Transport Shift Leader – Drive Efficiency & Safety

Evri; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Evri in Warrington is seeking a Transport Supervisor to help keep our transport operation moving safely, efficiently and on time. You’ll be the visible shift leader, coordinating drivers, checking route instructions and ensuring timely collections and deliveries.

In this fast-paced role you’ll adapt to changing priorities, make decisions confidently, and maintain high health and safety standards across the shift. Previous transport experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience working within transport, logistics or a similarly fast-paced operational environment.
• Good understanding of driver compliance and tachographs.
• Ability to prioritise when things change quickly.
• Confident communicating with drivers, colleagues, managers and external partners.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervising and supporting drivers throughout your shift, providing clear direction and keeping the operation running smoothly.
• Briefing and debriefing drivers, ensuring route instructions, collections and deliveries are clearly understood and completed.
• Monitoring daily transport activity and responding quickly to delays, route issues and other operational challenges.
• Reviewing driver documentation, log sheets and digital tachograph information to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Ensuring vehicle defects identified during checks are recorded, escalated and appropriately actioned.
• Making sure accidents, incidents and vehicle damage are reported correctly and within required timescales.
• Working closely with internal teams and external partners to coordinate collections and deliveries.
• Supporting route optimisation and making operational adjustments when required.
• Maintaining high standards of Health & Safety and transport compliance across the shift.
• Providing clear and detailed shift handovers to Transport Shift Managers and fellow Supervisors.
• Using transport systems and operational data to monitor performance and identify issues requiring action.

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

Decision making

Organisational skills

Communication

IT skills

Tools

Isotrak

Tachomaster

Ortec

Excel

Outlook

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Evri in Warrington is seeking a Transport Supervisor to help keep our transport operation moving safely, efficiently and on time. You’ll be the visible shift leader, coordinating drivers, checking route instructions and ensuring timely collections and deliveries.

In this fast-paced role you’ll adapt to changing priorities, make decisions confidently, and maintain high health and safety standards across the shift. Previous transport experience is essential.