Transport Supervisor - Nights

LUKTL Lineage UK Transport Limited; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics provider in Birmingham is seeking a Transport Supervisor for the night shift. This role supports the Transport Manager in ensuring safe and compliant operations. Ideal candidates will have transport supervision experience, CPC qualifications, and strong communication and organisational skills. The position offers a permanent opportunity with various employee benefits, including annual leave and emotional well-being support.

Benefits

Permanent opportunity with direct employer

Career development within a global company

Additional annual leave opportunity

Free onsite car park

24/7 employee assistance for counselling

Preferential rates for loans and savings

Qualifications

• Experienced in transport supervision preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and thorough compliance knowledge.
• Confident communicator with good organisational skills.
• A positive, proactive team player with a can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Support the Transport Manager to ensure operation runs safely and efficiently.
• Manage driver allocation, compliance with driving hours, and incident reporting.
• Support staff training and manage absence and return-to-work processes.

Skills

Transport supervision experience

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Organisational skills

IT confidence (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Ability to work to deadlines

Education

CPC qualification or working towards it

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 Night Shift.

Shift Available: Sunday - Thursday 22:00-06:00

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