Transport Coordinator

XPO Logistics, Inc.; Leigh; On-site; GBP 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company is seeking a Transport Coordinator to join their team in Leigh, working full-time on the night shift, Monday to Friday. The ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills and a good understanding of fast-paced transport teams. Responsibilities include coordinating transport operations, ensuring compliance with transport legislation, and facilitating efficient nightly shipping operations. The role offers a salary up to £36,960 along with various perks including holidays and discount schemes.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Option to buy additional holiday days

Access to high street discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Workplace pension

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate the transport operations to meet customer and XPO business expectations.
• Work with the XPO night team to achieve all daily operational targets.
• Work with export customs systems for nightly shipping.
• Ensure compliance with transport legislation and report incidents.
• Facilitate next day delivery across the UK.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Understanding of fast-paced transport teams

Good understanding of Microsoft packages including Excel and Outlook

Job description

Overview

How would you like to work for a company that can accelerate your career? Do you feel that sometimes you have more to give, but no room to progress? How does constant training and development sound?

Here at XPO, we take our people seriously. We’re looking for a talented Transport Coordinator to join us on a full-time, permanent basis on our night shift, working Monday to Friday. This is for our XPO shared user network based at the Regional Hub in Leigh.

Pay, benefits and more

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £36,960 (inclusive of 25% shift allowance). We offer 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days. You’ll have access to a variety of high street discounts, cycle to work scheme, a workplace pension and many other perks.

What you’ll do on a typical day

• Co-ordinate the transport operations on & off site to meet both customer and XPO business expectations
• Work as part of the XPO night team to achieve all daily operational targets
• Work with export customs systems to ensure customer freight is loaded and shipped nightly to Northern Ireland
• Play a key role in ensuring our through the night XPO network trunking service enables next day delivery all across the UK
• Ensure that all drivers are compliant transport legislation/working time directive regulations and that any accidents/incidents are reported and investigated in a timely manner

What you need to succeed at XPO

• A good understating of fast-paced transport teams
• Excellent communication skills – you’ll be speaking regularly with various stakeholders
• Good understanding of Microsoft packages including Excel and Outlook

Be part of something big.

We strive to create an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, where everyone feels welcomed, empowered and where you can bring your true self to work. You may not feel you tick all of the boxes we have written above, so even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description but you feel you have the skills needed, please feel free to reach out to our recruitment team for an initial discussion. Your skills and passion set you apart and we welcome diverse people and perspectives at XPO. We encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds and identities. To empower you to do as well as possible during the recruitment process, if you require any changes or amendments to our application and interviews, please don’t hesitate to let us know.

XPO is a leading provider of world-class solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make XPO a great place to work.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review XPO's candidate privacy statement here.