Are you looking for the opportunity to play a meaningful role in delivering the Bee Network?

The Bee Network continues to improve how people travel across Greater Manchester, bringing together buses and integrated transport under a single, publicly led system. TfGM is focused on improving reliability, sustainability and value for local communities.

We’re now looking for a Fleet Services Officer to join our Engineering Team. This role will support the management of TfGM’s Zero Emission Ancillary Fleet and contribute to the oversight of the Bee Network bus fleet of around 1,700 vehicles, including the ongoing transition to a fully zeroemission fleet.

Your role

As a Fleet Services Officer, you’ll play a key part in delivering effective and sustainable fleet management across TfGM.

You’ll support the development and application of bestpractice fleet management strategies to ensure the Bee Network Ancillary Fleet is managed efficiently throughout its full lifecycle. You’ll also contribute to the management of the Bee Network bus fleet and support TfGM’s plans to move to a fully zeroemission bus fleet by 2030.

This is a varied role that offers the opportunity to work with a wide range of internal teams, operators and suppliers, helping to ensure contractual obligations are met while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

What a typical day might look like

No two days are the same, but the role is hands on and operational, with a strong administrative and planning focus. On a typical day, you might be:

• Booking vehicles in for repairs or scheduled maintenance
• Maintaining and updating maintenance schedules to ensure vehicles remain compliant and operational
• Checking driver licence records and supporting compliance processes
• Liaising with suppliers, operators and internal colleagues to coordinate vehicle availability
• Managing records, systems and documentation to ensure accurate audit trails

A good level of background knowledge in fleet operations or maintenance planning will help you feel confident in the role, alongside a willingness to learn and ask questions.

For full details of the role and responsibilities, please see the role profile at the bottom of the advert.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

You’ll bring experience of effective fleet management, ideally across ancillary and/or bus fleets, along with an understanding of wholelife asset management. You’ll be comfortable working with multiple stakeholders, monitoring contractual performance and communicating clearly with suppliers to ensure compliance and value for money.

You’ll also bring:

• Experience of supporting or delivering fleet strategies across the asset lifecycle
• The ability to analyse information, prioritise workloads and manage logistics effectively
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach
• An interest in supporting the transition to zeroemission transport

What we can offer you

A permanent role with a salary of £31,762 - £36,093 per annum depending on skills and experience.

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.

Our benefits include:

• Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
• Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
• Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
• Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
• Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website

What's next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. When completing your application, please ensure that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit.

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.

Priority Recruitment Scheme for ‘At Risk’ NHS GM Colleagues
If you are currently employed by a Greater Manchester NHS organisation and have been formally identified as ‘at risk’, please indicate this within your application for the role. If you select ‘Yes’ and provide evidence that your experience meets the essential criteria described in the job advert and role profile, you will be guaranteed progression to the next assessment stage. Please ensure your application clearly demonstrates how you meet these essential requirements, as the guarantee only applies to candidates who meet them.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.