Transport Planner: Flexible Shifts, Live Operations

South Coast Logistics; Dublin; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

South Coast Logistics in Ireland is seeking a Planner to lead daily transport planning with a team, ensuring efficient routing, driver management, and service performance.

The role requires a transport/logistics degree or relevant experience, at least two years in transport planning, and flexibility to cover various shifts; you'll work with drivers and SLCs to optimise operations and maintain company standards.

Qualifications

• Degree in Transport & Logistics OR relevant experience.
• Minimum 2 years transport planning experience.
• Working within a shared team performance/responsibility an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Full responsibility for the creation & execution of daily plan with their team for all specific transport.
• Ensuring that the daily plan is checked for accuracy and is planned to achieve best possible efficiencies in terms of driver, truck and equipment routing.
• Work with Planning team manager to agreed KPIs on own & planning team performance.
• Monitor driver working hours to ensure balanced working days/weeks throughout the fleet.
• Provide input on driver leave requests to ensure adequate number of drivers available at key periods.
• Work with drivers to improve daily communications, teamwork and on the job training/familiarisation.
• Liaise with team members & operational staff on any daily planning matters relating to sharing resources and/or routing of trucks, trailers or equipment.
• Ensure clear and accurate communication to drivers with daily instructions & relevant information.
• Ensure accurate and timely data entry into planning & operational control systems.
• Always providing the highest standards of customer service in line with company values.
• Planning of vehicle/trailer maintenance as per plan with 100% compliance as key requisite.
• Investigate & escape when required any planning &/or Health & Safety matters to management.
• Liaise with Scheduling Logistics Coordinators to ensure high-quality customer service ensuring clear & accurate communications to customers, timely reporting & paperwork returns.
• Communicate promptly and accurately via correct channels all operational & customer issues. Ensure events are correctly recorded and managed accordingly.
• Ensure that any discrepancies in job notes or instructions are raised with SLCs and rectify.
• Strive for continuous improvement, efficiency and streamlining planning operations.
• Regularly review and update quality documents for training and service standards - plan/run manuals, infrastructure, contact and reference documents.
• Complete flexibility in working arrangements including working early or late shifts and working 4 or 5 days over a 7-day period as part of a roster /or when requested to do so.
• Provide out-of-hours on call support when required/rostered to drivers.
• Undertake any other reasonable work as required.
• The above list is not exhaustive, and the role may evolve as per business needs.

Skills

Team player

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Continuous improvement

Innovative mindset

Education

Degree in Transport & Logistics

Job description

South Coast Logistics in Ireland is seeking a Planner to lead daily transport planning with a team, ensuring efficient routing, driver management, and service performance.

The role requires a transport/logistics degree or relevant experience, at least two years in transport planning, and flexibility to cover various shifts; you'll work with drivers and SLCs to optimise operations and maintain company standards.