Transport Planner: Optimise Routes, Hours & Compliance

Culina; Widnes; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme

Wellbeing Support – Employee Assistant

Eye Care Vouchers

Reward & Recognition

Everyday Discounts

Job summary

Culina, within the Transport Logistics division, is seeking a Transport Planner in Widnes. You will deploy resources to create efficient schedules, ensure compliance with WTD and EU Drivers Hours, and communicate with drivers and the ESL Customer Services team to meet KPIs.

Key duties include inputting vehicle and driver data, monitoring time lapse and breaks, confirming start times, and maintaining daily driver hour records while aiming for high utilization and profitability.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge in Truckcom, GTS applications.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft packages including Excel and Outlook
• Working knowledge of WTD and EU Drivers Hours
• Experience in a transport planning environment.

Responsibilities

• Escalation of late runners to customer services
• Input trailer numbers, fleet numbers and driver’s names as soon as practical to do so allocated against work
• Input of Arrival & departure times in Truckcom System against deliveries
• Monitor Time lapse and Restricted parking reports by specifiedtime, focusing on unproductive time and excessive breaks/waiting times
• Check resource availability for the shifts ahead vs workloads
• Confirm driver start times for next day before 16:00 hours
• Monitor and report WTD issues / concerns to Operations team
• Monitor terminal lifting and restitution times
• Ensure VBS bookings are made before vehicles arrive at Ports
• Ensuring there is ongoing verbal communication with the driving team to supplement the use of Truckcom
• Ensuring there is clear daily communication between day and night shifts, utilising the night shift handover documents
• Managing drivers hours in relation to customer requirements and volume demand and start and finish times
• Understanding and achieving specific targets regarding utilisation, loaded, empty legs and profitability
• Understanding and putting into practice communication from Team Supervisors (via conference calls)
• Regularly assisting when required at drivers / debrief counter including external drivers calling in via phone
• Allocation of containers to customer loads
• Reviewing allocated customers in assigned RP, ensuring work is planned to time and correct equipment
• Communicate with ESL Customer Services and Drivers, ensuring customer KPI targets are met
• Complete and report Benefits and Concerns on a weekly basis
• Daily sign off own and agency hours for the previous day
• Management of driver hours vs Working Time Directive and compliance

Skills

Transport planning

Truckcom

GTS applications

Excel

Outlook

WTD knowledge

Tools

Truckcom

GTS applications

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Culina, within the Transport Logistics division, is seeking a Transport Planner in Widnes. You will deploy resources to create efficient schedules, ensure compliance with WTD and EU Drivers Hours, and communicate with drivers and the ESL Customer Services team to meet KPIs.

Key duties include inputting vehicle and driver data, monitoring time lapse and breaks, confirming start times, and maintaining daily driver hour records while aiming for high utilization and profitability.