Transport Co-ordinator

King Lifting; Wigan; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Transport Co-ordinator to manage heavy goods transport operations. This full-time role involves overseeing HGV fleet management, ensuring compliance with transport regulations, and providing support to drivers. The company values its employees and offers a competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, and excellent benefits. If you're proactive and have a strong background in transport planning, this is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a respected business in the heavy lifting sector.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Company pension

Life assurance

Flexible benefits

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in transport operations and compliance.
• Strong knowledge of transport laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage HGV fleet and ensure compliance with transport regulations.
• Schedule deliveries, allocate drivers, and handle vehicle defects.

Skills

Transport planning

Administration experience

Knowledge of transport laws

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Proactive approach

Hands-on approach

Education

Minimum of 2 years experience in transport planning

Minimum of 2 years administration experience

Tools

Convey software

Job description

King Lifting provides safe, expert crane hire, bespoke contract lifting and plant machinery movement working throughout many different sectors which require heavy lifting expertise. We work throughout the UK and Europe and are head-quartered in Bristol where we also run a renowned Training Centre.

We are a modern family business with over 40 years of trading and today King Lifting has one of the strongest brands in the marketplace. Our people are our most important asset. We ensure commitment is recognised and rewarded through personal development programmes and excellent benefits packages.

We have created a new opportunity for an experienced Transport Co-ordinator to join our business ensuring that all operational and compliance heavy goods transport related duties and obligations are achieved within the required timescales.

Working closely with the Transport Manager, this would ideally suit an individual who has proven working administration experience of Transport operations and compliance. This will be a busy and challenging role providing great job satisfaction.

Main Objectives:

• Assist with the management of the HGV fleet and PMI schedules.
• Ensure all MOT’s are organised and vehicle defects are reported.
• Complete driver licence checks, analyse tacho recordings, collate data on infringements, manage driver hours and rest periods.
• Allocate drivers, vehicles and trailers to jobs.
• Schedule deliveries and collections.
• Act as the first point of contact for drivers and deputise in the Transport Manager’s absence.
• Minimum of 2 years proven experience of transport planning.
• Minimum of 2 years administration experience.
• Good working knowledge of transport related laws, regulations and rules.
• Good standard of verbal and written English.
• Excellent communication and organisation skills.
• Proactive, professional with a hands-on approach.
• Previous experience within the crane or construction industries.
• Experience of ab-normal load routing.
• Working knowledge of Convey software.

In Return:

• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Generous holiday entitlement.
• Company pension, life assurance and other flexible benefits.
• Employee assistance programme.

Hours of work: 8.00am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. This is a full-time office role based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. To be considered for this role, you must have the right to work in the UK and live within a daily commutable distance to Wigan.

To apply, please submit an up-to-date CV. To stand out from the rest, we encourage you to provide a cover letter explaining why you would be the ideal candidate for this role.

If you have not received a personal response from us within 14 days, please assume you have been unsuccessful, and we thank you for your interest.

King Lifting is an equal opportunities employer.