b'KELLY FLEET SPECIALSpotlight On Kelly FleetJohn Taylor - Workshop Manager of detailed CAD drawings to ensure all elements fit safely, as we needed to ensure the length and width of the vehicle was compatible with the various poles sizes we IjoinedKellyFleet4yearsagoasautilise for jobs. The last element was choosing the large crane and auger which is the WorkshopManager.Ivealwaysbeenmuscle of the operation!involved in the fleet, trained as an HGVOur bespoke 18-tonne PEU vehicles feature special toolboxes, heated cupboards for mechanic, and worked my way up. Withinuniforms, a pole jack that is attached, traffic management storage that has charging ourworkshops,on-siteandmobilepoints for batteries and a special storage unit for signs and barriers. mechanicscompleteallmaintenance and repair tasks across our fleet. OurWhat I enjoy the most about my job is achieving operational requirements, while department also oversees the installationproviding top service for our fleet.ofallvinyllogos,bespokelighting, beacons, and trackers across the fleet. Thebusinesscurrentlyhas12bespokeS afety is at the forefront of everything we do here at John Taylor design and build PEU vehicles within ourKelly Fleet.Workshop Manager nationwide fleet., the most recent addition to our PEU fleet was a bespoke design and build vehicle. I was part of the project team alongside Larry, our Kelly Fleet Managing Director toAll our vans are speed limited to 70mph and we make sure all vehicles meet the custom build our PEU vehicles, from the design stage to the actual build stage.compliance requirements. Every time a vehicle is issued to one of our drives, it goes We started the process by selecting the chassis cab, followed by custom building thethrough a full service, ensuring it is in top shape and safe to drive.body, based on the advice of custom body builders. The next stage was the creation Terry Moore - Parking Team ManagerI joined the business as a supervisor forSince the department was funded, we have successfully appealed 3.8 million worth installations on behalf of Cable Londonof parking tickets. 22.5 years ago and worked my way up to the senior supervisor role, then managerI am lucky to now work with a small team who operates a parking line for our drivers before taking on my current job role aswhere they need to report any parking ticket, they receive. We also offer support the Parking Team Manager. for drivers that are unsure about procedures, they can give our team a call and well be more than happy to assist them to avoid receiving a ticket. If engineers followed AsoneofthemanagersforCablecompany procedures, and the appeal gets declined by the local council, we will cover London, one of the main issues I faced,the cost of their parking ticket, however, if procedures are not followed our drivers wastheeverincreasingnumberofare liable for their own parking tickets.vehicles on the road. This had a knock-on effect due to the very limited parkingProcedures are provided within your parking procedure board that all drivers receive Terry Moore spaces available for our engineers andduring their driving seminar, and as I mentioned earlier you can always call our team Parking Team Manager which only increased the risk of companyif youre unsure of the correct setup.vehicles receiving a parking ticket or beingWhat I enjoy the most about my job is making sure that our drivers are not charged towed while competing a job.for their tickets and successful appealsit is a very rewarding feeling.I had an idea to try to appeal some of our parking tickets and learned that in cases where vehicles were set up correctly and coned off, the appeal was successful. SoonW ere keeping our engineers safe by encouraging best after this, we had a meeting with all managers, directors and our chairman and wepracticessuchasconesaroundtheirvehicleswhich founded Kelly Groups Parking Department, and I took the role of Parking Team Manager full-time 11 years ago. We created procedures and guidelines for our drivescreates a safe working zone for them. to follow and at the time, I was the person delivering the parking module for new starters driving seminarsthis was before we had a Driving Assessor team. We also work closely with our Driving Assessors to create case studies based on real life situations which they then include within their driving seminars for new starters. The Networker Spring 2023 19.'