Transport Coordinator

Culinagroup1; Minworth; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 20 days

Pension scheme

Life Assurance x2 salary

Employee Wellness programme

Eye care vouchers

Recognition & awards

Discount platform

Job summary

Great Bear in Minworth is recruiting a Transport Coordinator on a full-time permanent basis. The role focuses on planning driver and vehicle resources to hit delivery and collection times while optimising resources and complying with WTD and drivers' hours legislation.

Key duties include creating daily run summaries, maintaining service levels with other departments, using the driver rota, ensuring legal compliance with defects and MOTs, and clear driver communication.

Qualifications

• Proven knowledge and experience of tachograph/driving rules and regulations.
• Planning and organising skills, with the ability to work efficiently and accurately to meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills to deliver accurate information.
• Good IT skills including MS Office with strong attention to detail.
• Knowledge of Road Transport Directive and current drivers' hours.

Responsibilities

• Creating and updating daily run summaries to hit delivery/collection deadlines.
• Ensuring service levels are achieved and maintained with other departments.
• Using the Driver rota to plan runs while considering holidays and sickness.
• Ensuring legal compliance regarding defects, services, MOTs, etc.
• Maintaining clear communication with drivers: start times, load info and shifts.
• Adhering to health and safety policies and safe systems of work.
• Assisting with disciplinary hearings and related processes to maintain standards.

Skills

Tachograph rules

Planning & organising

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Driver hours knowledge

Tools

MS Office

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Transport Coordinator to join our team in Minworth on a full time permanent basis.

Salary: £31,986 per annum.

Working hours: 4 on 4 off days, 6am-6pm.

The purpose of a Transport Coordinator is to effectively plan driver and vehicle resources to achieve delivery/collection times, whilst optimising resources and adhering to WTD and driver's hours' legislation.

Key Duties of a Transport Coordinator:

• Creating and updating daily run summary in order to achieve delivery and collection deadlines.
• Ensuring that service levels are achieved and maintained, in conjunction with other departments.
• Using the Driver rota, planning runs according to shift pattern and available hours, taking into account holidays and sickness.
• Ensuring legal compliance regarding any defects, services, MOT's, etc.
• Maintaining clear and effective communication with drivers; communicating accurate start times, load information, directions, additional shifts, etc.
• Ensuring adherence to all statutory and legal requirements, as well as all health and safety/safe systems of work policies.
• Assisting with disciplinary hearings, return to work meetings, substance misuse procedures, etc in order to maintain standards and ensure that employees work at an appropriate level.

Key Requirements and Qualifications:

• Proven knowledge and experience of tachograph/driving rules and regulations.
• Planning and organising skills, with the ability to work efficiently and accurately to meet set deadlines under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills in order to deliver accurate information.
• Good IT skills including MS Office packages with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Knowledge of Road Transport Directive and current drivers' hours.
• High level of attention to detail.

As part of our drive to make Great Bear a great place to work, we are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave - 20 days inclusive of the bank holidays.
• Pension scheme - We want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 4% employee and 4% employer.
• Life Assurance - x2 your annual salary.
• Wellness - Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year.
• Eye Care Vouchers - We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
• Reward & Recognition - We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the Month and Year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - Via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!