Fleet Engineer

To provide specialist input to the maintenance, repair and up time availability across Rexel’s cars Vans and HG Fleet, ensuring the 1000+ fleet are safe, efficient, legal and well maintained.

The Role:

As a Fleet Engineer for Rexel, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Maintain the Health and Safety of the fleet.  
• Maintain a legally compliant fleet  in line with our operator’s licence.  
• Help ensure vehicle down time is kept to a minimum through supplier and operator reviews.  
• Monitor and challenge service maintenance and repairs and costs.  
• Ensure Suppliers adhere to the terms of contracts and SLA and are reviewed periodically.  
• Ensure Mot pass rates are achieved through our suppliers and partners performance.  
• Support the Head of Fleet, engage operational teams increasing knowledge and accountability of vehicle damage and maintenance costs.  
• Support the business with technical Road traffic collision information.  
• Support Operations and Head of fleet with Road collision investigations.  
• Drive a Continuous improvement model.  
• UK coverage of hubs and branches therefore travel and nights away will be required. 

The Person:

As a Fleet Engineer for Rexel, you will need:

• Experience of managing HGV and LCV, and Car SMR contracts and supplier  
• Understanding of BVRLA guidelines and standard repair times  
• Experience of presenting data and performing analysis  
• Fors practitioner experience (an advantage) 
• Road collision investigation  
• BVRLA understanding.  
• Supplier negotiations  
• Vehicle engineering / mechanical understanding  
• CLASS 1 (advantageous)  

Rexel is a global industrial distributor serving the Electrical, PPE and MRO sectors with over 30,000 employees and operations in over 37 Countries. In the UK Rexel has over 2,000 staff working from 250+ branches.
We value people who have a sense of urgency and excitement, who demonstrate candour, insight and creativity, and thrive in an environment of change and challenge. We value people who take the company personally - being a part of Rexel UK means being part of the most exciting customer focused electrical wholesaler, a place where employees want to build their futures. Rexel is an equal opportunities employer.
Rexel UK Ltd. believes that this role does not meet the criteria to be considered within the Home Office Shortage Occupation list. Therefore, Rexel UK Ltd. will not support an application for visa sponsorship and all applicants for this role must have an unrestricted right to work in the UK.