Technical Maintenance Controller

Location: Northampton

Salary: £38,000 per annum plus OTE

My client, a leading Fleet Maintenance company is looking to employ a skilled and experienced Technical Maintenance Controller for their busy site in Northampton.

Purpose of the job:

To ensure that the maintenance of the vehicles is managed professionally and pro-actively to maximise vehicle availability whist minimising maintenance spend.

Key responsibilities of the Technical Maintenance Controller:

To oversee management of maintenance providers:
·Ensuring warranty periods are maximised or policy claims applied for
·Negotiating with third party repair agents to ensure fair charges
·Identifying issues with income, fixed costs, tax and the maintenance budget, highlight and resolve them to ensure accurate financials
·Producing the monthly Budget Variance report for senior management
·Sourcing the most competitive and cost efficient parts and suppliers
·Highlighting product issues to manufacturers ensuring safety and that any costs incurred are reimbursed by the manufacturer
·Informing large cost repairs to senior management promptly and recommending and arranging remedial action
·Arranging the most cost efficient repair considering contractual obligations
·Reporting monthly to senior management all spend by means of the Month End Report and Budget Variance and producing the Budget Variance report with any subsequent vehicle reports or supporting evidence.
·Source new suppliers as and when required.
·Negotiate and agree terms and SLA’S
·Carry Audits for quality and compliance and create action plans as necessary


Management of the Mobile Engineers including but not limited to;
·Arranging on and off hire inspections for the hire fleet
·Organising PDI’s for new vehicles being added to the fleet
·Organising fleet inspections to ensure asset is being maintained to SFS expectations
·Arranging parts inspections to ensure replacement was necessary
·,Keeping mobile engineers up to date with any technical bulletins that are released by manufacturers
·Provide support and identify training needs for each engineer
·Ensuring health and safety policies are upheld by each engineer

To manage use of the fleet management system by;
·Ensuring accurate information and financial costs are entered
·Any faults with on system are identified and a resolution proposed, actioned or escalated appropriately
·To ensure KPI’s are accurate and followed up

To identify and organise the administration of all new vehicles including but not limited to:
·Ensuring that a PDI has been carried out and the paperwork received.
·Ascertaining relevant legal and company documentation required for each vehicle.
·Creating the new vehicle on Fleetwave and ensuring that all data is accurately entered.
·Monitoring and chasing all registration documents and if required certificates of initial fitness, certificates of conformity and plating certificates.
·Liaising with the contracts and issuing original or copy documents as required.
·Creating the new vehicle file and informing the tyre contract provider of the tyre requirements.

Key Skills or Qualifications Required:

Good time management
Good self-motivational skills
Good prioritisation skills
Good people/motivational skills
Good communication skills
Good leader
Good attention to detail
Excellent computer literacy
Microsoft Office experienced
Ability to adapt to & manage a varied workload
Driving licence (Category C+E) an advantage but not essential
Demonstrable Experience of working in the Automotive industry (preferably workshop experience)
Strong Technical ability
Key holder to the building
High level of knowledge regarding the Fleet management system Fleetwave an advantage
Qualifications
Good general standard of education
Apprenticeship in the Automotive industry
HNC in Automotive Engineering and Science or equivalent
CPC in Road Haulage an advantage

To apply, please send your CV quoting Technical Maintenance Controller to Dudley.Pine@autoskills-uk.com
Or call Mob: 07387 100 559
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