Transport Planner

AB Texel; Greetham; Remote; GBP 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive package

Continued professional development

Pension Scheme

Job summary

AB Texel UK Ltd is seeking a proactive Transport Planner to join our team in Greetham, Rutland. The role involves planning driver routes, briefing and debriefing drivers, and ensuring smooth shift operations in a busy logistics environment.

We require strong organisational skills, a good understanding of the UK, and excellent communication. A rota for out-of-hours support is included, with a competitive package and pension scheme.

Qualifications

• Experience in transport planning or transport office environment.
• Good understanding of drivers hours / working time directive.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute driver routes according to load and priorities.
• Brief and debrief drivers; manage shift issues and contingencies.
• Maintain high compliance standards and liaise with customers and drivers.
• Provide out-of-hours support as part of a rota and deliver excellent service.

Skills

Transport planning

UK geography

Communication skills

IT literate

Team player

Job description

Transport Planner

AB Texel UK Full time Oakham Office

AB Texel UK are a large, well-established agricultural bulk transport company who are currently recruiting for a Transport Planner to join our team.

What shift are you going to do?

Monday to Friday 0730 – 1730

Salary

£34,000 - £36,000 per annum

What are you going to do?

AB Texel UK Ltd is part of a progressive and growing business within the logistics and agricultural transport sector. With two sites based in the UK, this position will be based in Greetham, Rutland. At AB Texel UK we pride ourselves on strong teamwork, a supportive environment, and a commitment to delivering excellence to our customers and partners.

The Role

We’re looking for a proactive, critical thinking, problem solving Transport Planner to join our friendly team.

AB Texel UK Ltd transports agricultural bulk goods, to the factory. Our planners play an important part in the process of getting food to the final customers.

Duties

As a Transport Planner you will be responsible for planning and executing driver routes according to load, briefing and debriefing drivers as well as working on a reactive basis, resolving any issues that arise during the shift.

You will also be required to carry out the following (this list is not exhaustive):

• Efficiently plan our drivers and the workload.
• Problem solve issues that may arise.
• Work to extremely high levels of compliance.
• Liaise with customers and clients as well as drivers
• Provide out of hours support as part of a rota.
• Deliver excellent customer service
• Provide out of hours support as part of a rota.
• Any other duties as assigned by the transport department.

Who are you?

Our ideal Transport Planner:

If you’ve a transport planning background with a strong geographical knowledge of the UK and a good understanding of drivers hours / working time directive, you could be the person we’re looking for, to join our growing team.

Ideally you would have

• Previous experience within a transport office, with a good understanding of Transport planning.
• Strong organisational skills with strong attention to detail.
• Expert communication skills both verbal and written.
• IT literate
• Good geographical knowledge of the UK.
• Deliver excellent customer service
• Provide out of hours support as part of a rota.
• You are able to work well as part of a team and/or on your own initiative.

What do we offer you?

You are in the right place at AB Texel UK. As we think it is quite normal to take good care of our people, that is why we offer you:

• A competitive package.
• Continued professional development
• A safe working environment
• Pension Scheme