Transport Coordinator

Job Title: Transport Co-ordinator.

Salary: £35,129 per annum.

Work Location: Widnes.

Contract: Permanent

Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday 3 shift rotation. 06:00-14:00, 14:00-22:00, 22:00-06:00

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week.

Overtime: Extra hours and flexibility to cover other shifts.

Weekend: On-call cover on rota basis.

Benefits: 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays, Pension, Life Assurance + Benefits

Schenk UK is an innovative, national tanker haulage business operating one of the largest road tanker fleets in the country. For over 60 years, we have proudly served the chemicals, gas, fuels, waste, and powders sectors, becoming the UK's largest chemical transporter.

As one of our Planners, you will be a commercially aware candidate who will play an integral part in the delivery of high quality, cost effective, logistics services for our customer base by being responsible for the efficient movement of LGV tanker trailers across the country including single and multiple drops per day at customer sites.

As one of our exceptional Transport Co-ordinators, you will be a commercially aware candidate who will play an integral part in the delivery of high quality, cost effective, logistics services for our customer - BOC by being responsible for the efficient movement of LGV & trailers across the country including single and multiple drops per day at customer sites.

Being an efficient communicator and multi-tasker, you will work with our customer and ensure that our drivers have total clarity of their daily transport plan and keep a thorough check on their completion of work. You will also need to keep the customer up to date with the status of their jobs and ensure a high level of customer satisfaction is maintained.

Ideally you will be an experienced Planner / Transport Co-ordinator who is familiar with various Planning tools including Microlise and have great Excell skills. If you have experience with other planning software, full training will be provided.

You will be tasked to deliver the required KPIs (Revenue Per Shift, OTIF, mileage efficiency, vehicle utilisation etc.) and be sufficiently robust to cope with anticipated events and customer-driven changes. You will be customer and driver facing, so being able quickly build excellent professional relationships is key.

In this position, you will work Monday to Friday on a rota basis.

• First point of contact and escalation for all H&S related events, whilst on shift
• Effective planning of driver and vehicle resource to achieve delivery/collection times, creating and updating daily rotas
• Liaise with local operations and BOC to cover loading & unloading for exceptional OTIF completion
• Ensuring that service levels are achieved and maintained, in conjunction with other departments
• Optimisation of resource and adherence of WTD and drivers’ hours legislation
• Using the Driver Rota, plan drivers according to shift pattern and available hours, considering holidays, sickness and changes in demand
• To ensure legal compliance regarding any defects, services, MOTs, maintenance schedules etc
• Ensure all accidents/incidents/near miss are logged and reported in line with company procedures
• Maintain clear and effective communication with drivers, communicating accurate start times, load information, directions, additional shifts etc
• To increase staff retention and maintain good morale, reporting any driver’s issues or concerns to management. In turn, communicate any operational changes that may affect a driver’s daily duties
• Ensure adherence to all statutory and legal requirements, adhere to all health & safety/ safe systems of work
• Utilise and interpret the Transport Management System to maximise route planning efficiencies within given time constraints and service criteria
• Provide effective communication during shift handovers and engage with other Transport Co-ordinators regarding issues arising during the shift
• Supporting on drivers wages, expenses and holiday planning
• Flexibility to cover others shifts & weekend on call to ensure we have 24/7 cover.
• Other duties assigned by their manager from time to time

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