People Transportation Lead

About the role

The People Transportation Lead drives excellence in personnel transportation operations by ensuring safe, efficient and seamless mobility services. The role covers fleet performance, contractor management, route optimization and compliance, vehicle safety and service delivery, in line with HSE requirements and operational excellence standards.

Key responsibilities

• Health and safety: enforce legislation and Lafarge safety standards, provide monthly safety reporting, lead major incident investigations, develop H&S improvement plans, train employees and attend safety meetings.
• Contractor oversight: monitor technical, legal and financial adherence to fleet management, keeping vehicle lifecycles within 3 to 5 years from manufacture and auditing mechanical and aesthetic quality.
• Operations: oversee 24/7 shift schedules (08:15 AM / 08:15 PM) with zero-minute delays, map routes to fixed pick-up points and penalize random stops on highways, and manage minibuses for internal site movement and external trips.
• Vehicle checks: enforce the Green Tag rule, verify seat belts, tires, fire extinguishers, first aid kits and reflective triangles, and audit speed limiters, GPS tracking, cabin temperature (22-24C), cleaning and the no-smoking policy.
• Driver management: audit licenses, criminal records, medical fitness and quarterly drug tests, enforce uniforms, hygiene and PPE, and run a monthly 100-point balanced scorecard with financial penalties for infractions.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Transportation Engineering or a closely related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in fleet management, corporate transportation logistics or mass transit, including at least 2 years leading large fleets and driver workforces.
• Experience in a heavy industrial complex, large manufacturing facility or cross-governorate transit operation.
• Fluent professional English and a valid driver's license.

Required skills

• Fleet telematics and real-time GPS tracking systems
• Route optimization scheduling
• Managing third-party logistics contractors under SLAs and scorecards
• Vehicle technical inspection standards and site Green Tag protocols
• Certification such as CAFM or OSHA is highly preferred