Job Description

Join Our Growing Team at Jarvie Plant!

Are you an experienced operational leader with a passion for delivering exceptional service? JP Rentals, part of the Jarvie Plant Group, provides high-quality vehicle hire solutions to our customers from depots across Scotland and the North of England. From customer contact to vehicle delivery, maintenance, and return, we ensure clients receive reliable, safe, and well-maintained vehicles tailored to their needs.

We are seeking a motivated Commercial Operations Manager to lead our multi-depot operations, drive efficiency, and ensure a first-class experience for our customers

How This Role Supports the Delivery of Hire Solutions:

As our JPR Commercial Operations Manager, you will lead and coordinate depot operations to ensure smooth, safe, and compliant workflows. You will optimise fleet performance, manage budgets, and maintain high service standards, while driving customer satisfaction and developing depot teams to deliver consistent results and support business growth.

Key Responsibilities include

• Managing multi-depot operations and ensuring consistent service delivery.
• Driving fleet utilisation and maximising vehicle uptime and residual value.
• Controlling budgets, analysing financial performance, and identifying efficiency opportunities.
• Resolving escalated customer and operational issues.
• Leading and developing depot teams, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Supporting innovation, sustainability initiatives, and digital transformation projects.
• Ensuring compliance with health, safety, legal, and environmental regulations

What Makes You a Good Fit for This Role:

We would love to see the following skills and experience from our candidates:

• Proven experience in operations, fleet, or logistics management, ideally across multiple sites.
• Experience implementing operational innovation and sustainability initiative
• Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to motivate and develop teams.
• Excellent organisational, problem-solving, and planning abilities.
• Commercial awareness with experience managing budgets and operational performance.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and regulatory compliance in fleet or operational environments.
• Competent in Microsoft Office Suite and operational business systems.

Why join Jarvie Plant:

As a family-owned business, Jarvie Plant is built on core values: Safety Conscious, Collaborative, Dependable, Progressive, and Responsible In this role, you’ll help put those values into action while delivering safe, efficient, and customer-focused hire solutions.

When you join Jarvie Plant, you will benefit from:

• Competitive salary
• Company car scheme
• Private health insurance
• Life assurance and contributory company pension scheme
• Extra holidays with flexible buy/sell options
• Tailored learning opportunities via our Learning & Development programme
• Employee discount scheme and a wide range of staff perks
• Supportive wellbeing programmes, including Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and family-friendly policies
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Company sick pay

How To Apply:

Are you ready to take the lead and make a real impact on our operations and customer experience? Join our team at Jarvie Plant and help shape the future of vehicle hire across Scotland and the North of England. Apply today via our Employment Hero recruitment portal, if you have any questions regarding this role please contact recruitment@jarvieplant.co.uk

Important Information Before You Apply:

• We’re unable to offer sponsorship; applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

• Offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including references and, where relevant, DVLA, credit, or criminal checks.

Jarvie Plant – where people are, and always will be, our greatest asset!

We’re an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds and communities