UK Transport Manager

Culina; Kingston Bagpuize; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Employee wellness program

Eye care vouchers

Rewards & recognition

Employee discounts

Job summary

Culina Group is seeking a Transport Operations Manager to lead day-to-day activities, ensuring targets are met safely and cost-effectively across the fleet and drivers. You will drive compliance, payroll coordination, and cross-border movements in a high-paced logistics environment.

Ideal candidates hold CPC qualifications with strong knowledge of WTD, tachograph rules, and fleet maintenance oversight, reporting to the Operations team in the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a large driver and operations team in logistics.
• Strong knowledge of EU driver hours and WTD regulations.
• CPC qualification and ongoing compliance responsibilities.
• Proven ability to manage payroll and contractor/vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operation to meet daily targets cost-effectively and safely.
• Ensure post-Brexit legality and cross-border compliance.
• Manage yard resources, fleet maintenance, and compliance with company policies.

Skills

WTD regulations

Tachograph knowledge

CPC qualification

Fleet management

Driver payroll

Vehicle maintenance oversight

Tools

GTS

Microlise

MWF

Itrent

Convey

Job description

You will deliver consistent performance overseeing and being responsible for the day to day running of the operation to ensure that all daily targets are met in the most cost effective, efficient, and safe manner in line with our policies and procedures. To take responsibility for post Brexit legality and cross border requirements ensuring all personnel are complying. You will manage the day-to-day operations resource pool ensuring adherence to all Company and Legislative compliance standards, managing the organisational requirements relating to trucks, trailers & drivers and ensuring standards of maintenance of the vehicles are delivered.,

• Maintaining the company database and follow up all defects with the fleet department within 48hrs of reported incident
• Completing daily risk assessments of the yard (Eventor)
• Enforcing WTD regulations amongst all drivers (as per EU regulations), addressing all non-conformance, utilising the convey system
• Supporting all elements of Tachograph compliance. Including using Tachograph analysis for reporting and follow up actions
• Recording and following through VOSA stops in accordance with COP 070
• Identifying all CPC non-compliance and action
• Co-ordinating the management of absence and holidays for all drivers and Ops team ensuring quarterly monitoring.
• Management of driver payroll
• Co-ordinating, recruiting and retaining of Drivers (Including uniforms and GTS / MWF set up, disciplinary, grievance and exit interview process)
• Ensuring all personnel files are up to date and stored electronically, incorporating licence validation, personal details, completed training and company policies
• Validating all weekly expense claims from drivers
• Ensuring all training needs are met for drivers (including inductions, re-training, SSW and annual appraisals)
• Administering the vehicle and trailer maintenance programme, (including servicing, MOTs, VOR, weekly cab checks and maintaining all records)
• Ensuring all vehicles are operating during the race season at the expected standards of all contract requirements (no damage, scuffs, scrapes)
• Maintaining a high level of depot cleanliness ensuring all vehicles and trailers are parked correctly in the allocated areas
• Monitoring all aspects of accident prevention and incident reporting
• Ensure all movements are legally declared on the EU portal for movements inside the EU
• Provide legal documentation, permission to drive letters, certificates of conformity, insurance, V5, EU community licence, Truck tacho calibration, insurance green card, ECMT certificates of roadworthiness, low noise Austria, trailer registration, ECMT cert of compliance, trailer goods in transit insurance.
• Have a clear understanding of exit & entry declarations & GVMS route logs
• Book trucks into inland boarder facilities (when required)
• Ensure all event managers, drivers, office staff are made aware of legal updates/changes in legislation via toolbox talk and email
• Assist with goods vehicle movement checks when required (any rejections etc.)
• Liaise with the team in Europe as and when needed, this could be movements between venues, planning movements of trucks, people etc
• Supervising the WTD process whilst drivers are on event on other work ensuring hours are logged correctly.
• Ensuring office cleanliness is adhered to and all staff are following the Culina House site standards including clear desk policy at the end of each working day.
• Managing resource, booking in service providers, and strategically planning back-to-back race transitions, keeping in line with sector financial parameters
• Completing all weekly and monthly operational manager reports, checks and returns as per company process
• Overseeing the planning operation managing a team of planners and vehicle movements to and from Europe
• Overseeing all fuel and Toll accounts, ordering new tags and fuel cards as and when needed, making sure invoices are paid on time (Teleport)
• Managing the As24 account
• Keeping Eurotunnel and ferry account updated with the correct registrations, this includes any customers using our accounts.
• Liaise with M-sport, monitor and manage requirements as and when needed.
• Assist in planning of B2B movements with the ops team during the F1 European season.
• Assist on event as and when needed.
  Transport Managers CPC Qualification
• Stobart Accident Investigation Process
• Stobart employee relations training
• Working knowledge of key Stobart Systems (GTS/microlise/ MWF/transform/ ESL connect app / Itrent / convey / Assure)
• Working knowledge of EU Drivers Hours and WTD Legislation
• Working knowledge of Tachograph legislation
  Culina Group is a leading UK 3rd party food & drinks logistics provider offering dedicated and shared user warehousing and distribution solutions.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!, As part of our drive to make Culina Group a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.
Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives. Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave - Competitive holiday entitlement of 25 days + 8 Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme - we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirements so we offer a great contribution of 5% employee and 5% employer
• Wellness - Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year
• Eye Care Vouchers - We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses
• Reward & Recognition - We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!