Transport Planner – Days
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Staines
Shift: 4-on-4-off; 6am – 6pm
Salary: £30,000 – £32,000 (or up to £34,000 with right experience)
Full-Time, Permanent
Enjoy consistent hours, paid annual leave, and the backing of an established company that values its employees.
Roles and Responsibilities
Your position involves a combination of data entry and dealing with customers and Drivers. You will also be planning / organising vehicle movements.
- Booking, planning and allocating jobs onto our client’s Transport Management System.
- Organising Driver’s paperwork for the day.
- Being a main point of contact for Drivers that report to the office, including sub-contractors.
- Reporting vehicle defects to the Transport Manager if bought to your attention.
- Other general transport duties as required.
- Providing feedback to management.
- Answering office phone calls.
- Ensuring vans are not taken home when Drivers are going on holiday.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Road knowledge is beneficial for this role.
- To be reliable and trustworthy so the Drivers know they can rely on the information given to them by you.
- Knowledge of fleet and vehicles to ensure that the correct vehicles are sent to specific jobs.
- Good communication skills.
- Polite / courteous.
Required Attitude and Personality:
- Must be reliable.
- Concise and careful worker adhering to CAA regulations.
- Reasonable IT skills (Outlook, familiar with using the internet).
- Willingness to learn and adapt to new challenges and responsibilities.
Experience, Qualifications and Education Requirements:
- Experience working in a logistics company previously.
- The role requires a clean CRC check (which will be carried out before employment).
- Ideally the candidate will have had previous training in Cargo Operative (non-screening) and Hazard Awareness – this training is also mandatory and will be completed before employment if the candidate does not already have this training.
- GDP Trained to handle Pharma bookings (can be undertaken prior to commencement of employment).
Benefits and Perks:
- Annual birthday bonus and discretionary company bonus.
- Employee of the Month recognition scheme.
- Generous holiday entitlement up to 25 days plus bank holidays (based on length of service and shift pattern).
- Weekly fresh fruit basket.
- Access to our client’s Employee Assistance Programme.
- Guaranteed weekly hours with paid breaks.
- Paid overtime opportunities, including ad-hoc hours.
- Flexible start and finish times to support work-life balance.
- Full uniform provided, including safety shoes.
- Comprehensive on-the-job training during induction.
About Our Client
Our client is a CAA-regulated air-freight transport company with over 25 years of experience delivering secure and specialist freight across the UK.
They operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, providing dependable, compliant services for customers within and around the air-freight industry. xwzovoh
By joining the company, you'll have a secure, full-time position with consistent work, supportive management, and the stability that agency roles can't always offer.