Careers at TAFE NSW

TAFE NSW Life-Changing Careers

Fleet Manager

Location negotiable across NSW (subject to campus availability)

Talent Pool opportunity to fill upcoming ongoing and temporary positions

$205,590 salary package - includes base salary ($181,324), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

At TAFE NSW, we are dedicated to life-changing impact.

That’s why we offer world-class training and education that delivers the skills needed for the jobs of today and tomorrow.

Life-changing impact starts with an incredible team that sees their career as an opportunity to transform someone’s world. Whether that’s inspiring students, supporting each other, or helping our communities and industries flourish. 

We live by TAFE NSW values: Customer Focus, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence. They define who we are, how we work, and inspire our performance.   

We invest in our people

At TAFE NSW, you will discover a diverse, dynamic, and collaborative environment, where you can innovate, create value, and do meaningful work.

We provide you with tools, ongoing training and professional development, health and wellbeing programs, and a 35-hour working week with a variety of flexible working options.

About the role

As Fleet Manager, you’ll lead the end-to-end management of TAFE NSW’s diverse fleet, a combination of light and heavy vehicle & mobile training units, driving performance, efficiency and innovation across operations. You’ll play a key role in Electric Vehicle transition delivering high-quality, customer-focused services while ensuring compliance, value for money and continuous improvement across a large and geographically dispersed organisation.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, you’ll shape strategy, oversee financial and data analysis and FBT obligations. You’ll manage contracts and introduce smarter, more sustainable fleet solutions that support evolving business needs. This is a dynamic leadership role where you’ll influence decision-making, optimise asset performance and help modernise service delivery to meet the future of vocational education

About you 

You bring strong experience leading and improving fleet operations within large, complex organisations, with a proven track record of driving performance, innovation and value. You’re commercially savvy, with deep expertise in managing external fleet contracts and suppliers to deliver efficient, high-quality outcomes

A confident communicator and strategic thinker, you build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and translate insights into clear, actionable plans. You combine sound technical knowledge with strong leadership capability, using data, business cases and reporting to influence decision-making and deliver measurable results

Essential Requirements:

1. A valid Working with Children Check (required prior to commencement).
2. Degree qualification in related field or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience.
3. Demonstrated experience leading and improving fleet services operations and performance in a large and complex organisation.
4. Significant experience managing external fleet services contracts to optimise value provided to business.
5. Demonstrated ability to engage with senior business stakeholders and apply strong verbal and written skills to management activities such as presentations, business cases, submissions, briefings, reporting, projects and tenders.

Highly Desirable

• Experience in Fleet Management of heavy vehicles
• Financial and Commercial Acumen
• Experience Leading and contributing to projects

To find out more about the role, click to view the Role Description

Our commitment to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

We are committed to creating a culturally safe and accessible workplace where dignity, trust, respect, and the promotion of diversity and inclusion are valued, so you can safely bring your whole self to work and connect with your community through our many diverse employee networks. If you require an adjustment in the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Acquisition Advisor listed below.

To apply for this role, click 'apply now' and provide:

• Your current resume

• A response to the below targeted question when prompted in the application form (max. 300 words)

Targeted Question: Provide an example of a complex operational issue you identified within fleet or asset management (or similar). How did you analyse the problem, what solution did you implement, and what impact did it have?

A career of life-changing impact awaits you. Apply now!

Applications close 11:55pm Sunday, 28th  June, 2026

Additional Information:

General recruitment and adjustment enquiries: 
Contact Peta Handley, Talent Acquisition Advisor, via email at Peta.Handley@tafensw.edu.au  

Role-specific enquiries:
Contact Chris Awad, Director Logistics via email at christopher.awad2@tafensw.edu.au  

For support with preparing your application and understanding the recruitment process, visit our Application Process page, and explore the helpful resources available through I Work for NSW.

This is a child-related position. Successful candidates must hold a valid NSW Working with Children Check (WWCC) prior to commencing. TAFE NSW will also conduct an Australian National Criminal Record Check on the preferred applicant as part of the pre‑employment process.

To be eligible for a position at TAFE NSW, you must be an Australian citizen, a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand passport.

An eligibility list, valid for 18 months, may be created for this position and used to fill future vacancies.

A talent pool, valid for 18 months, may be created for this position and used to fill future vacancies.

Location is negotiable across our TAFE NSW campuses. Please note that preferred campus location is not guaranteed and is subject to campus availability at the time of offer.

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