Senior Transport Planner

Green & Wolvin Recruitment; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Transport Planner in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The role involves planning transport logistics, managing routes, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Candidates should have over 3 years of transport planning experience, preferably in general haulage or construction. This role offers a salary of £41,500 - £46,500 and includes hybrid working with 32 days of annual leave.

Benefits

32 days annual leave

Comprehensive company benefits

Training with industry leaders

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in transport planning and/or network design.
• Experience within general haulage, construction, or aggregates sectors is ideal.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan up to 500 routes daily using planning TMS software.
• Organize transport through a fleet of HGV and LGV vehicles.
• Monitor transport-related expenses to stay within budget.
• Oversee vehicle availability and compliance with regulations.

Skills

Transport planning experience

TMS or Transport Planning software

Customer service

Job description

We are actively looking to engage transport planning and network design professionals with a passion for UK transport & logistics solutions for a new role as a Senior Transport Planner in Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. The role will be based in Mansfield on a hybrid basis (circa 3x days per week in the office).

Client Details

My client is a fast growing, family managed general haulage business who have multiple sites across the UK. You will be joining a fast-paced environment in helping to plan logistics solutions for a variety of large UK based clients. The business current operates a large network of HGV, and LGV vehicles, moving around 2,000 individual loads daily. They also operate numerous facilities across the country.

Job Description

As a Senior Transport Planner you will report in to the Network Planning Manager on a daily basis. You will be responsible for the following areas for responsibility across the Mansfield office in Nottinghamshire.

• Being part of a team responsible for planning up to 500 single and multi-drop routes per day on a Day 1 for Day 2 and a Day 1 for Day 3 basis utilising planning TMS software and manual planning within a mixed fleet of artic and out of gauge vehicles.
• Organising transport through a fleet of HGV and LGV vehicle alongside a third party transit means via sub-contraction.
• Ensuring drivers are operating within WTD regulations and in-line with VOSA regulations.
• Monitor transport-related expenses, such as fuel, vehicle maintenance, and labour costs, ensuring operations stay within budget.
• Providing appropriate transportation means with adequate load capacity and regulations around ADR.
• Oversee the availability, maintenance, and operational efficiency of vehicles within the transport fleet, ensuring compliance with legal and safety requirements.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have an expansive background in transport planning within the transport industry - ideally within general haulage, construction and/or aggregates sectors.

• 3+ year's experience in transport planning and / or network design.
• Experience working with TMS or Transport Planning software
• Systems based planning experience is desirable but not essential
• Ideally the post holder would have experience within the general haulage, construction and/or aggregates transport industry.
• Excellent customer service experience.
• Commutable to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire on a hybrid basis.

What's On Offer?

• £41,500 - £46,500
• 32 days annual leave
• Comprehensive company benefits account.
• Hybrid working (circa 3x days in the office)
• Training with industry leaders & development and large opportunities to progress.