Contract type: Full time
Location: Daventry
Hours: Rotating Weekly Shifts - Sunday to Thursday 14:00 – 22:00 one week, Monday to Friday 06:00 – 14:00 one week and Monday to Friday 14:00 – 22:00 one week
Salary: £26,468.00, plus 22 days rising holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the Job
Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have an important part to play ensuring all Transport Administration is accurate, up to date, as legally required by the Department of Transport.
Here at Unipart, we don’t just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.
As Transport Clerk you’ll contribute to the smooth and efficient operational activities within the Traffic Office in order to meet and exceed customer expectations.
As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:
Carry out and direct daily traffic office functions in line with company policies and procedures and best practice
Provide and maintain professional, efficient and effective clerical support for the traffic office / traffic team as required
Facilitate effective communication between yourself, your peers and the Management Team
Monitor, maintain and comply with Health, Safety and Environmental standards minimising the risk to all colleagues
Ensure full compliance to Warehouse and Transport Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) safe systems of work, all Company and statutory regulation regarding the operator’s licence, tachograph analysis and driver’s hours
Work in collaboration with other Unipart sites to maximise efficiencies and best practice
Ensure customer requirements are always fulfilled to the highest possible standards including internal customers
Ensure work equipment is in good working order and report any defects as per local procedure
Responsibility to challenge and ascertain reasons for presence of unauthorised persons on site where appropriate
Promote and behave in a way consistent with the Organisation’s Vision and Values
Develop own knowledge and skills and contribute to the development of others
Support people’s equality, diversity and rights
Build and demonstrate an in-depth operational awareness of all areas of the business, working closely with the Transport Supervisor sharing thoughts and ideas to move the department forward
Ensure all information contained on the system is always accurate
Contribute to achievement budgeted targets, always striving to exceed the targets and KPI’s
Complete driver communication in allocation of activity and debrief on return
Complete all daily reports by the end of each shift
About You
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!
Ability to communicate effectively through a variety of mediums (written, verbal, interpersonal, telephone) with a range of people on a range of matters
Contribute to own personal development
Assist in maintaining own and others’ health, safety and security
Confidence to make changes in own practice and offer suggestions for improving services
Contribute to the monitoring and maintenance of systems, vehicles and equipment
Gather, analyse, modify, structure, maintain and present data and information
Methodical with an attention to detail and an ability to prioritise workload
Ability to work on own initiative within broad parameters
Team builder with good interpersonal skills
Proactive with an ability to work under pressure and to react and respond to change
Resilient and able to thrive in a demanding and fast changing environment
Proven track record of working within a transport operation, including a good geographical knowledge of the United Kingdom – desirable
Customer orientated with supply chain experience an advantage
Good Knowledge of Transport Legal responsibilities
PC literate
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.
You may have experience in the following roles: Logistics Coordinator, Transport Administrator, Traffic Office Clerk, Dispatch Clerk, Transport Operations Clerk, Shipping Clerk, Fleet Coordinator, Distribution Clerk, Traffic Coordinator, and Transportation Scheduler, etc.
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