Transport Support Assistant - Day Shift

Co-op Group; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cooperative organization in Plymouth seeks a Transport Support Assistant. The role involves managing paperwork, coordinating drivers, and ensuring compliance. Candidates should have strong administration skills and attention to detail. Benefits include competitive salary, holiday entitlement, and employee assistance programs.

Benefits

Competitive salary including shift allowances

30 days holiday starting

30% off Co-op branded products

Pension with employer contributions

Free eye tests every 2 years

On-site facilities including subsidised canteen

Qualifications

• Experience with administration tasks.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.
• Ability to recognise gaps and errors.

Responsibilities

• Organise and produce paperwork for deliveries.
• Confirm dispatch routes for drivers.
• Coordinate vehicles for timely loading.

Skills

Strong administration skills

Experience using Microsoft Office

Great organisation skills

Attention to detail

Experience from a logistics background

Job description

Overview

Transport Support Assistant - Day Shift - Plymouth

£12.89 - £16.77 hourly rate plus great benefits (£12.89/hr base rate plus £1.94/hr back shift allowance and £1.94/hr weekend shift allowance). Shift ranging (6am - 4pm), 5 over 7 days - including weekends (rota provided in advance). Plymouth LSC, Newnham Ind Est, Bell Close, Plympton, PL7 4JH

What you'll do

• organise and produce paperwork, including collection information, delivery notes and store information
• confirm dispatch routes, making sure drivers can easily navigate their way to stores
• arrange driver cover for absences
• double check roadwork issues that could prevent delivery
• co-ordinate vehicles so that they're assigned a docking station and stock can be loaded on time
• handover cab keys and paperwork to docking base staff
• responsible for compliance including licence check and agency worker regulations

This role would suit someone who has

• strong administration skills
• experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel etc)
• great organisation skills
• attention to detail and can easily spot gaps, errors and mistakes
• a clear passion for work and a keen eye for continuous improvement
• experience from a logistics background, but this isn't essential

Benefits

• competitive salary including additional shift allowances and a benefits package
• holidays starting from 30 days per year (including bank holidays)
• 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores
• a pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Free employee assistance programme with extensive health, financial and wellbeing support
• Access to credit unions for loans and savings, plus rental deposit loans and season ticket loans
• Free eye tests every 2 years
• On-site facilities including a subsidised canteen and free parking

About Co-op and recruitment

At Co-op, we're proud to do things a different way. As one of the world's largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we've had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities. We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. We'll ask whether you'd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply. If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we'll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate. You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process. You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.

As part of the application process for this job, you'll need to complete an online assessment. It will take around 10 minutes to complete the test.

We reserve the right to remove a vacancy before the scheduled closing date.