Petrol Operations Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 6 May 2026
LOCATION
Leeds
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Management & Operations
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Multi-site operations management Regulatory compliance (DSEARS, Wetstock Management, Pump Maintenance) Incident and crisis management Stakeholder management Operational data analysis Maintenance and asset reliability Health and safety management Team leadership

FULL DESCRIPTION

Petrol Operations Manager

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Job Reference: R-093580

Employment Type: Full time, Permanent, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits

Location: Great Wilson Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 5AD

Closing Date: 9 May 2026

About the Role

  • Provide overall operational control of a large forecourt estate, ensuring sites are safe, open, compliant and operational every day
  • Act as the operational leader for the network, owning key workstreams across pre-planned and reactive maintenance including: DSEARS, Wetstock Management, Pump Maintenance, Drainage and Contamination incidents, electrical maintenance, VR1 and VR2 compliance and testing.
  • Liaison with Primary Authority (London Fire Brigade) and other brigades across the UK
  • Ensure robust wetstock control, monitoring and response.
  • Oversee maintenance and asset reliability, prioritising safety-critical systems and minimising site downtime
  • Lead incident and crisis response for serious operational events
  • Drive consistent site and supplier standards through clear operating procedures and performance reviews
  • Stakeholder management across multiple internal functions and external stakeholder groups, setting clear expectations, holding leaders to account to deliver operational excellence
  • Ensure operational readiness for audits, inspections and regulatory engagement including Petroleum Officers
  • Lead the effective rollout of operational changes across the estate, ensuring adoption and compliance.
  • Identify operational performance improvement actions and opportunities ranging from tactical to strategic.

Let's find out about you

  • Proven experience managing large, multi-site, high-risk operations
  • Strong knowledge of safety, risk management and regulatory compliance
  • Deep operational discipline with the ability to maintain control at scale
  • Experience leading through layers and managing dispersed teams across multiple organizations
  • Methodical and decisive leadership during incidents and operational disruption
  • Strong use of operational data to drive action and consistency

Everything you'll love

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

  • Discretionary company bonus
  • Company pension up to 7% matched
  • Company Car allowance of £5,700
  • 15% colleague discount in store and online
  • Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline
  • [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Allies Inclusion Networks
  • Excellent parental leave policies

Location

Great Wilson Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, LS11 5AD

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