JOB TITLE:Fleet and Engineering Manager
LOCATION: LGW with UK travel
WORKING HOURS: 40 hours per week, work week as required
SALARY: Competitive
OVERVIEW OF JOB DESCRIPTION
Main Duties amp; Responsibilities:
Managing the safety, efficiency and cost control of all bus fleet vehicles, including a variety of ground services equipment (GSE) and relationships with third-party suppliers. You will act as the company’s fleet champion, safeguarding the operational readiness for continued reliability and integrity for our contractual commitments with the airlines, airports and associated business clients. Whilst this role has majority synergies within the bus/coach engineering sector, the demands of operating within the airport environment (both Airside amp; Landside) is a stepped difference, with intensive passenger volumes, seasonal peaks and the dependency of a fully integrated airport service, presents robust reliabilities throughout every link in the service chain.
You will lead ABM Aviation’s Engineering function and team of engineers across both airports (LGW amp; LCY), supporting other networked airports from time to time, assisting with continuous future developments in commercial opportunity, whilst keeping in close contact with market innovations and sector regulations.
Safety leadership and audit management is a primary factor in virtually every aspect of your role and responsibilities, providing suitable systems and processes, equipment, resources and equipment is in place to deliver our safe and robust daily services. A steward of safety successes, you will actively promote a continuous safety culture throughout the business, sharing your expertise across the teams to bring value and ownership to daily tasks ensuring everyone remains and returns home safely everyday.
ABM Aviation operates a variety of PCV vehicles from mini/midi buses through to rigid (12m), articulated (18m) buses and the wider (3m) airside bus fleet, supporting an array of Airport Ground Handling Equipment (GSE). The evolution of electrification has arrived at airports, whereby we are embracing new technology and emerging an ‘all-electric’ fleet on a regular basis through commercial opportunities.
Cost controls are an essential and effective measure of success; you will be soley responsible for the budget integrity across the fleet, identifying cost-efficiencies in parts, stocks and service labor, including third party services. Managing the cost of budgeted depreciation, extended life of assets through to cost proposals for new business, the fleet management role is instrumental to every aspect of our financial performance.
Managing an effective balance between preventative maintained to rapid recovery of fleet items, your will responsible for the vehicle compliance roadworthy tests/audit and systems operated across the fleet. Within existing services, ABM operates an established MOT Test Centre for third party clients and contracted operators; this element of the business has become an essential part of the business, supporting a far reaching business community that has become relaint on our dependable services. Your abilities to review and extend the operational effectiness and capacity will be a key motivator in our financial performance.
Beyond the engineering practices, passenger experience is persistent area of focus. Keeping automated services operating effectively from integrated tracking systems, PA announcements and onboard counting systems keeps our measured performance rating high, including the expectations of high presentations, cleanliness and more recently deep-clean fogging (preventative coronavirus measures).
Our sustainability commitments are essential to our future growth and continued development. Whilst we have a number of waste recycling initiatives, we constantly striving to reduce both our carbon footprint and waste products as a responsible airport services operator. For fleet efficiencies in monitoring emissions and creating solutions to reduce our impact, your awareness of the market direction and innovation will support and steer our commitments in continuous developments for a sustainable working environment. Engineering has huge potential to influence our encironmental controls, what else can we do better today for a sustainable tomorrow?
Our business has evolved from acquisition into business continuity and clear direction for rapid growth. Your experience in managing a similar bus/coach station/depot is essential, alongside a proven track record of safety performance and financial control. Airport operations experience is clearly not essential, yet will be advantageous in your pace of understanding qualification to the role.
You will be reporting the Head of Airport Operations as a line report, working collabo