Transport Supervisor - Days

Lineage Logistics; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics provider in Birmingham seeks a Transport Supervisor to oversee operations, ensure compliance, and manage staff training. The ideal candidate has transport supervision experience, is CPC qualified or pursuing it, and exhibits strong attention to detail and communication skills. This position provides a range of benefits, including career development opportunities and support for emotional well-being.

Benefits

Opportunity to develop a career

Free onsite car park

Access to 24/7 employee assistance

Preferential rates for loans and savings

Qualifications

• Experience in transport supervision preferred.
• CPC qualified or working towards your CPC.
• Comfortable working to deadlines and managing multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Support Transport Manager with compliance and operation.
• Manage driver allocation and compliance monitoring.
• Assist with staff training and daily management.

Skills

Transport supervision experience

Attention to detail

Strong communication skills

Organisational skills

IT confidence (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Education

CPC qualification or working towards

Tools

FleetManager

Tacho Web

Job description

At Lineage, helping to feed the world is more than a job – it’s our purpose. As the world’s largest and most innovative temperature‑controlled logistics provider, we’re looking for a Transport Supervisor to join our team in Hams Hall on the Day Shift.

Shift Available: Monday - Friday 08:00-16:30

The Role

Supporting the Transport Manager, you’ll help ensure our transport operation runs safely, compliantly, and efficiently. Key responsibilities include:

Transport Operations & Compliance

• Driver allocation, wages, holidays and daily monitoring.

• Ensuring compliance with Lineage driving hours, WTD and drivers’ hours legislation.

• Managing overspeeds, driving hours, missing mileage, defects, and infringements (including debriefs).

• Carrying out driver debriefs, reviewing RTD hours, daily checks, missing data, Tacho vs. defect app, repeat issues, DWAC alerts/minutes, and more.

• Maintaining system data across Aquarius, FleetManager, Tacho Web, and keeping vehicle files at 15 months.

Fleet & Vehicle Administration

• Booking vehicle inspections/MOTs and managing defects.

• Printing, scanning, and filing service sheets; updating the service board.

• Completing vehicle camera checks and reporting faults.

• Ordering and recording site fuel; processing P/Os and Workday orders (fuel, fleet, uniforms).

Incident & Safety Management

• Reporting RTAs and near misses; completing incident reports and accident debriefs.

People Management

• Supporting staff training and daily management.

• Managing absence and RTWs.

• Assisting with investigations and Q&A documentation.

Collaboration

• Working closely with colleagues across the transport network to deliver excellent customer service.

Who We’re Looking For

• Experienced in transport supervision preferred.
• CPC qualified or working towards your CPC.
• Strong attention to detail and thorough compliance knowledge.
• Confident communicator with good organisational skills.
• Comfortable working to deadlines and managing multiple tasks.
• IT‑confident, especially in Excel, Word and Outlook.
• A positive, proactive team‑player with a can‑do attitude.

What’s in it for me?

• A permanent opportunity with a direct employer; we will not employ you through an agency.
• Opportunity to develop a career within an industry leading global company.
• Opportunity to earn an additional day of annual leave each year, up to the maximum of one extra week.
• Free onsite car park.
• Support your emotional well‑being with access to a 24/7 employee assistance phone line offering confidential free counselling and advice.
• Preferential rates for loans and savings offered through exclusive access to a credit union.

Reference: INDRT

Why Lineage?

We are a global company with more than 22,000 employees spanning 20 countries and more than 400 locations across North America, Europe, Asia‑Pacific, and South America.

At Lineage Logistics, we have a shared purpose; we are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world. This means working at Lineage is not just a job – it’s an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of our team, you will be a critical link in the food supply chain.

Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organisation, from the warehouse floor to the office. Our team members are passionate about the impact they make every single day.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from persons regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. At Lineage we also recognise that Ex‑Military, veterans, and military families have great experience with transferable skills and core values that can add significant value to our organisation.

Benefits

As a Lineage team member, we aim to provide everything you and your family need to thrive. That’s why we offer competitive rates of pay, paid time off, skills training, and development opportunities to grow a long and fulfilling career with us – plus generous financial rewards when you successfully refer new employees. This is enhanced by recognition schemes (so that your hard work won’t go unnoticed), plus the chance to make your salary go even further with our cycle‑to‑work scheme and preferential rates for loans and savings courtesy of a leading credit union.

Your everyday wellbeing is also important to us, so we will provide you with all the protective equipment you need to be safe and comfortable at work, and you will have access to a free 24/7 employee assistance phone line, which offers confidential counselling and advice. With all of this offered against the backdrop of a fun and social environment in which you will be supported by a team who enjoy helping each other in achieving their goals, we are confident you will excel with us.