We have a fantastic opportunity for a Fleet Supervisor to join our team based in Leeds.
This is a multi-site position covering various bases in the North and North East.
In this role you will work alongside a small team of Ambulance Fleet Assistants (AFA), ensuring full compliance of routine scheduled mechanical, ancillary equipment and vehicle deep cleans.
What benefits can you expect?
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£29,556.80 per annum
- 40 hrs per week spread over 5 shifts within a working week – flexible hours of attendance based on business requirements. Travel to bases as and when required (mileage paid if using your own vehicle)
- Life Assurance – providing colleagues and their family financial peace of mind and protection to the value of £5,000.
- 24/7 online/telephone GP Consultation and access to prescriptions.
- 2nd opinion medical support following diagnosis or where a colleague is on a treatment pathway.
- Cash-plan benefits, providing colleagues the option of protecting themselves in case of illness and recuperation, including dental, optical, chiropody.
- Unlimited mental health consultations.
- Unlimited physiotherapy consultations.
- Access to legal advice on domestic issues e.g. motoring offences, wills and probate, and personal injury.
- Financial guidance re retirement planning, tax savings and state benefits.
- Long Service Recognition Scheme – recognising colleagues for their continued service after 5 years and at 5-year intervals with an increase in annual leave.
- Values-based Internal Recognition Scheme with financial reward, which will lead to an annual recognition event.
- Refer a Friend recruitment incentive scheme with financial rewards.
- The EMED foundation, to provide support to colleagues and our local communities.
- Paid holiday entitlement.
- Pension Scheme.
- Blue Light Card.
- Uniform provided.
- EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) to support a range of health and wellbeing requirements.
- Flu vaccination (through an internal campaign in Autumn/Winter).
Other duties include:
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Allocate work schedule to Ambulance Fleet Assistants based on scheduled maintenance, VOR, reported defects and deep clean requirements.
- When required, travel across the contract area to repair, service and maintain product/equipment as per the manufacturer’s guidelines.
- Carry out checks and replacements of electrical components, within EMED guidelines.
- Ensure tools and spare parts are always kept safely, securely and maintained.
- Ensure adequate supply of basic spare parts are available and maintained within the region and any defects reported as per the defect process.
- Work safely, ensuring Health and Safety and COSHH regulations are adhered to.
- Advise Fleet management team where a product cannot be successfully repaired to a safe standard.
- On the occasion equipment cannot be repaired on site, arrange for the equipment to be returned to manufacturer or arrange for the manufacturer to attend base.
- Reporting equipment that had been involved in an incident to the Fleet management team.
- Carry out service and repair in accordance with manufacturer recommendations.
- Ensure all vehicles for disposal are de-kitted before collection and a log of all equipment has been taken.
To be considered as an Fleet Supervisor, we are looking for:
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Experience of repairing and servicing mechanical products.
- Experience of using practical and mechanical skills.
- Ability to read and interpret blown view drawings.
- Demonstrate the ability to identify improvements to processes and services.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, including ability to work to tight deadlines and to act on own initiative.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating professionalism and ability to engage and build relationships with a wide range of people, including customers, colleagues and suppliers.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Strong commercial appreciation of the company’s markets and industry
- Have a client focused, pragmatic approach and ability to think on your feet.
- Demonstrate a flexible approach with strong team working skills.
- Leadership skills and experience with managing/leading a team.
- Hold a full (manual), valid UK driving licence with less than 6 penalty points.
Our Values
Collaborative – we work as one team with a shared purpose to meet the needs of our patients, passengers, colleagues, customers, communities, and the planet.
Agile – We listen, learn and adapt to improve the business, each other, and ourselves.
Reliable – We do what we say we will do, we take responsibility and we behave with integrity.
Empowered – We are confident and committed to taking responsibility to deliver the highest quality service.
About Us
The exciting merger of ERS Medical and E-Zec Medical has enabled us to rebrand, therefore as a combined business we are now known as EMED Group. We are the largest Patient Transport and Care Partner to the NHS with circa 4,000 colleagues across 60 depots. Our ambition is to continue developing patient care transport services that improve the health and wellbeing for people across our local communities by providing transport that supports patient care, community support, secure mental health and medical courier services.
EMED Group are committed to providing services for our patients, service users, clients, and community and is supported by employees with an increasing variety of backgrounds. To do this effectively it is essential that we promote equality and embrace diversity and inclusion and treat all of our employees, patients, service users and clients with dignity and respect.
EMED Group is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination, with our aim being to be truly representative of all sections of society and our clients, and for each employee to feel respected, valued and able to give their best.
EMED Group are committed to providing equal opportunities and we endeavour to provide an inclusive and safe working culture for all.
