Transport Planner

Just Recruitment Group; Colchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Just Recruitment Group is seeking a Transport Planner for a logistics business near Colchester. The role involves planning vehicle routes, managing fleet operations, and ensuring efficient operation within legal regulations. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience in the transportation industry and be capable of driving to meet the role's requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy transport office.
• Managing a fleet of Rigid/artic vehicles.
• Organizational skills for internal tracking systems.

Responsibilities

• Routing of vehicles and delivering across UK.
• Using in-house planning tools and systems.
• Controlling and planning resources while adhering to legal requirements.

Skills

Transport planning

Fleet management

Communication

Education

CPC Holder (advantage)

Job description

Just Recruitment is delighted to be supporting, a transport and logistics business, based on the outskirts of Colchester - they are looking to add a Transport Planner to their existing team.

The successful Transport Planner will come from a planning background within the general haulage or pallet network industries.

The successful Transport Planner will have previous experience managing a fleet of Rigid / artic vehicles.

Duties include:

Routing of vehicles and covering deliveries across UK.
Previous experience transport planning in a busy transport office
Providing good communication with our Traffic office teams and Drivers to ensure customer KPI's and targets are achieved and maintained.
Use in-house planning tools and systems to manage workload and monitor efficiency
Ensuring internal tracking systems are kept organised and updated
Controlling and planning of resource (vehicles, drivers, trailers); ensuring all legal requirements are adhered to (Working Time Directive and EU Drivers' Hours regulations)
Plan Rigid & artic work for following day
Warehouse checks
CPC Holder an advantage, but not essential

Please note due to location you will need to drive