Senior Transport Manager

MTS Cleansing Services Ltd; Leicester; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Senior Transport Manager to oversee their transport team and manage compliance across contracts. The successful candidate will utilize their leadership skills to ensure operational efficiency while maintaining compliance with health and safety standards. Competitive salary and benefits package offered.

Benefits

20 days holiday plus bank holidays

Company pension

Health & wellbeing programme

Free parking / On-site parking

Qualifications

• Previous managerial experience in fleet resources required.
• Proven experience in transport management essential.
• Experience in logistics industry desired.

Responsibilities

• Manage the transport team and ensure compliance with O Licenses.
• Oversee vehicle management and related administrative tasks.
• Ensure health, safety, and operational standards are met.

Skills

Management experience

Commercial acumen

Health & Safety knowledge

Education

Certificate of professional competence Road Haulage

Knowledge of Road Transport legislation

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)

Job description

Position: Senior Transport Manager

Location:C/O THE EDGE BUILDING,Charnwood Edge Bus. Park, 1, Syston Road, Cossington, Leicester, LE7 4UZ

Line Reporting Manager: Head of Fleet & Compliance (MTS)

Hours: Monday - Friday, 7am - 5pm, 1hour unpaid lunch

Salary: £45,000

Principle Duties And Accountabilities

• To manage the transport team across the STW contract, taking responsibility for the companys O Licenses across the contract, along with managing the fleet and compliance.
  
  

Roles And Responsibilities

• Manage service requirements within the contract, along with managing the costs within the service requirements.
• Supporting the contract with vehicle requirements along with liaising on service requirements / needs.
• Use standard and in-house software for a range of tasks including vehicle management and costing as well as reporting and administration.
• Strong commercial acumen and management experience. You should be able to manage P&Ls and costs for the fleet.
• Strategic overview of logistics service within the contract, responsible for KPI management.
• Manage day-to-day issues involving VPR checks, insuring these are carried out correctly.
• Ensure operatives always keep their vehicles in a clean and roadworthy condition.
• Ensure departmental and logistics objectives are met in the most appropriate way, highlighting current deficiencies, and ensuring best practice and guidelines are adhered to.
• Liaise with and assist generally other sections on the contract in the delivery of operational and administrative services to internal and external customers
• Always perform tasks in accordance with H&S and statutory procedures having regard also to the Companys quality management system
• Accident investigations & reporting in line with company policies and procedures.
• Be confident in carrying out disciplinary hearings / investigations
• Liaise with MTS Transport Team & Compliance team.
• Be responsible for the company O License requirements along with vehicle allocations on the licenses.
• Support team with planning inspections and maintenance records
• Controlling & monitoring vehicle inventory & audits.
• Transport Compliance monitoring Monitor & Audit Satellite depots, Manage relationships with suppliers, Liaise with client & depot lead in relation to parking and depot management.
• Overseeing and managing driver logbooks, including all infringements.
• Monitor service records ensuring fleet compliance.
• Monitoring any hire vehicles used and ensuring they are fully compliant with the correct paperwork.
• Keep up to date fleet list ensuring the vehicles are fully compliant.
  
  

Health & Safety

Section 7 of the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974) states the general duties of employees at work

It shall be the duty of every employee while at work to:

• To take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work; and
• as regards any duty or requirement imposed on their employer or any other person by or under any of the relevant statutory provisions, to co-operate with them so far as is necessary to enable that duty or requirement to be performed or complied with
  
  

The Transport Manager Health And Safety Responsibilities Are

• To understand and implement the company health and safety policy
• To ensure and monitor the health, safety and welfare of all staff/sub-contractors working under their remit
• To influence and promote a positive health, safety culture within the organisation and lead by example
• To carry out at least 1 x IMS527 Senior Manager tour of works area and 1 x Weekly SHEF report for the depot/offices/workshop. Copies of these are to be submitted to their respective SHEQW representative by the end of each month
• To investigate all occupational accidents and incidents using the company 2, 2, 2 process and produce detailed reports with supplementary evidence with support from the SHEQW department
• To report all health, safety and environmental incidents to relevant persons and your SHEQW representative upon notification or at least within 2 hours
• To ensure safety briefings/TBTs are delivered and signed registers are completed
• To ensure you are aware of the company fire and first aid arrangements, and emergency evacuation procedure
  
  

Qualifications / Competency

• Previous managerial experience including fleet resources
• Proven transport management experience.
• Certificate of professional competence Road Haulage (National/International).
• Knowledge of current Road Transport and Operators licensing legislation
• Previous experience in the transport, waste or logistics industry desired
• Must have the ability to take on responsibility for your own workload
• Proficiently using Microsoft Office systems including Word and Excel
  
  

What We Offer

• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Full PPE provided
• Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking / On-site parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Death In Services
• Referral programme