to growth. In this role, you will be responsible for efficiently and effectively leading and managing all departments within the depot maintaining a good level of operational management, team management, budgeting and costs, safety and compliance, customer care, and quality standards and monitoring.
About the Company
NRG Riverside is the UK’s largest municipal and specialist fleet hire company, we provide specialist vehicles on short and long-term hire, a range of vehicle maintenance packages and we offer a large portfolio of high-quality used vehicles for sale. NRG Riverside has the skills, knowledge, and expertise to support all your operational needs. Established in 1996, we’ve supported our valued customers to rationalise and decarbonise their fleets, save money and improve efficiency by reducing ‘Vehicle Off Road’ (VOR) time.
Candidate Requirements
- 5 yrs experience in a HGV workshop management position. (essential)
- Management or leadership qualification NVQ. (Preferable)
- NVQ, City & Guilds or equivalent in a Heavy Vehicle Mechanics (essential)
- IOSH trained and certified. (Preferrable)
- Strong team management skills evidenced by a steady history of working within a leadership role
- Experience in managing the day-to-day activities of a Commercial Vehicle Workshop
- Proven skills in productivity and efficiency management
- Knowledge and understanding of compliance & Operators licence requirements
- Technical background in respect of commercial vehicle repair
- Financial management experience, in particular KPI reporting, P&L responsibilities
- Leadership & people management experience
- Experience in the Waste & Recycling industry would be great, but not essential
- Highly organised with the ability to delegate work and manage workload
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Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the overall management of the depot and its teams, ensuring optimum productivity is maintained at all times
- Management of Line Managers with the responsibility of their coaching and development, one-ones, development plans, absence management and performance management etc. as well as all other necessary HR duties
- Setting expectations and responsibilities throughout the depot in line with operational requirements
- Monitoring productivity throughout each department ensuring optimum levels are maintained, taking action when this fails
- Ensure the depot and its teams are adhering to health and safety regulations and that knowledge of health and safety policies is passed to every employee
- Maintaining a high level of customer care throughout the depot through ensuring partnerships with customers and suppliers are nurtured and that customer’s needs are consistently met
- Ensure the depot is fully committed to delivering service excellence
- Ensure the depot is adhering to quality standards and monitoring as well as ensuring all staff are up to date with relevant legislation
- Monitoring of all depot financial/ operational costs and influencing its effect on profit and loss
Benefits
- Excellent depot based bonus of up to £4,500!
- Company Car
- 33 Days annual leave (inclusive of statutory).
- Salary Sacrifice pension.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- OnDemand GP and face to face counselling sessions.
- Online health advice portal.
- Benefits portal including retail, leisure, and holiday discounts.
- Dedicated training and development to support your career with our business.
- Recommend a friend bonus. (Up to £2,000!)
- Death in Service (available from day one of employment).
- Wellbeing programme.
- Free onsite parking.
- Free uniform.
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How to Apply
Did you know that we accept applications in all varieties? We welcome all type of applications, whether you are a budding poet or artist, a songwriter, or a wordsmith where a traditional CV is more your style. For all video/photo applications please ensure you demonstrate, similar to a traditional CV, that you meet the required skills and experience for the role to give you the best opportunity to be shortlisted for an interview.
If you wish to apply with a video, please upload a word document stating you have emailed your application and send your file to alexandra.bent@nrgriverside.com (Please note – this is only for video or photo applications). NRG Riverside has a recruitment process that is fair, inclusive and free from bias and we encourage our applicants to let us know if we can make it more user friendly for them. If our vacancies sound exciting, but your experience doesn’t 100% align, we still want to hear from you and would strongly encourage you to apply. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, national origin ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, and any other legally protected status under anti discriminatory laws.
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