Owens Group UK
Transport Planner -4/4off NIGHTS
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Owens Group is a fast-developing, multisite organisation, with a large diverse customer base, making this an exciting opportunity.
As a result, Owens Group is looking to recruit a Transport Planner.
Shifts available:
- 4 on 4 off Nights - 6pm to 6am
Salary: £30,000.00
To take responsibility for the timely traffic planning of routes and scheduling delivery times to ensure that the customer receives a first-class service in a cost-effective way.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Carry out tasks largely unsupervised to cost and quality standards
- Plan ahead - tasks and resources. Liaise with internal/external customers to resolve problems.
- Collect, analyse and distribute information/data.
- Provide professional/specialist advice both internally and externally.
- Developing relationships with external customer.
- Specify and ensure levels of support service are in place.
- Prioritise and co-ordinate workloads
- Completion of tasks to time and quality standards
- No customer complaints
- Working to budgets
- Successful working partnerships with customers, internal and external
- Delivering the right advice in a timely manner
- Achieving respect of others about your competence.
- Practising safe working procedures.
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Specific Key Accountabilities
- Working with customers/suppliers/drivers and other traffic desks, planning routes and scheduling delivery times to ensure the smooth running of the operation
- Prioritising workload, route planning driver brief and de-brief
- Liaise With Other Depots Within The Company
- Driver communication and monitoring
- Strong organisational skills for planning schedules, journeys and loads
- Proactively work to reduce late deliveries and missed time slots
- Ability to work flexibly and to make decisions quickly
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to deal with people at all levels
- Maintain computerised system Stirling. Have the skills to use Excel spread sheet
- A good understanding of transport regulations currently in force
- Good geographical knowledge
- Booking driver agency staff depending on workload
- Must monitor Compliance and work with drivers and Compliance to eliminate infringements
- Must ensure that all drivers are aware of SAFED, and be actively involved in improving SAFED achievements to goals
- Must be an integral part of, and is responsible for employee health and safety
- Ensure that vehicles and trailers are available in a timely manner to adhere to Compliance and inspection requirements
- Provide general support appropriate to the management when required
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Specific Qualifications/ Job Training:
- Experience of working at a similar level.
- CPC holder desirable (National) but not essential
- Job specific qualification preferred
Specific Experience
- Traffic Management
- Dealing with VOSA Compliance
- Problem solving/logical thinking
- Working unsupervised, continually managing time and prioritising work to meet tight deadlines.
Specific Skills
- Computer skills, Stirling (desirable), Excel
- Good communication skills, interaction at all levels internal and external.
- Geographical knowledge
- Team player with a flexible 'Can Do' attitude
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