Transport Clerk - Nights

Dpdgroup; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday trading

Enhanced maternity and paternity

Free life assurance

Free onsite car parking

Health Kiosks

Discounted shopping

Milestone Days off

Eye tests and glasses support

Job summary

Dpdgroup in Carlisle is seeking a Transport Clerk to join the Traffic office team. You will track transport routes, ensure HGV drivers are on duty, and that trailers arrive at Hub sites as planned. The role involves issuing routes to drivers and supporting Transport Shift Managers with administration.

Responsibilities include licence checks for agency drivers, dynamic communication across hubs, and comprehensive reporting and data analysis to keep operations running smoothly across the network.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to develop job knowledge through ongoing professional development.
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Track transport routes to ensure drivers arrive on time.
• Ensure trailers arrive at Hub sites as planned.
• Issue routes to drivers and communicate updates quickly.
• Perform licence checks for agency drivers and maintain compliance with O Licence Regulations.
• Provide general administrative support and reporting for the Transport team.
• Undertake comprehensive reporting and data analysis to support operations.

Tools

Microlise

C3 Yard

Google Workspace

Job description

Job Description

Purpose of Position

As a Transport Clerk you will be part of the Traffic office team and are responsible for tracking our transport routes ensuring that our HGV drivers have arrived for duties and that trailers will arrive at our Hub sites as planned.

Key Tasks/Areas of Responsibility

• Working with other departments such as Hub and Network Operations, Transport and Security ensuring that updates on arrivals or any issues are communicated as quickly as possible in order to keep our operation running smoothly
• Completing licence checks for agency drivers and ensuring we remain compliant in line with O Licence Regulations
• General administrative duties such as answering telephone queries, printing route paperwork and maps
• Issuing routes to drivers
• Assisting the Transport Shift Managers and Operations Managers with any further administration
• To undertake comprehensive reporting and data analysis.

Qualifications

Key Measures of Behaviour/ Skills

Adapting and Coping

• Adapts to fast paced and changing working environment
• Accepts new ideas and change initiatives
• Flexibility

Analysing and Interpreting

• Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing
• Develops job knowledge and expertise through continual professional development
• Have an analytical set of mind

Supporting and Co-operating

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Develops and openly communicates self-insight such as awareness of own strengths and weaknesses
• Demonstrates integrity

Organising and Executing

• Manages time effectively
• Appropriately follows instructions from others
• Complies with Company policies and safety requirements of the role

Interacting and Presenting

• Establishes good relationships with customers and staff
• Relates well to people at all levels
• Promotes ideas on behalf of self or others
• Speaks clearly and fluently

Technical skills:

• Intermediate Google Workspace knowledge: GMail, Google Sheets, Google Docs, etc.
• Knowledge of Microlise and C3 Yard management systems desired

Additional Information

About our benefits:

We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…

• Holiday trading
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
• Free onsite car parking for all employees
• Health Kiosks visiting every location
• Discounted shopping from ’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
• Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
• For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses