Transport Office Planner/Coordinator

JDR Recruitment; Preston; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days holidays plus bank holidays

Pension Scheme

Free Car Parking

Job summary

JDR Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Transport Planner to join our regional distribution site in the UK. The role is onsite with regular hours and requires experience in transport/admin/compliance. You will manage driver workloads, plan routes, and ensure vehicle and paperwork compliance.

You will work closely with the Operations Manager and Transport Compliance Officer to maintain service levels and data accuracy. This is a hands-on role in a busy transport office environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in transport planning is required.
• Experience with vehicle maintenance/compliance monitoring.
• Strong keyboard and data entry skills.
• Organised administration with deadline discipline.
• Excellent written and verbal English.
• Ability to work onsite and manage drivers.

Responsibilities

• Plan daily routes for deliveries.
• Liaise with drivers regarding deliveries.
• Discuss delivery issues and product issues with drivers.
• Act as interface between drivers and customer services.
• Check and process delivery paperwork; update systems.
• Record dates for invoicing.
• Coordinate vehicle maintenance bookings.
• Update operations manager regularly.
• Ensure vehicle issues are logged and tracked.
• Support the compliance coordinator and team.
• Coordinate driver coverage and record keeping.

Skills

Transport planning

Vehicle maintenance

Data entry

Organised administration

Deadline driven

Attention to detail

Communication skills

English proficiency

Job description

Must have full Right to Work in the UK. This role is based ONSITE (NOT HYBRID)

Previous Experience of working in a busy Transport Office/Planning/Compliance role

Monday - Thursday 9 - 5.30

Friday 8.30 - 5.00

Have you got experience of working in Transport/Admin/Compliance ? Are you an organised administer who take ownership of our own workload.

This role is working for a UK wide manufacturing and distribution company in one of their regional distribution sites. They are looking for a Transport Planner to joined the team. The role reports directly to the Operations manager. You will be working closely with the Transport Compliance Officer and will be responsible for taking control of the team of drivers (HGV). The role involves planning routes, dealing with drivers, vehicle compliance, as well as completing administration tasks and updating systems.

This is a great opportunity to join an established company where you will become part of a friendly very well established team.

What you will be doing:

• Planning daily routes
• Liasing with drivers regarding deliveries
• Discussing issues re deliveries/product issues in relation to drivers
• Dealing with client issues and being the interface between drivers and customer services
• Checking and processing delivery paperwork and ensuring systems have been updated appropriately working to process
• Dates input for invoice purposes
• Liasing with maintenance company re booking vehicles in for repairs
• Ensuring that vehicle issues are logged and systems updated
• Working closely with the compliance coordinator
• Dealing with drivers queries/absence/arranging cover and record keeping with regards to staff in the department.
• Liasing and updating the operations mgr regularly
• Play a key part in the team to delivery the best possible service

Skills and Knowledge:

• Transport planning experience
• Vehicle Maintenance/compliance monitoring
• Good keyboard skills, Data Entry
• Organised administration
• Be able to remain calm and committed
• Working to deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Good communication skills at all levels
• Good English Written and Oral Skills

In return the company offer :

23 days holidays plus bank holidays

Pension Scheme

Free Car Parking

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and respected. JDR Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.