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Are you an experienced Transport Planner looking for a step up? We are looking for a Senior Transport Planner who will plan and execute collection and delivery schedules via the most cost effective means.

Staffline is recruiting a Senior Transport Planner in Bristol.

The rate of pay is up to GBP38,000 per annum dependant on experience.

This is a full time role working fixed shifts and the hours of work are:
- 6am to 4pm

Your Time at Work

As a Senior Transport Planner your duties include:

- Making full use of all IT systems, TMS and customer portals to ensure efficient fleet and employee deployment.
- Fully utilise all vehicles to ensure accurate and appropriate allocation of drivers/vehicles/trailers/customer deliveries and backloads.
- Working closely with the workshop to ensure vehicles and trailers are available to support the transport requirement, service scheduling is built into the plan and advise the operation in a timely manner when there are any risks to vehicle or trailer availability.
- Communicating and sharing plans with the transport team to deliver through efficiency and maintain customer service levels.
- Managing staffing levels, including agency staff to ensure sufficient staffing levels are always in place to meet and exceed the daily plan and to meet customer requirements.
- Communicate effectively with all customers and work with them to understand and resource their schedules. Also, to include but not limited to: effective handovers to the relevant individuals/departments, and key stakeholders for any operational delays to ensure a smooth and efficient service is being delivered.
- Controlling and planning operational deliveries for the following day and providing rates, quotes and processing all customer bookings to meet customers' needs and expectations.
- Working as part of a team and participating in cross training initiatives to provide effective cover in a colleague's absence.
- Identifying, communicating, and driving any continuous improvements to develop the operation of the business continually.
- Operating to a high standard of general housekeeping and working safely, complying with all health and safety regulations to maintain a clean, safe, and tidy working environment.

Our Perfect Worker

We are looking for somebody who has all or most of the following skills:

- Working knowledge of the Highway Code, EU tachograph requirements, Working Time Regulations, Road Transport Regulations
- Working knowledge of transport operation systems
- Geographical knowledge
- Health and Safety regulations
- Relevant transport and planning experience
- Analysing and solving logistics problems
- Transport operation systems
- Ability to demonstrate, understand and apply our Company values. These are embedded in all roles and applicants must evidence these values as part of the application process.

Experience in a similar role is required.

Key Information and Benefits

- Earn up to GBP38,000 per annum
- Fixed shift
- Free car parking on site
- Full training provided
- Life assurance
- Pension
- CPC training

Job Ref: 1KIN

About Staffline

Staffline is the UK's leading provider of flexible, temporary and permanent workforce solutions, enabling over 28,000 people into good work every day. We operate at more than 350 customer sites across England, Scotland and Wales.

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