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Group Head of Transport & Fleet
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Job Type: Group Head of Transport & Fleet
Contract Type
Interim / Fixed Term Contract / Ongoing Contract Opportunity
Job Reward
£75k - £85k ideal range, inside IR35 scope, no Ltd Company Day rate engagement
Some Hybrid, but you really want to lead teams on the sites around Yorkshire, don’t you?
Confidential Public Sector Service - Large Complex Organisation
Job Location
Lead One of the Largest Transport & Fleet Operations in the Region, West/South/East Yorkshire
Job Overview
This is not just another senior transport management & Leadership role! And you will have to be available to start quickly! Waste and transport management would be a slam dunk in terms of experience. This is a senior leadership role running all of transport and fleet operations. You would be responsible for the people, budgets, legal compliance, strategy, safety, contracts, and future direction of all transport services.
We are seeking a senior transport, fleet, logistics, or operations leader to take ownership of a major fleet and transport regional Yorkshire operation, delivering critical services.
Reporting directly into the Executive Team, you will lead a substantial Business Unit/operation with responsibility for fleet management, transport logistics, passenger transport services, compliance, asset management, procurement, maintenance, decarbonisation and operational performance. Operator licences, Fleet compliance, Passenger transport legislation, Transport CPC requirements.
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We are particularly interested in speaking with candidates available immediately or at short notice for an interim, fixed-term or ongoing contract assignment.
The Opportunity: Group Head of Transport & Fleet Service
You'll be responsible for:
- Leading a large, safety-critical transport and fleet operation
- Ensuring full compliance with transport, fleet, health & safety
- Leading large operational teams through change and transformation
- Managing up to 1000 vehicles and plant assets
- Overseeing transport for around 3000 people in one area
- Leading teams of managers and over 100 frontline team staff
- Managing large budgets worth tens of millions of pounds.
- Managing contracts with more than 80 transport providers
- Developing future fleet strategies, including electric vehicles and decarbonisation programmes
- Focusing on Fleet and workshop operational Waste Transport
- Delivering strategic fleet and asset management programmes
About You: Group Head of Transport & Fleet Service
We are open to applications from both public and private sectors.
You may currently be operating as:
- Head of Fleet
- Head of Transport Service
- Senior Transport Operations Manager
- Fleet Director
- Regional Operations Director
- Waste Transport Director
- Logistics Director
- Service Director Transport
- Head of Passenger Transport
- Head of Asset Management
Experience could come from:
- Public Sector
- Local Government
- Combined Authorities
- Passenger Transport Authorities
- Emergency Services
- NHS
- Defence
- Private Sector
- Bus & Passenger Transport
- Fleet Services
- Logistics & Distribution
- Utilities
- Waste & Environmental Services
- Facilities Management
- Infrastructure Operations
- Transport Operators
- Outsourced Public Services
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What We're Looking For - Group Head of Transport & Fleet Services
- Proven leadership of large operational teams
- Significant fleet, transport or logistics management experience
- Experience managing substantial budgets and resources
- Strong regulatory, compliance and health & safety knowledge
- Evidence of delivering service improvement and transformation
- Commercial, contract management and procurement expertise
- Experience operating within complex, high-accountability environments
Why This Role?
This is a genuinely career-defining leadership opportunity offering:
- Executive-level visibility and influence
- Responsibility for a major transport and fleet portfolio
- Large-scale operational and strategic impact
- Significant transformation and modernisation programmes
- Fleet electrification and sustainability initiatives
- Immediate start opportunities
- Flexible interim, FTC or long-term contract options, possibility of permanent
For experienced transport, fleet, logistics and operational leaders who thrive on challenge, scale and influence, this represents an exceptional opportunity to make a lasting impact.
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