Yard Supervisor

Application Deadline: 13 October 2026

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Beddington Depot

Reporting To: Operations Manager

Compensation: £45,055.92 / year

Description

Key Responsibilities

• To ensure that vehicle cleanliness and vehicle and driver presentation standards meet the requirement of the London buses BCES Surveys. 
• Ensure that required audits are carried out in a timely manner and accurately. 
• Manage vehicle and pedestrian movements within the depot. 
• Ensure that all visitors including deliveries comply with the local H&S requirements. 
• Ensure timely departures from the depot as well as the monitoring and supervision of meal reliefs and changeovers as appropriate.
• Manage the vehicle parking within the depot to ensure that all drivers adhere to H&S procedures. 
• Ensure TfL equipment such as Oyster/ETM and modules are being managed correctly and faults reported via the ERF to TfL as required. 
• Ensure that where required comprehensive driver first use checks are undertaken. 
• Daily reconciliation of first use checks, VCR checks and ramp audits on a daily and weekly basis. 
• Have a duty of care for the health and safety of yourself and your colleagues at all times, including a duty to report unsafe acts or omissions to safety. 
• Undertake any other duties commensurate with the Grade. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• It is essential that the successful candidate has good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Must have the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues from Operations, Engineering, and other departments.
• Good Knowledge of bus operations.
• PCV licence with CPC is essential.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with all colleagues and internal and external stake holders.
• Must be willing to undertake training as seen fit by operations manager.
• Must have the ability to work to deadlines and be punctual.

Benefits

• Free travel on all TfL routes for you and a friend or family member (once you’ve worked with us for three months)
• Free online and face-to-face counselling, legal advice and more through our employee assistance programme
• Our contributory pension scheme – you put in 5% of your salary each month and we’ll add 3% on top. Our pensions also include a death-in-service benefit which pays out a tax-free lump sum if you die while you’re employed by us
• Life insurance (if you sign up to the pension scheme)
• Employee benefits from shops and retailers – including Apple, Adidas, Nike, Vue, Odeon, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons and more