Haulage and Resource Coordinator - Bankhead Depot

City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Edinburgh is looking for a Haulage and Resource Coordinator to manage the resource allocation for waste disposal. The successful candidate will oversee the waste disposal driver team, manage external contracts, and ensure operational efficiency. Strong organizational skills and a commitment to compliance are essential for this role. The salary ranges from £39,129 to £46,023, and opportunities for training will be provided.

Qualifications

• Manage a team and ensure efficient waste disposal services.
• Liaise with Fleet services for vehicle maintenance.
• Develop a holiday rota and manage team recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee waste disposal driver team across the city.
• Manage external haulage contract and ensure compliance.
• Adapt and reprioritise work demands as needed.

Skills

Organisational skills

Planning skills

Computer literacy

Education

COTC level 4

Job description

Haulage and Resource Coordinator
Bankhead Depot

Salary: £39,129 - £46,023
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

This is a new post, created to manage the resources available to the disposal team on a daily basis to help ensure efficient staffing and running of disposal sites and the haulage associated with them.

The post holder will manage the waste disposal driver team across the city, ensuring that all HWRCs (and other sites using skips) across Edinburgh are serviced efficiently regarding skip movements. The postholder will be responsible for increasing and monitoring efficiency of the hooklift fleet and drivers, ensuring compliance with driving regulations, council rules and good practice. They will liaise with Fleet services, ensuring vehicles are serviced and maintained as required.

The post holder will also manage the external haulage contract (the articulated vehicles servicing the WTS), ensuring efficiency of this operation and liaising with the contractor to manage this contract, ensuring contract compliance and where necessary, the application of contract penalties.

The post holder will also manage the allocation of staff to all disposal sites on a daily basis, developing and managing a holiday rota to ensure sites are appropriately staffed at all times, whilst minimising use of overtime or temporary / agency staff. They will be responsible for recruitment to the disposal team and for co-ordinating and recording training across the team, ensuring all staff are qualified to do all the tasks in their role.

Excellent organisational and planning skills are required for this post, as well as the ability to adapt at short notice and reprioritise work across the service as needs arise. Computer literacy and the ability to produce and interpret reports and act on data such as tracker reports, weighbridge tickets etc are essential.

Postholders will be expected to hold a COTC level 4 or to gain one within 2 years of starting employment in this role. The COTC will be funded by CEC.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.