Transport Planner (Permanent role)
Location : Feltham
Shift : 6am to 6pm 4 on 4 off shift
Salary : £30K onward (D.o.E)
Duties :
-Planning for 13 Airport vehicles which involves meeting timed Collections & deliveries as required by customers.
-Liaising with the drivers throughout the day and monitoring their progress to ensure they complete required work in the required timescales.
-Liaising with Import & Export team, and third party in house customers regarding airline collections.
-Communicating effectively with customers to keep them informed of the progress of their deliveries.
-Organizing planning of vehicle availability for vehicle service schedule and maintenance/repairs of vehicles and trailers, such as creating schedules and monitoring associated costs.
-Reviewing practices to ensure that transport is utilized using the most cost-effective solution
Using third party hauliers to cover loads beyond capacity of fleet.
-Managing Day board, ensure this is updated for all consignments, with driver details and vehicle registrations.
-Managing the import inventory within Multi-shed, ensure Status 1 and BI's are completed.
-Completing customer reports, of Status 1, time collected, and time back to our facility.
-Have an awareness of industry compliance and relevant legislation that the operation is subject to.
-Answering any incoming phone calls and dealing with them in the appropriate way.
-Carry out any other tasks required to keep the transport office and vehicles/drivers running efficiently.
-Learning other roles within the business to assist in the future development
EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS :
-Managers CPC Qualification is an advantage but not essential.
-Knowledge of driver's hours/working time directive regulations.
-The Transport planner will ideally have 3 years minimum experience of working within the UK transport industry with good geographical knowledge of the UK would also be beneficial.
-You must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office / Excel
Experienced candidates please apply.
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