Head of Fleet

Abbey Logistics Group; Widnes; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - GBP 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics provider in the UK is seeking an experienced Head of Fleet to manage the operational maintenance and compliance of a national fleet. This high-impact senior role offers the opportunity to shape fleet strategy and lead a specialized team, ensuring that the fleet remains safe and efficient. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of experience in fleet management and compliance, particularly in a tanker distribution or heavy transport setting. Competitive salary is negotiable based on experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years' experience in fleet engineering management and compliance.
• Proven track record in budget ownership.
• Experience in tanker distribution or heavy transport environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure fleet safety, compliance, efficiency, and future fit.
• Lead the national fleet function and develop best practices.
• Manage fleet replacement and renewal programme, focusing on budget control.

Skills

Fleet engineering management

Compliance leadership

Supplier negotiation

Knowledge of road transport legislation

Strong leadership presence

Job description

Abbey Logistics Group is the UK’s leading bulk liquid and powder tanker logistics specialist, providing safe, reliable and innovative transport and warehousing solutions to customers across the food, chemicals, polymers and construction sectors. Supported by a nationwide network of depots, we deliver high-quality, compliant and customer focused logistics services every day.

At Abbey Logistics, we are now seeking an experienced and commercially driven Head of Fleet to take ownership of the operational maintenance, compliance and future development of our multi million-pound national fleet of over 1000 assets.

This is a high impact senior role offering the opportunity to shape fleet strategy, influence business performance and lead a specialist national team.

The Role

As Head of Fleet, you will be responsible for ensuring our fleet is safe, compliant, efficient and fit for the future. You will lead and develop a national fleet function, embedding robust systems and best practice across vehicle maintenance, driver and vehicle compliance, supplier management and cost control.

A key part of the role will be owning the fleet replacement and renewal programme, developing standard vehicle specifications aligned to operational needs, and ensuring that spend is tightly managed against budget and supplier agreements. You will use data, metrics and insight to drive productivity, performance and profitability across the fleet and maintenance teams, while always ensuring that legal compliance and health and safety standards are never compromised.

You will work closely with senior operational leaders, providing technical expertise, supporting new business integration, conducting fleet audits and implementing improvement plans that raise standards across the network.

• Head of Fleet
• Location: Widnes (national remit with regular travel)
• Salary: Negotiable, dependent on experience

About You

You will be an experienced fleet engineering and compliance leader, comfortable operating at senior level and leading large, multi-site operations. You will bring strong knowledge of road transport legislation, a proven track record in budget ownership and supplier negotiation, and the leadership presence to build a proactive, high-performing team culture.

We are looking for someone with a minimum of five years’ experience in fleet engineering management and compliance, ideally gained within tanker distribution or a similar heavy transport environment.

If you are looking for a senior leadership role where you can make a tangible impact and lead a critical business function, we would love to hear from you.