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Location: Coventry
Fulltime: Permanent
Salary: £27,000 – £34,000
Company Benefits: Daily free meals, yearly bonus, private healthcare and pension.
Job Summary:
- To assist with the running of the vehicle maintenance department in the Coventry DC and to also cover and manage the activities during the times of absence for Fleet Engineer
- To be able to work on your own initiative with a good understanding of vehicle maintenance tasks
- Carry out minor defect repairs.
- To assist in ensuring that the fleet meets the required compliance with all statutory and legislative requirements whilst balancing the business needs against the cost to meet budgets and delivery schedules.
- To reduce costs of repair and challenge the management.
Major duties & responsibilities with supporting Fleet Engineer as follows:
- Management of contractors, ensuring work quality and cost effectiveness to meet the requirements of the operation.
- The control of all maintenance and repair procedures and practices covering commercial vehicles.
- Maintenance of all Health and Safety policies covering the use of equipment.
- Advising and auditing Site Control procedures for the safe and legal operation of commercial vehicles.
- To advise and support sites in the actions required to complete accident repairs to meet the requirements of insurers.
- To assist in ensuring the full compliance of our O license.
- Scheduling of all equipment for service or repairs.
- Ensuring that the daily availability of equipment meets the operational needs.
- Control of all maintenance invoices.
- Communication with suppliers to minimise equipment downtime.
- Carrying out minor defect repairs.
- Checking and agreeing defects.
- Questioning and challenging suppliers over repair times and cost.
- Cost centre budget control.
- Monitoring compliance of Health & Safety by supplier’s staff when on site.
