Transport Manager

Company: Miller’s Recruitment
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Location: Ovingdean
Job Description:

We’re seeking an experienced Transport Manager to lead and optimise the performance of our industry‑leading fleet. You’ll play a key role in ensuring our operations run safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards.

Salary: £50,000 per annum plus company vehicle or car allowance

Hours of work: Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm (42.5 hour week)

Location: Millers Vanguard, Bury

Key Responsibilities

  • To manage and maintain a large fleet of vehicles including HGV’s, vans and cars. This includes PMIs, defect reporting and repairs.
  • Lead on safety, efficiency and compliance focusing on cost control, risk management and root-cause analysis.
  • Drive operation excellence and continuous improvement.
  • Oversea fleet availability.
  • Investigate accidents within the fleet ensuring all necessary evidence is obtained for insurers etc.
  • Working with various departments on vehicle specification/requirements and obtaining quotes

Ideal Candidate

  • Experience in Transport Management
  • Hold a Transport Management CPC
  • Have strong organisational & computer skills
  • Experience working with fleet management or telematics systems

Company Information

About Millers Vanguard:

Millers Vanguard is a long‑established engineering and asset maintenance specialist supporting major national retailers, logistics operators, distribution centres, and industrial clients across the UK and Northern Ireland. With decades of technical expertise, we deliver reactive and planned maintenance, equipment rebuilds, and installation services across loading bay environments, material‑handling systems, and industrial access equipment.

Our service is as follows:

  • Nationwide reactive maintenance
  • Hygienic Deep cleaning & Planned maintenance services
  • Refurbishment, logistics and installation of equipment

We do all of this with the firm foundations of being owned by the global Ali Group, whose turnover is in excess of £4 billion p.a.

Our people

Despite being a large operation here at Millers Vanguard we still firmly believe in running the business like we have done for the last 40 years, by valuing our biggest asset we have YOU…the employee.

Our team of over 500 employees have the advantage of working in state-of-the-art working environments:

  • New Technical response centre
  • Award Winning research, Innovation, and recycling facility
  • Industry leading Mercedes Benz fleet

We believe in providing you with the very best environment and tools to do the job.

Why join us?

  • Company Vehicle
  • Job Specific Uniform & tooling for all roles
  • Company wide fun days and charity events
  • Company Pension
  • 24 Holidays + bank holidays
  • Regular staff ‘treats’ for employees and their families.

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Posted: July 11th, 2026