Just Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a well-regarded transport/haulage based organisation located on the outskirts of Snetterton.
This is a great opportunity to join a business who can give you genuine progression within fast growing, forward thinking industry.
The successful Transport Planner will come from a planning background with a strong background in planning UK routes for general haulage, you must have experience of running your own cost centre - with extensive knowledge of all major road networks and a good geographical knowledge of the UK.
The successful Transport Planner will have previous experience managing a fleet of vehicles - working in a team of 3 planners.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Routing of vehicles and covering deliveries across UK.
- Previous experience transport planning in a busy transport office
- Providing good communication with our Traffic office teams and Drivers to ensure customer KPI's and targets are achieved and maintained.
- Use in-house planning tools and systems to manage workload and monitor efficiency
- Ensuring internal tracking systems are kept organised and updated
- Controlling and planning of resource (vehicles, drivers, trailers); ensuring all legal requirements are adhered to (Working Time Directive and EU Drivers' Hours regulations)
- Plan Rigid & artic work for following day
- Warehouse checks
- Review Manifest and update any amendments/ notes
- Providing rate, quotes and processing customer booking
- Monitoring delivery performance and advising customers of issues affecting time / completion
- Competent IT literacy
- Undertake any other ad hoc project or task within the company as required
This position will be Monday to Friday, working 8am to 6pm with occasional weekend working if required - this will be on a very ad hoc basis.
Free parking is available on site, genuine progression and an attractive salary for the right candidate.