Transport Planner

NEOS Recruitment; Hitchin; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Transport Planner for a maternity cover role in Hitchin. The position involves efficient route planning, liaising with stakeholders, and ensuring vehicle maintenance. The ideal candidate should have prior transport planning experience and strong geographical knowledge. This role offers a supportive workplace and the potential for extension due to business growth.

Benefits

Supportive workplace

Focus on employee wellbeing

Opportunity for role extension

Qualifications

• Prior transport planning experience is essential.
• 42.75 hours per week between 7am-7pm, Monday to Friday.
• Commitment to health, safety, and wellbeing, including pre- and post-employment drug testing.

Responsibilities

• Ensure nationwide routes are planned efficiently between sites.
• Provide drivers with their route instructions and review completion of plans.
• Produce transport plans considering real-time changes.

Skills

Strong geographical knowledge

Transport planning experience

IT literate

Good communicator

Job description

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NEOS Engineering Recruitment are looking for an experienced transport planner to join a leading recycling company. The client are a great client of ours who are searching on a maternity cover basis although there is potential for extension due to business growth in the transport team. If you are looking for a new role as a Transport Planner then please read below.

The Role:

As a Transport Planner, you will ensure efficient nationwide route planning between sites in accordance with driving time regulations, while supporting drivers, maintaining vehicles, and adapting to real-time changes. This role involves producing achievable transport plans, liaising with stakeholders, and handling administrative tasks to optimise operations in a dynamic environment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring nationwide routes are planned efficiently between sites and in accordance with driving time regulations.
• Providing drivers with their route instructions and reviewing the daily completion of plans.
• Producing a plan that allows for vehicles to be maintained in accordance with the vehicle maintenance schedule.
• Producing an achievable and efficient transport plan, allocating jobs to suitable drivers and correct vehicles, whilst also communicating any job-specific instructions.
• Ensuring the plan is updated to reflect changes such as task variations, driver unavailability, traffic restrictions, etc.

Candidate Requirements:

• Strong geographical knowledge.
• Prior transport planning experience is essential.
• IT literate and a good communicator.
• 42.75 hours per week between 7am-7pm, Monday to Friday.
• Supportive, inclusive workplace with a focus on employee value and wellbeing.
• Opportunity for role extension due to business growth.
• Commitment to health, safety, and wellbeing, including pre- and post-employment drug testing.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced transport professional to join a sustainability-focused family-run business, please reach out if you are open to something new.