Transport Planner

Proximo Holdings Limited; Airdrie; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Healthcare (Medicash)

End-of-year party

Funding for qualifications

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Pension contributions

EmployeeReferral bonus

Wellbeing hour

Tech & retail cashback

Cycle to Work

Casual dress code

Job summary

Proximo Holdings Limited in Airdrie/Glasgow is seeking a Transport Planner to manage daily operations for replacement hire vehicles. You will coordinate driver schedules, liaise with branch networks, and handle vehicle deliveries and collections with a focus on accuracy and customer service.

Contract includes benefits and a team-focused environment within a company recognised for its people-first approach to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to organise and coordinate transport operations.
• Strong communication with branch network and drivers.
• Ability to input and maintain driver hours and costs accurately.

Responsibilities

• Assist with arranging the delivery of replacement hire vehicles to customers.
• Liaise with the branch network to secure suitable vehicles for customers.
• Arrange collections of clients' hire vehicles.
• Report issues regarding collections to Head Office.
• Check and input driver hours, agency driver hours, expenses and fuel costs daily.
• Update client files in the bespoke system and record vehicle damages.

Skills

Organisational skills

Driver scheduling

Communication

Time management

Job description

Transport Planner

Airdrie, Glasgow

£30,000

Are you an experienced transport planner or logistics administrator seeking your next opportunity?

At Proximo, the UK’s leading provider of specialist and adapted replacement vehicles, we are dedicated to keeping people on the move. When vehicles are out of action, we step in to provide replacements, ensuring our customers maintain their independence and mobility.

As a key member of our branch network, our transport planners are the unsung heroes behind the scenes. You'll play a crucial role in ensuring seamless daily operations, from organising driver schedules for deliveries and collections to solving challenges as they arise on the road.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with arranging of the delivery of replacement hire vehicles to customers.
  
• Liaising with the Proximo branch network to secure suitable vehicles for our customers.
• Arranging collections of clients hire vehicles.
• Reporting of issues regarding collections of vehicles to Head Office.
• Checking and inputting driver hours, agency driver hours, expenses, and fuel costs daily.
• Updating client files with relevant information using the bespoke company system.
• Overseeing accurate recording of any vehicle damage.

Proximo Group are an Investors in People Silver standard employer.

What do we offer you?

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, your birthday off, and holidays increasing to 29 days.
  
• Medicash healthcare plan, including optical, dental, physiotherapy, and more.
• Events throughout the year, including an end-of-year party.
• Funding for qualifications and apprenticeship schemes.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
• Pension contributions of 5% from you and 5% from us.
• £1,000 employee referral bonus.
• Monthly wellbeing hour.
• Tech scheme and retail cashback scheme.
• Service reward scheme.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Casual dress code.

Before you go...

At Proximo, we are an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. For Proximo, having a friendly, diverse, and inclusive atmosphere is crucial to achieving our best-in-class goal. When everyone feels free to be their best selves at work, Proximo thrives.

We want our people base to match the variety of our customer base. While we strive to maintain a culture where people feel appreciated and valued for their individual potential, we celebrate diversity. Our dedication to diversity is authentic, continuously developing, and top-down driven.

Proximo takes great satisfaction in being open to everyone. No matter your gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, marital status, ethnicity, religion, or social class, we encourage you to apply. We support diverse workplaces where our employees may always give and display their best selves.

We'd love to hear from you if you need flexibility in time, locations, or ways you do your job. Additionally, we want to make sure you receive help during the application process so you can give it your all. Please indicate on your application form if you need any reasonable adjustments made during the application process.

Please be advised that due to the high level of applications we receive, it is not always possible to respond to everyone.Therefore, if you have not been contacted within 7 days your application has been unsuccessful.