Job advert: Community Transport Fleet Supervisor – Community, Health and Wellbeing
Employer : Elmbridge Borough Council
Salary: £43,571 – £45,665 (FTE)
(Please note we will be appointing at the starting salary for this post).
Hours: 36 hours per week
Location: River Mole Business Park, Esher KT10 8BJ & Civic Centre, Esher
C4 Occasional Car User : with some travel within the borough as part of day-to-day work
DBS Check : Enhanced Adult & Child
About the role
Elmbridge Borough Council is transforming how we support residents through our Connected Communities approach.
We’re looking for a Community Transport Fleet Supervisor is responsible for the day-to-day management, safety, and compliance of Elmbridge Borough Council’s community transport vehicle fleet, ensuring that vehicles are legal, roadworthy, accessible, and available to support high quality services for residents. The post holder will work closely with drivers, maintenance providers, and managers to ensure services operate safely, reliably, and efficiently in line with community transport permit conditions and organisational values.
In this role, you will:
- Oversee the daily availability and allocation of vehicles to meet service requirements.
- Ensure all vehicles comply with:
- DVSA requirements
- Permit conditions (Section 19)
- Health and Safety legislation
- Accessibility standards
- Maintain fleet records, including:
- MOTs, inspections, servicing, and repairs
- Vehicle insurance and tax
- Defect reporting and rectification logs
- Daily walkaround checks
- Schedule and monitor planned preventative maintenance
- Liaise with external garages, maintenance contractors, and suppliers.
- Authorise repairs within agreed budgets and escalate major issues where necessary.
- Ensure vehicles are cleaned and presented to a high standard.
- Provide practical support and guidance to paid drivers, administrative staff and volunteers.
- Ensure drivers are trained and compliant, including:
- Licence checks
- D1 entitlement monitoring
- CPC or MiDAS (where applicable)
- Ensure vehicles are cleaned and presented to a high standard.
About you
We’re looking for someone who is organised, proactive and able to work with a wide range of people. You will have:
- Fluency in spoken and written English, with proficiency in MS Office applications
- Experience of supervising or managing vehicle fleets or transport operations.
- Experience within community transport, passenger transport, or not for profit services
- Experience working with volunteers
- Experience of office systems, including organising resources and maintaining administrative processes
- Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written
- Understanding of data protection
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines
Why join Elmbridge?
You’ll benefit from:
- Wellbeing support, including a programme designed to help you thrive
- a generous benefits package, including an excellent pension scheme and Thrive benefits
- Free parking at River Mole Business Park, Esher KT10 8BJ & the Civic Centre
- your birthday off, and additional time off between Christmas and New Year (without using annual leave)
This is an excellent opportunity to build your skills while supporting and delivering vital Community Transport services that make a real difference to local communities.
For more information about the role please contact Steve Hughes - Community Transport Manager [email protected]
Closing Date: 17th June 2026
Interview Date: Week commencing 22nd June 2026
Elmbridge Borough Council - Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you require any adjustments to be able to engage in the recruitment process for this role, please let us know by emailing [email protected]
Please note that we do not accept CVs. We only accept online applications. Our applications can take up to 2hrs to complete but we have prepared some guidelines to help you with the application as it’s such an important part of the process.
https://www.elmbridge.gov.uk/blogs/2022/how-ace-local-authority-application-form
By using ATS, you can track the progress of your application(s), receive communications by email, select your own interview time online and see whether you have been made a conditional offer.
