Logistics Controller - Carlisle

Staffline; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free car parking on site

Job summary

Staffline are recruiting Logistics Controllers in Carlisle. The rate of pay is £15.50 per hour, with a full-time role on a 4 on 4 off shift pattern. Hours are 06:00-18:00 days and 18:00-06:00 nights, supporting a 24/7 operation.

Your duties include rostering drivers, deploying the emergency plan, planning routes, and monitoring compliance and KPI targets. Free onsite parking is provided, and the job may lead to permanent placement.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role required.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining driver/core staff rosters to ensure resource capability over a 24/7 period including reactive and emergency response.
• Ensuring the numbers within the emergency response driving team are consistently maintained.
• To implement and deploy the Emergency Plan ensuring compliance with Company Procedure.
• Responsible for the allocation of ESL transport assets to individual convoys as required for all deployments.
• Planning of routes and alternative routes, site locations and establishment and assisting with contingency planning.
• Ensuring GTS and housekeeping is constantly completed, particularly depot logs are completed by specified time and reporting errors.
• Monitor and report WTD issues / concerns to Operations team.
• Liaise with Vehicle Maintainers to accurately report any Vehicle defects to the customer.
• Ensuring there is clear daily communication between day and night shifts, utilising the night shift handover document.
• Managing drivers hours in relation to customer requirements and volume demand.
• Understanding and achieving targets regarding utilisation, loaded, empty legs.
• Regularly assisting when required at drivers / debrief counter.
• To report any breaches of Health and Safety to your Line Manager immediately.

Tools

GTS system

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Staffline are recruiting Logistics Controllers in Carlisle.

The rate of pay is £15.50 per hour

This is a full time role, working 4 on 4 off and the hours of work are:

• Days: 06:00 - 18:00
• Nights:18:00 - 06:00

Your Time at Work

• Maintaining driver/core staff rosters to ensure resource capability over a 24/7 period including reactive and emergency response
• Ensuring the numbers within the emergency response driving team are consistently maintained
• To implement and deploy the Emergency Plan ensuring compliance with Company Procedure
• Responsible for the allocation of ESL transport assets to individual convoys as required for all deployments
• Planning of routes and alternative routes, site locations and establishment and assisting with contingency planning.
• Ensuring GTS and housekeeping is constantly completed, particularly:
  • Depot log are completed by specified time
  • Report errors to central team
  • Check resource availability for the shift
• Monitor and report WTD issues / concerns to Operations team
• Ensuring there is ongoing verbal communication with the driving team to supplement the use of microlise system
• Liaise with Vehicle Maintainers to accurately report any Vehicle defects to the customer
• Ensuring there is clear daily communication between day and night shifts, utilising the night shift handover document
• Managing drivers hours in relation to customer requirements and volume demand
• Understanding and achieving specific targets regarding utilisation, loaded, empty legs
• Regularly assisting when required at drivers / debrief counter.
• To comply with health, Safety, Environment rules to ensure the safety of all employees, contractors and visitors.
• To report any breaches of Health and Safety to your Line Manager immediately.
• To report any accidents, incident or close- call in line with Company procedure and assist in any investigations which may be required
• To carry out any additional duties and support within the department as agreed with your line manager required to support the Department
• Reviewing customer requests, ensuring work is planned to time and correct equipment.
• Communicate with ESL Customer Services and Drivers, ensuring customer KPI targets are met.
• Complete and report Benefits and Concerns on a weekly basis

Our Perfect Worker

• Required to have good working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word
• Desirable working knowledge of GTS system
• Experience in a similar role required

Key Information and Benefits

• Earn £15.50 per hour
• Full Time
• Temp to perm opportunity
• Free car parking on site

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About Staffline

Staffline is the UK's largest recruitment solutions partner, enabling over 35 people into good work every week. We operate at more than 420 customer sites across England, Scotland and Wales. As one of the most established recruitment agencies in Nottingham with operations across the UK, we specialise in connecting businesses with temporary and permanent jobs across warehouse & logistics, food and drink, aviation, driving, technical & engineering, manufacturing & automotive and security.

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