Evri Group Recruitment Team
Depot Transport Manager
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Evri Group is the UK’s premier parcel delivery business, uniting four distinct brands—Evri, Evri Premium, a network of DHL, UK Mail and Irish e-commerce specialist Coll-8—to deliver more than 1 billion parcels and letters annually across the UK and to over 200 global destinations. With 12,000 colleagues, 30,000 couriers and drivers, 8,000 vehicles, and a nationwide network of hubs, depots and fulfilment centres, we combine over 50 years of expertise with the scale and flexibility to support everyone from casual senders to SMEs and major retailers. Driven by our friendly, ambitious and diverse people, we are passionate about delivering exceptional service and offer exciting opportunities across the Evri Group.
We’re Hiring: Depot Transport Manager | Eurocentral
Location: Eurocentral Depot
Salary: £46,503 – £49,000 + Benefits
At Evri, our vision is to lead the way in creating responsible delivery experiences for everyone, everywhere.
We’re looking for an experienced Depot Transport Manager to join our Eurocentral Depot Management Team. This is a key leadership role with responsibility for delivering a safe, compliant and high-performing transport operation while ensuring we continue to deliver a great service for our customers.
The role
As Depot Transport Manager, you’ll take ownership of the depot transport operation, ensuring it runs safely, efficiently and in full compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements.
As a key holder on the Depot Operator Licence, you’ll oversee fleet compliance, driver performance, transport planning and operational costs, while working closely with the wider depot leadership team to deliver against our people, service, quality and cost objectives.
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You’ll lead from the front, developing your team, using operational data to drive performance and continuously looking for opportunities to improve the way we work.
What you’ll be responsible for
- Leading and developing a high-performing driver team, creating a positive and safety-focused culture.
- Managing transport budgets, fleet utilisation and resource planning in line with forecasted volumes.
- Controlling driver and transport-related costs while maintaining service and quality standards.
- Ensuring vehicles, trailers and equipment are maintained to the required standards through effective audits and compliance checks.
- Delivering robust transport plans for both BAU and Peak periods, with appropriate contingency plans in place.
- Monitoring transport costs, maintenance expenditure, repairs and operational productivity.
- Ensuring full compliance with Operator Licence requirements, driver hours and Working Time Directive regulations.
- Overseeing vehicle maintenance and servicing schedules, tachograph management and relevant driver training records.
- Conducting accident and incident investigations and ensuring appropriate corrective actions are implemented.
- Driving continuous improvement across safety, service, compliance and operational performance.
What we’re looking for
You’ll be an experienced transport leader with strong knowledge of compliance and legislation and the confidence to take ownership of a busy transport operation.
Ideally, you’ll bring:
- A Transport Manager CPC (National Certificate).
- Previous experience within a Transport Management role.
- Strong knowledge of transport compliance, Operator Licence requirements, driver hours and Working Time Directive regulations.
- Experience managing transport operations within a fast-paced environment.
- Strong people leadership skills with experience developing and managing operational teams.
- Knowledge of transport management systems and tachograph analysis.
- Experience managing Drug & Alcohol testing programmes.
- A full UK driving licence.
- An IOSH qualification would be advantageous.
- Experience within parcel, logistics, distribution or express delivery environments would also be beneficial.
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Ready to take the next step?
If you’re an experienced transport leader who is passionate about safety and compliance, enjoys developing people and knows how to deliver a high-performing operation, we’d love to hear from you.
Join the Evri family at Eurocentral and play a key role in keeping our transport operation moving safely, efficiently and compliantly.
Apply today and make your next career move with Evri.
Everyone Belongs at Evri Group
We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and able to succeed. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, a Silver-accredited Inclusive Employer, and through our partnership with Scope, we're working to make our workplace and recruitment process more accessible for everyone. We encourage candidates to request adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process and there are touchpoints through the application process to do so. Every application is reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team meaning that we don't use AI to screen candidates. At Evri Group, we're building an environment where everyone can be themselves and thrive.
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