Fleet Planning & Logistics Manager

About the role

We are looking for a Fleet Planning & Logistics Manager to take ownership of a time-critical national logistics operation. This is a hands-on planning and control role focused on fleet planning, resource coordination, transport execution and operational performance across a field-based environment.

The role is full-time, permanent role, based in Runcorn, WA7 4UN.

You will bring structure, visibility and control to a fast-moving operation, helping the business plan work effectively, respond to changing priorities and maintain safe, reliable and cost-effective service delivery.

What you’ll be doing

• Maintain a clear operational view of asset readiness, open issues and available response resources.
• Coordinate national logistics activity, balancing service priorities, capacity, geography and cost.
• Operate a clear exception-management process: assess issues, prioritise response, coordinate the right resource, track completion and confirm resolution.
• Work with internal teams and external partners to improve planning processes, data quality and operational workflows.
• Manage third-party logistics and transport suppliers against agreed service levels, quality, capacity and cost expectations.
• Support seasonal and contingency planning to ensure adequate resource coverage and escalation routes.
• Build daily and weekly fleet plans that align jobs, people, vehicles and equipment to safely deliver operational demand.
• Monitor transport performance, route efficiency, fleet availability, compliance controls, delays, exceptions and recovery actions.

What we’re looking for

• Experience in fleet, transport planning, field-service coordination, logistics control, asset operations or another time-critical operating environment.
• Confidence managing geographically dispersed work, competing priorities and service-critical response requirements.
• Practical experience using operational data, dashboards, telematics, planning systems or monitoring platforms to identify exceptions and drive action.
• Strong planning judgement across resource, route, capacity, contingency, safety, service and cost trade-offs.
• Experience managing third-party operational suppliers against service levels, quality, capacity and cost.
• Strong Excel capability and confidence working with operational systems, management information and data quality.
• Working knowledge of transport compliance, fleet roadworthiness, defect management, maintenance planning, load security, driver licensing, drivers’ hours or operator-licence controls, or the ability to acquire this quickly.
• A proactive, calm and practical approach, with the ability to create repeatable controls and clear ways of working.

Qualifications and desirable experience

• Full UK driving licence.
• Transport Manager Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) is desirable.
• CILT, IoTA or equivalent transport/logistics qualification is desirable.
• IOSH Managing Safely, NEBOSH awareness or equivalent practical health and safety training is desirable.
• Relevant experience in safe handling, storage, transport or field-service operations would be advantageous; role-specific competence will be provided where required.
• Why join us?

This is an opportunity to shape a critical national logistics function at a practical level. You will have the chance to improve visibility and performance, influence supplier delivery, and help create the controls that support safe, reliable and cost-effective field operations.

How to apply

If you are a practical logistics or fleet-planning professional who enjoys bringing order, visibility and pace to complex operations, we would like to hear from you. Please apply with your CV and a short note outlining your relevant experience.

We welcome applications from candidates with different backgrounds and experiences. Please let us know if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.

All offers of employment are subject to confirmation of right to work in the UK and completion of appropriate background screening checks.

Application deadline: Wednesday 4th November 2026