About the role
Our overall mission is simple: Happy customers, travelling safely, on-time. We are looking for a Fleet Manager who will lead the safety, compliance, availability, and cost of Edinburgh Airport’s fleet operation. The Fleet Manager is responsible for the safe, compliant, and commercially efficient management of Edinburgh Airport’s vehicle fleet, ensuring assets are available, fit for purpose, and aligned to operational demand.
The role combines operational control, regulatory compliance, asset lifecycle management, and cost optimisation to support critical airport operations.
You will lead initiatives to foster a strong safety-based culture, engaging employees at all levels. This will include overseeing the development, execution, and review of all risk assessments within fleet maintenance to ensure identification and mitigation of potential hazards, alongside working towards in house MOT and operations licence compliance.
This role will typically be Monday – Friday, but there may be a requirement for flexibility at times due to operational requirements.
About the recruitment process
Please note, depending on the volume of applications, the recruitment process for this role may change. We are committed to supporting diverse ways of thinking and working, so if you require adjustments in the recruitment process, please let us know on your application. You can find out more about our interview process here.
About the role
As Fleet Manager, you will lead our fleet maintenance team, working in conjunction with capital projects, finance, procurement, sustainability and the wider engineering to deliver effective fleet operations.
- Operational Fleet & Logistics Control: Manage daily fleet operations including inspections, allocation, tracking, and maintenance coordination, regulatory compliance (LOLER)
- Asset Lifecycle & Fleet Strategy: Oversee procurement, disposal, and long-term fleet planning ensuring vehicles remain fit for purpose.
- Cost Control & Commercial Performance: Manage budgets, analyse cost drivers, and optimise utilisation for value.
- Compliance, Safety & Regulatory Governance: Ensure full compliance with Operator Licence requirements and maintain audit-ready fleet operations.
- Transport Manager Accountability: Support legal responsibilities including driver compliance, tachographs, maintenance, and safe loading.
- Driver & Team Leadership: Lead, train, and develop operational teams ensuring high standards of safety and service.
- Supplier Management: Manage suppliers and contractors to meet performance and cost targets.
- Airport Operations: Ensure fleet supports critical airport activities and operational resilience.
- Sustainability: Drive fuel efficiency and transition to low-emission vehicles alongside developing our EV fleet and charging infrastructure
What we’re looking for
We’re looking for someone with experience in managing a vehicle fleet in a commercial setting, ideally within aviation. You’ll have an understanding of running major vehicle fleets and delivering asset replacement in a complex setting.
Strengths:
- Leadership – exemplary inter-personal and communication skills, with the ability to self-direct, shape business priorities and lead through situational ambiguity. You can challenge and change behaviours and influence at a senior level.
- Team working – you can work constructively in and between different teams, and challenge behaviours where necessary to change behaviours.
- Strategic thinking – you can filter information, see the bigger picture and determine where to focus.
- Problem solving – you take a logic driven approach and will be able to quickly develop a deep understanding of Edinburgh systems and operational data.
- Technical experience – you have knowledge of vehicle maintenance, vehicle licensing, and safety regulations.
- A full UK driving license is an essential, and additional categories would be desirable
The following additional items are nice to have but are not essential for the role:
- Understanding and previous experience of airport operations
- Degree level qualification in aviation or a relevant discipline
- Experience as a vehicle mechanic
What we’ll offer you
- Pension scheme- employer contributions can be up to 7%
- 32 days holiday, based on full time roles, increasing with service
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Supporting your health and wellbeing- private healthcare after 1 years’ service, access to our Employee Assistance Programme and occupational health services
- Free car parking on site and when you go on holiday
- We offer a range of other benefits, find out more here
Why EDI?
We are Edinburgh Airport, where Scotland meets the world. The success of the airport comes down to our people, and you can help us deliver even more big days for our passengers and colleagues. The development of your career is important to us, and we’ll support and encourage this every step of the way. We offer in-house and external training, both role specific and based on your objectives.
As a business we’re driven by our values – they’re at the core of our culture and everything we do. We will ask questions based on our values during your interview, as we’re looking for people who will demonstrate these values day-in, day-out. So if this sounds like you, apply now and get ready for your career to take off.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring applicants with a disability can participate fully in our recruitment process. Please let us know in your application form if you require any adjustments, such as parking arrangements or alternative methods of communication.
We give colleagues the opportunity to engage with different people and projects, within our business and beyond. You can get involved in a variety of different employee groups, including Diversity, STEM, Wellbeing, or create your own community – it’s important to us that you can share your interests and be yourself at work.
