About This Role
This is not a routine desk job—it’s a hands-on operational leadership role in a chemical manufacturing environment that demands real-time coordination of cross-border and domestic fleets. You will be responsible for ensuring that heavy-duty trucks reach Djibouti reliably while managing local commercial vehicles and construction machinery back home. The role suits a professional who thrives on logistics problem-solving, cost control, and compliance, rather than someone seeking a purely administrative position.
What the Requirements Say About This Role
The employer is looking for someone who has not just managed vehicles, but has navigated the complexities of international freight routes and maintenance scheduling. The implied profile is a mid-level manager with 3-5 years of proven fleet supervision experience, likely in manufacturing or logistics—someone who understands fuel consumption metrics, insurance protocols, and regulatory paperwork without needing hand-holding. A background in supply chain, engineering, or social sciences suggests they value both technical understanding and people management skills.
How to Approach This Application
In your application, emphasize specific examples of managing a mixed fleet—especially heavy trucks on long-haul routes like Addis to Djibouti. Highlight any experience you have with route planning, fuel cost optimization, and maintenance scheduling under tight deadlines. The employer will prioritize your ability to reduce operational costs while keeping compliance airtight, so mention any systems you’ve used for tracking or reporting.
Who This Role Suits
This role is best suited for a logistics or fleet coordinator ready to step into a supervisory position with high responsibility, likely in a growing manufacturing company. It is moderately competitive, as it requires niche cross-border experience that not all local candidates possess.
Our Company Merry Chemicals Manufacturer invites applicants who fulfill the following qualification and experience requirements to apply for Transport and Fleet Administration Head.
Job Title: Transport and Fleet Administration Head
Job Purpose
To efficiently manage and lead the company’s daily transport and fleet operations. This includes planning, deploying, and tracking heavy-duty trucks traveling to Djibouti, domestic commercial and utility vehicles, and construction machinery. The role is responsible for overseeing maintenance, fuel consumption, periodic servicing, insurance management, and regulatory compliance in a cost-effective and streamlined manner.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
1. Deployment and Operations Management
- Plan routes for heavy-duty trucks traveling to Djibouti, prepare transit documentation, and closely monitor customs and port clearance processes to ensure smooth, delays-free operations.
- Design, schedule, and execute daily dispatch plans for all domestic cargo and utility vehicles.
- Coordinate the timely deployment of construction machinery to various project sites, and monitor usage by tracking equipment hour meters.
- Monitor the real-time movement of all vehicles and machinery using GPS tracking or direct communication, and provide regular status updates to management.
2. Technical, Maintenance, and Servicing Control
- Establish and enforce periodic service schedules (oil changes, filter replacements, routine checks) for every vehicle and machine to minimize downtime.
- Ensure rapid response to mechanical failures, coordinating with internal technicians or external garages to ensure high-quality, timely repairs.
- Collaborate with the procurement department to ensure the timely availability of high-quality spare parts, tires, and batteries.
3. Fuel and Asset Administration
- Set standard fuel consumption rates tailored to specific routes and machinery workloads; manage the distribution of fuel coupons or cards, and strictly audit usage to prevent waste or misuse.
- Maintain comprehensive vehicle history files (Fleet History Log) tracking all maintenance records, expenditures, and fuel efficiency data for each asset.
4. Legal, Insurance, and Safety Compliance
- Oversee the timely renewal of comprehensive and third-party insurance policies for the entire fleet; manage accident claims and liaise with insurance companies for timely compensation.
- Ensure all vehicles undergo annual technical inspections ("Bolo") and strictly comply with national traffic regulations.
- Cultivate a culture of safety among drivers, enforce driving safety protocols, and investigate and report any fleet-related accidents with recommendations for corrective action.
5. Personnel Management (Driver Relations)
- Monitor the performance, discipline, and code of conduct of all drivers and heavy machinery operators.
- Calculate and verify driver overtime, per diem, and trip-based incentives, and forward verified summaries to the finance department for payroll processing.
Job Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree (BSc/BA) in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Technology, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
- Experience: 4 to 6 years of proven experience in fleet administration, specifically overseeing heavy-duty trucks, domestic transport, and construction machinery (prior supervisory or managerial experience is highly preferred).
- Key Skills:
- Solid understanding of cross-border (Djibouti corridor) transport regulations and customs procedures.
- Proficiency in using Fleet Management Software and GPS tracking systems.
- Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and report-writing skills.
Other requirements;
- Good discipline, Cooperation, Commitment to work Good Computer applications
- Salary: As per the Company Salary scale but negotiable
- Employment: Full-Time | Permanent
- Able to provide a guarantee
- Place of Work: Addis Ababa - (Senga Tera Hibret Bank Building).
How To Apply
Interested applicants who fulfill the above requirements for each position should submit their CVs and relevant documents with eight consecutive working days form the date of this announcement, in person or: [email protected].
Address: Mexico Senga Tera Hibret Bank Building 7th floor Merry Chemicals Manufacturer
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