Job Title: Assistant Transport Manager
Location: Brentwood
Salary: Circa £30,000 per annum
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
The role:
Working closely with the Operations Manager you’ll ensure the effective operation of the Transport function.
You will collaborate with the team to provide a cost effective and efficient service, resulting in maximum profit and customer satisfaction.
Dedicated to inspiring and enforcing a positive Health & Safety ethic within the team, making sure the correct resources for a safe environment are made available.
Commit to a business wide best practice and knowledge sharing culture is actively embraced.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Daily
- Routing/planning of the vehicle/driver schedules under guidance of the Operations Manager
- Producing all necessary driver paperwork, scanning returned driver running sheets
- AM check in with drivers to ensure daily schedules are running smoothly
- PM update drivers with what they are doing the following day to ensure prepared
- Daily office communications with operational update
- Liaising with landfill sites to book in loads
- Oversee transfer station operations, including completion of customer consignment notes, bin management, organising cover as and when needed
Weekly
- Monitoring driver’s driving time and working hours – Tachographs and Digi Cards
- Weekly inspections of yard and transfer station and completion of documentation
- Overseeing the return of the driver’s weekly PPE sheet and replenishing items
- Production/collation of weekly driver wage submissions
- Check fuel levels in on-site tank, re order when needed
- Monitor driver infringements and take action where necessary, this includes uploading signed records
- Management of Driver downloads
Monthly
- Arrange monthly driver’s meeting and produce minutes
- Production of vehicle costings MI (management information)
- Review licence/training expiry dates, ensuring adequate time for re-booking. This includes liaising with HR to upload records/renewal reminders in to Breathe
Quarterly
- Driver licence checks via DVLA
- Management of Vehicle downloads
- Driver training, full management including booking, ensuring attendance (CPC/FORS) and liaising with HR to log/load into Breathe
Annual
- Planning and scheduling vehicle and trailer servicing, maintenance and MOT’s, creation of the annual wall planner
- Completion of driver 1-2-1’s if assistance is required by the Operations Manager
- Arrange Face-Fits and liaise with HR to load/log reminders into Breathe
There will be the need to assist with additional transport departmental related tasks on an ad hoc basis
The Candidate:
- An understanding and/or experience of waste transport operations is desirable
- Well versed in driving hours/CPC and a knowledge of FORS requirements
- Strong knowledge of truck workings is useful
- A very personable ‘can do’ attitude
- Capable of working well under pressure
- Demonstrates initiative and the ability to multi-task
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- PC literate with excellent working knowledge of IT systems, Microsoft Office suite
- Methodical and thorough approach to paperwork
- Full clean driving licence
- HGV licence desirable but not required
Please note: Candidates must have own transportation, office location is not accessible via public transport.
This job description is a summary of the main duties of the role but is not exhaustive. It may be reviewed and updated regularly in discussion with the post holder.
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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Distribution Controller, Operations Assistant, Logistics Supervisor, Fleet Coordinator, Transport Supervisor, Transport Operations Manager, Logistics coordinator, Operations Support, Transport Planner, Transport Coordinator, Distribution Coordinator, Transport Operations Coordinator may also be considered for this role.
