Domestic Transport Planner: Heavy-Haul & Oversize

Benmax Pty; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Benmax Pty, a leading Australian mechanical and HVAC services provider, invites an experienced transport planner to build and run our internal domestic transport desk. You will shape how we move large, oversized loads from fabrication to project sites.

You will coordinate carriers, plan loads, manage permits, and align with site teams to ensure timely deliveries while meeting CoR/HVNL requirements. This pivotal role reports to the Logistics Manager and supports the wider team as volumes grow.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating transport, freight or deliveries, including carrier bookings.
• Proven track record scheduling deliveries into sites or tight customer windows.
• Knowledge of Chain of Responsibility obligations and load restraint; CoR/HVNL training.
• Experience setting up transport processes from scratch.
• Understanding heavy vehicle types and what they can handle.
• Strong spreadsheet and reporting skills with accurate documentation.
• Experience with oversize/over-mass or project cargo, including permits and escorts.
• Experience handing off to freight forwarders for export.
• Experience with a Transport Management System (TMS) or ERP.
• Qualification in transport or logistics, or SCLAA membership.
• WHS awareness in transport or warehousing.

Responsibilities

• Plan and book outbound movements from manufacturing to project sites, pairing loads with trucks.
• Coordinate carriers and heavy-haulage providers, including bookings, rates and performance.
• Lock in delivery windows with project teams and site access.
• Manage load plans, lifting and restraint with warehouse before each move.
• Organise permits, route planning, curfews and escorts; verify carrier insurance.
• Track loads in transit and communicate delays to site teams and stakeholders.
• Maintain consignment notes, proofs of delivery and delivery records.
• Report on delivery performance and costs, feed data into S&OP planning.
• Draft clear instructions for carriers and site teams to scale the desk.
• Support wider logistics team as volumes ramp up.

Skills

Transport coordination

Delivery scheduling

CoR/HVNL training

Process setup

Heavy-haulage knowledge

Documentation & compliance

TMS/ERP experience

Export handoff

Site/logistics planning

Education

Transport or logistics qualification or SCLAA membership

Tools

TMS

ERP

Job description

Benmax Pty, a leading Australian mechanical and HVAC services provider, invites an experienced transport planner to build and run our internal domestic transport desk. You will shape how we move large, oversized loads from fabrication to project sites.

You will coordinate carriers, plan loads, manage permits, and align with site teams to ensure timely deliveries while meeting CoR/HVNL requirements. This pivotal role reports to the Logistics Manager and supports the wider team as volumes grow.