Fleet Operations Officer

Fleet Operations Officer

About Wyre Forest District Council 

Whatever your role within Wyre Forest District Council, every day you will be working to benefit people living in the area. The District is a mix of urban rural, market and riverside town communities covering 195 square kilometres. The three main towns of Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport-on-Severn and several surrounding villages including Arley, Rock, Chaddesley Corbett and Wolverley make up the district. Over 100,000 people live here and you can help shape our district’s future as part of our 390 strong workforce that strives to make a difference in making sure the services we offer meet the aspirations and needs of our local community.

Working for us:

At Wyre Forest District Council, people depend on us – every day we provide essential services across the district which make a real difference to residences’ lives. That’s why we need people we can depend on too, who can perform well within a challenging social and economic environment. We value our employees and aim to create a positive, progressive and open work culture that supports everyone to thrive. We focus on supporting your physical, financial and emotional wellbeing so working for us you can expect to enjoy a range of learning and development opportunities designed to enhance you in your role and our excellent benefits package includes:-

• a competitive salary 
• an excellent local government pension scheme
• favourable holiday entitlements with an option to purchase additional annual leave
• flexible working options, hybrid working is part of our culture
• Regular job-specific training
• Discounted gym and swim membership
• Health and wellbeing support with an optional health cash plan 
• Employee Assistance Scheme including access to counselling services
• Employee discounts with a range of companies 
• Kaarp discount scheme which provides employee discounts on days out and holidays

If you have ambition for yourself and this district, thrive on challenges and getting results, share our values and strive to make others feel valued, then we want to hear from you.

About the role: 

At Wyre Forest DC we provide some of the most important front-line services to our residents through our Operational Services Teams based in Kidderminster. Management of our fleet to deliver critical operational functions such as Waste, Parks and Open Spaces and Street Scene are part of the core functions of the garage and are at the very heart of our community.

We now have a unique career opportunity for an individual with the right credentials to lead the management of the garage function and to be the nominated Operational license holder for our fleet of vehicles. 

The right individual will have strong fleet management management skills and experience leading a small team enabling operational services to deliver the very highest standards of public service delivery. They will have a robust & resilient nature together with a can-do attitude that is able to drive the team to deliver this vital service. A confident and motivated individual who is up front and can lead from the front. In return the right person will be joining a highly energised and focussed team, who are very clear on their priorities and the importance of this function to the operation. This is a management post within the team and attracts all the normal benefits of joining the local government family.

Special Conditions:

You may be required to provide a suitable vehicle in connection with the duties of this post.
This job includes duties that may require a substantial amount of physical effort and mobility on a frequent basis.

The normal working week is 37 hours however, a flexible approach to working hours is required. The post holder must be able to work outside normal office hours if necessary to respond to out of hours call outs or emergencies or to attend evening meetings. Special working arrangements for Bank Holidays and Christmas working applies