Operational Fleet Specialist

CitiPower and Powercor seek an Operational Fleet Specialist in Melbourne, VIC. This role involves managing vehicles, plant, and equipment, ensuring optimal maintenance and servicing. Key responsibilities include fleet planning, compliance audits, and stakeholder management. Candidates should have a mechanic qualification or extensive fleet management experience, strong communication skills, and financial acumen. The position is based at the Brooklyn depot, but applications from other locations are welcome.
About us:

At CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy, we’re proud to deliver electricity to 2 million Victorian customers every day through our network of poles and wires. But more than that, we’re here to power communities, support local businesses and keep critical services running smoothly, we’re essential to them all – and none of this happens without our people.

We believe in an inclusive, welcoming workplace where everyone feels safe, valued and respected. From offering great benefits to creating real opportunities for growth, we’re committed to supporting you, your career and wellbeing. It’s why our people stick around, whether you live in the city or across regional and rural Victoria, we’re doing the work where it matters most - right in your own community.

As Victorians electrify everything from homes to transport, we’re focused on ensuring our networks are ready to meet that demand.

If you want to be part of something essential, be essential with us.

About the role:

This role is responsible for ensuring optimal management of vehicles, plant and equipment, maintenance and servicing programs.

You’ll also support the Business Units to achieve an optimized heavy and light fleet operating model, with effective and efficient utilization of all fleet and related services.

The role will be based at our Brooklyn depot but we are open to applications from candidates from other locations.

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.
• Undertake all necessary administration in respect to onboarding and offboarding vehicles.
• All tasks related to management of vehicles and equipment such as issue/replacement of fuel cards, repairs and maintenance and all general queries.
• Project management or participation in all allocated projects related or associated to fleet and implementation of outcomes.
• 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 the role, you’ll have:
• A mechanic qualification, or extensive background in Motor Vehicle (Light and/or Heavy) repair and maintenance/Engineering/Fleet Management.
• Strong work experience in Motor Vehicle (Light and/or Heavy) repair and maintenance/Engineering/Fleet Management within a Utility Services, global or major corporate organisation.
• Financial and commercial acumen.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management skills.
• Have well developed interpersonal, written and oral communication skills including the ability to liaise and negotiate with managers and team members at all levels across different organizations
• SAP skills (desirable)

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. We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for all women. Click here for more information on how we create and support a diverse and equitable workplace.

Understand how our benefits can support you. We offer a health and wellbeing subsidy (up to $600 per year), paid parental leave of up to 15 weeks for the primary carer, and more.

What’s next?

If you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily check every box, or would like to discuss a different or flexible way of working, please still get in touch with us at careers@powercor.com.au.

Please submit your application via our careers website by 6 April 2025. For the full Position Description, please reach out to Luke Castro from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au

We encourage applications from all communities; people of all ages, nationalities, abilities and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability.

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