Transport UK London Bus
Yard Supervisor
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Yard Supervisor
Application Deadline: 13 October 2026
Department: Operations
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Beddington Depot
Reporting To: Operations Manager
Compensation: £45,055.92 / year
Description
To build strong working relationships with colleagues to ensure a consistent team approach to achieve the required performance. This will involve monitoring movements of vehicles within the depot and ensuring they are effectively deployed.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure that vehicle cleanliness and vehicle and driver presentation standards meet the requirements of the London buses BCES Surveys.
- Ensure that required audits are carried out in a timely manner and accurately.
- Manage vehicle and pedestrian movements within the depot.
- Ensure that all visitors including deliveries comply with the local H&S requirements.
- Ensure timely departures from the depot as well as the monitoring and supervision of meal reliefs and changeovers as appropriate.
- Manage the vehicle parking within the depot to ensure that all drivers adhere to H&S procedures.
- Ensure TfL equipment such as Oyster/ETM and modules are being managed correctly and faults reported via the ERF to TfL as required.
- Ensure that where required comprehensive driver first use checks are undertaken.
- Daily reconciliation of first use checks, VCR checks and ramp audits on a daily and weekly basis.
- Have a duty of care for the health and safety of yourself and your colleagues at all times, including a duty to report unsafe acts or omissions to safety.
- Undertake any other duties commensurate with the Grade.
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Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- It is essential that the successful candidate has good literacy and numeracy skills.
- Must have the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues from Operations, Engineering, and other departments.
- Good Knowledge of bus operations.
- PCV licence with CPC is essential.
- Must be able to communicate effectively with all colleagues and internal and external stakeholders.
- Must be willing to undertake training as seen fit by operations manager.
- Must have the ability to work to deadlines and be punctual.
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Benefits
- Free travel on all TfL routes for you and a friend or family member (once you’ve worked with us for three months)
- Free online and face-to-face counselling, legal advice and more through our employee assistance programme
- Our contributory pension scheme – you put in 5% of your salary each month and we’ll add 3% on top. Our pensions also include a death-in-service benefit which pays out a tax-free lump sum if you die while you’re employed by us
- Life insurance (if you sign up to the pension scheme)
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