Transport Planner

Our client is a family run plant hire business who is looking for a Transport Planner who will thrive in a busy environment.

You will be responsible for the delivery of transport routes across multiple depots for a number of drivers and vehicles , ensuring the drivers, vehicles and routes operate safely

You will:

• Plan routes efficiently and effectively
• Deliver the Operational Performance
• On Time delivery
• Vehicle productivity (jobs per vehicle )
• Briefing & De-Briefing drivers
• Actively work to reduce missed timeslots & late deliveries
• Number of Accidents through demonstrative action to reduce the number of accidents
• Resolving any transport issues arising from customers & drivers

About You

To succeed as a Transport Planner you will bring the following skill-set and behaviours:

• Excellent geographical knowledge of UK road network
• Excellent organisation skills and the ability to stay calm
• Transport planning in a similar or transferable environment such as a Transport office managing multiple locations, drivers and vehicles with responsibility for routing and route optimisation, Transport compliance and O licence regulations. Someone who has or is working towards Transport Manager CPC would be ideal
• IT skills, a good level of technical proficiency is preferred

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