Transport Planner

Sunbelt Rentals Careers; Slough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in equipment rental is seeking a Transport Planner to join their expanding team in Slough. The role involves optimizing transport routes, managing drivers, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. The ideal candidate will possess excellent organizational skills and geographical knowledge of the UK road network, alongside a proactive approach to resolving transport issues.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Life assurance

Retail discounts

Recognition awards

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in resource and route management across multiple depots.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Proficiency in transport and workforce management systems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver effective and efficient transport routes across multiple depots.
• Manage up to 10 drivers and ensure compliance with safety standards.
• Resolve issues arising from customers and drivers.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Resource Management

Proficiency in Transport Management Systems

Geographical Knowledge of UK Road Network

Commercial Mindset

Education

Transport Manager CPC Qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Paragon

Job Watch

Rotec

Job description

About The Role

Are you ready to join a company that truly values its people and their contributions? Due to ongoing expansion, we are looking for a Transport Planner to thrive in a busy environment.

Reporting to the Regional Transport Manager, you will be responsible for delivering effective and efficient transport routes across multiple depots, managing up to 10 drivers or 8 vehicles. Your role will focus on ensuring the safe operation of our transport activities, maintaining high safety standards for drivers, vehicles, and routes.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for route efficiency, leading review processes, and ensuring compliance to optimize schedules and third-party logistics usage.
• Achieving operational performance targets aligned with KPIs such as on-time delivery, vehicle productivity, accident reduction, vehicle uptime, and revenue compliance.
• Proactively reducing missed time-slots and late deliveries.
• Resolving transport issues arising from customers and drivers.
• Briefing and de-briefing drivers effectively.

This role requires passing a full clean DBS check and providing a 5-year reference history.

What we offer:

• Joining a successful FTSE100 company, the UK's largest equipment rental provider.
• Industry-leading flexible rewards, including generous holiday allowance, life assurance, retail discounts, recognition awards, and a pension scheme.

About You

We will support your training and personal development to help you succeed. To excel as a Transport Planner, you should have:

• Excellent organizational skills and composure under pressure.
• Experience in resource and route management across multiple depots, with responsibility for routing, compliance, and regulations. A Transport Manager CPC qualification or working towards it is preferred.
• Proficiency in transport and workforce management systems (e.g., Paragon, Job Watch, Rotec) and Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong geographical knowledge of the UK road network.
• A personable, proactive, and resilient approach, with the ability to react quickly and make decisions under pressure.
• A commercial mindset, understanding the impact of costs on operations.

About Us

Sunbelt Rentals leads in equipment rentals across the UK, Ireland, US, and Canada, with operations in Europe. We serve various sectors including construction, industrial, energy, infrastructure, government, and events. Our team is our greatest asset, and we are committed to diversity, inclusion, and employee wellbeing, offering support through various health and safety initiatives.