Key Notes
The Bristol Marlborough Street depot manager owns safe, punctual and cost-efficient service delivery, depot staffing, budgets, customer performance and regulatory governance. The permanent role pays £59,000 plus an annual bonus of up to 15% and carries the company's named Transport Manager accountability. Applicants need unionised-team leadership, financial experience and willingness to study for the Passenger Transport CPC.
What You'll Work On
- Lead depot operations, service-delivery teams and daily performance against safety, punctuality, customer and cost targets.
- Use operational data to improve lost mileage, route performance, staffing plans and customer outcomes.
- Manage budgets, agreed service levels, people processes and compliance with FirstGroup procedures and transport legislation.
- Coordinate operations and engineering teams while maintaining effective trade-union and external-stakeholder relationships.
- Deliver collision, passenger-injury and staff-injury reduction plans and report agreed operational KPIs.
Why This Role Matters
- Bristol Marlborough Street services depend on driver coverage, engineering coordination and depot performance; staffing and service decisions affect punctuality, lost mileage and the safety of scheduled journeys.
- The post acts as the company’s Transport Manager as defined by the Traffic Commissioner; its compliance and service-governance duties connect depot management with that formal accountability.
What They Are Looking For
- Experience: Leadership providing strategic and daily direction in a unionised environment is essential.
- Qualification: Willingness to study for the Passenger Transport CPC is essential.
- Technical: Budgetary and financial experience and logical systems analysis are sought.
- Stakeholder: Influencing, negotiation, coaching and stakeholder relationships are sought.
- Preferred: An existing Passenger Transport CPC is desirable.