Operational Fleet Specialist

**Operational Fleet Specialist**:

- Brooklyn, VIC, AU, 3000**About us**:
We’re a team that cares about you and your community. CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy own and operate the electricity distribution networks servicing 1.9 million customers located across 65% of Victoria. These customers include a large number of households, as well as commercial and industrial businesses, world class arts, health and sporting precincts, popular tourism regions and the biggest infrastructure projects in Victoria.

In designing and delivering these services, our people are united by a real sense of purpose to empower customer choices in ways that are important for our communities and the environment. Using advanced analytics, knowledge built through years of practical expertise, partnerships with leading researchers, and the courage to experiment, our people are proud to be disruptive influencers amongst the electricity industry.

Increasingly, our networks are connecting new large-scale renewable energy generators and integrating technologies like solar, batteries and electric vehicles as customers change the way they generate, use, store and share power. This demand is transforming the electricity market faster than any change we’ve ever seen before. As a result, our people are at the frontline in developing and implementing innovative technologies and solutions necessary for the future of our industry not only in Victoria but globally.

**About the Role**:
We are currently looking for an experienced Operational Fleet Specialist to join our Corporate Services team in a full time and permanent capacity based at our Brooklyn office.

This position is responsible for ensuring the optimal management of vehicles, plant & equipment, maintenance and servicing programs. This includes supporting all our Business Areas to achieve optimized heavy and light fleet operating model, with effective and efficient utilization of all fleet and related services.

**What you’ll deliver**:

- Drive and optimise fleet planning, develop and implement fleet management strategies
- Coordinate vehicles, plant and equipment to be maintained and serviced in accordance with approved maintenance schedules
- Coordinate field / depot audits on vehicles, plant, equipment and related services to ensure compliance with business and legislative HSE requirements
- All tasks related to the management of vehicles and equipment such as onboarding, issue/replacement of fuel cards, repairs and maintenance and all general queries
- Manage relationships with Managers and internal customers and staff/users to understand their needs and resolve issues as well as pursue opportunities for improvement - and where possible implement process changes
- Work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to identify process improvements which deliver efficiency, quality, or commercial benefits.

**To succeed in this role you’ll have**:

- A mechanical qualification or extensive background in Motor Vehicle (Light and/or Heavy) repair and maintenance/Engineering/Fleet Management within a Utility Services, global or major corporate organization
- Strong fleet/mechanical experience and commercial acumen
- Project Management experience
- Communications & change management experience - ability to manage/support change program
- Strong at networking & influencing skills - Outcomes based and solution focused
- Proficient in MS Office Suite.

**Your career with us**:
We have a diversity of teams across our business, all contributing to great customer and community outcomes. Our people are our most important asset, and we continually invest in nurturing their capability.

We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive and sustainable environment where all our people feel respected, valued and supported to bring their whole selves to work and be the best they can be.

With an embedded Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and initiatives like our Women in Power networking group, and Sparkle, our LGBTIQ+ allies pride network, we’re committed to equal opportunities for all employees.

Our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within. This includes their physical safety - ensuring everyone gets home safely everyday - as well as their psychological safety, by ensuring everyone has the resources and support needed to achieve a work-life balance and be the best they can be.

**What’s next?**

If you require adjustments as part of the recruitment process to accommodate your needs, please don’t hesitate to discuss these with us.

Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.

We work hard to ensure our organisation is inclusive and diverse. This means everyone can fe