Transport Coordinator – Portable Building Logistics

Coates; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression

Flexible hours

Employee discounts & wellbeing

Additional leave

Novated leasing

Parental leave 12 weeks

Volunteering opportunities

Job summary

Coates in Truganina, VIC, is seeking a Transport Coordinator to manage portable building deliveries, collections and relocations in a high-volume operation. You'll balance safety, CoR compliance, customer requirements, transport efficiency and cost control.

You will plan movements, monitor progress, and work with customers, transport providers and internal teams to ensure timely, safe and cost-effective transport solutions. The role offers development within a dynamic logistics environment.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating portable buildings, heavy equipment, or oversized loads in transport.
• Understanding of load restraint and loading/unloading risks.
• Knowledge of Chain of Responsibility across the transport supply chain.
• Commercial awareness of transport costs, utilisation and productivity.
• Ability to analyse transport requirements balancing safety, service and cost.
• Strong organisational skills to coordinate multiple deliveries and providers.
• Confidence to stop or challenge a transport activity where safety or compliance concerns exist.
• Continuous-improvement mindset and safer, simpler ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and schedule portable building deliveries, collections, transfers and relocations.
• Plan transport movements to maximise truck utilisation and minimise delays, waiting time and empty runs.
• Coordinate with customers, transport providers and internal teams to ensure buildings are ready and transport requirements are clearly communicated.
• Monitor transport movements and proactively manage delays, access issues, failed deliveries and changing customer requirements.
• Ensure transport activities comply with Coates safety standards, load restraint requirements and Chain of Responsibility obligations.
• Raise purchase orders, maintain transport records and monitor transport costs and utilisation.
• Challenge unsafe or inefficient transport practices and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work closely with Branch and Operations teams to support asset utilisation, profitability and the "right truck, right load, right time" approach.

Skills

Portable buildings

Heavy equipment

Oversized loads

Load restraint

Chain of Responsibility

Commercial awareness

Transport costs

Decision making

Organisational skills

Continuous improvement

Job description

Coates in Truganina, VIC, is seeking a Transport Coordinator to manage portable building deliveries, collections and relocations in a high-volume operation. You'll balance safety, CoR compliance, customer requirements, transport efficiency and cost control.

You will plan movements, monitor progress, and work with customers, transport providers and internal teams to ensure timely, safe and cost-effective transport solutions. The role offers development within a dynamic logistics environment.