Transport Manager

Job Description

You will need to be based in Chesire, North Staffs, Greater Manchester or Lancashire area for this role.

Join BT as a Transport Manager

Location: Chesire, North Staffs, Greater Manchester or Lancashire

External Closing Date: Monday 30th March 2026

Why this job matters

BT Group has the 2nd largest fleet of vehicles in the UK at c.36,000. Our fleet of vehicles are critical to our operation - whether it is an Openreach customer service installing broadband in a customer’s home, or a BT Technology engineer repairing the network infrastructure, we couldn’t deliver our purpose without our vehicles.

The Transport Manager role holds responsibility for ensuring the fleet of vehicles within a designated region are fully compliant.

What you’ll be doing

• You will have responsibility for a fleet of vehicles within a designated geographic region ensuring that these vehicles are fully compliant through a combination of field and office-based activities.
• Support the Head of Compliance by driving day to day compliance under the Group’s “operator licence” within your region.
• Build working relationships with drivers and operational managers to ensure best practice and legal compliance.
• Work closely with the retained fleet organisation to ensure our fleet maintenance supplier deliver on their contractual compliance commitments.
• Communicate with drivers and senior leaders across fleet and be part of a bigger team of transport managers, effectively collaborating to ensure compliance.

The skills you'll need

• CPC Qualification preferred
• Experience in the transport industry or transferrable skills within compliance
• Experience of fleet management across a varied fleet including heavy goods, light vehicles and plant.
• Able to work collaboratively, building trust, delegating, and negotiating with stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Comfortable implementing the right course of action to ensure compliance and safety across the fleet.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
• On-call allowance (Depending on role requirements)
• 22 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
• Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan
• World-class training and development opportunities
• From January 2025, equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.​
• Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.​
• 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues​
• 2 weeks paid carer’s leave ​
• World-class training and development opportunities​
• Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.
• Discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages
• Access to 100’s of retail discounts including the BT shop

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.