Senior Logistics Planner – Tankering & Wastewater Ops (Night Shift)

Lanes Group; Durrington; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Lanes Group is seeking a Senior Planner at the Durrington Head Office, Worthing, West Sussex. You will work with a team of HGV Tanker Drivers, ensuring efficient work delivery for the Southern Water contract, including tankering liquids to disposal facilities.

The role requires coordinating dispatches, maintaining records, and communicating with clients and stakeholders. The position is permanent, full-time with 4 on 4 off night shifts (6:00pm–6:00am) and a salary of £40,000 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience in a planning or logistics role.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365.
• Interpersonal, relationship-building and networking skills.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize.

Responsibilities

• Update job details in Big Change / Ortec as information changes.
• Close jobs on Big Change if drivers do not carry them out.
• Escalate unresolves backlogs to relevant managers.
• Ensure planning, job and location spreadsheets are current and accurate.
• Maintain shared inboxes with timely responses and organised records.
• Capture and log all customer and contractor communications.
• Track tanker departure timings via Samsara.
• Monitor reactive work requests and escalations.
• Maintain live operative location spreadsheets for deployment accuracy.
• Coordinate with drivers on dispatch times, routes and availabilities.
• Review and assign client requests via Big Change / Ortec.
• Log changes to job details, site notes and client feedback.
• Update compliance reports and flag any failings to management.
• Record downtime, delays and reasons for missed SLAs.
• Handle ad-hoc requests from the lead planner.

Skills

Planning

Logistics

Microsoft 365

Stakeholder comms

Tools

Big Change

Ortec

Job description

Lanes Group is seeking a Senior Planner at the Durrington Head Office, Worthing, West Sussex. You will work with a team of HGV Tanker Drivers, ensuring efficient work delivery for the Southern Water contract, including tankering liquids to disposal facilities.

The role requires coordinating dispatches, maintaining records, and communicating with clients and stakeholders. The position is permanent, full-time with 4 on 4 off night shifts (6:00pm–6:00am) and a salary of £40,000 per annum.