Are you an experienced Transport Planner seeking an exciting opportunity to expand your experience to become a well rounded logistics professional in a port environment? Your role Working as part of a supportive team, as Transport Planner with Peel Ports Logistics you will lead the efficient scheduling of road transport operations, including vehicle planning, driver management and subcontractors across a range of commodities and specialised haulage, ensuring all documentation and systems are accurate and up to date at all times.
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You will develop and maintain strong working relationships with customers, port operators and transport subcontractors and will liaise directly with our Freight Forwarding partners, responding promptly to all enquiries in line with agreed service levels.
You will assist the vehicle maintenance team with ensuring vehicles are available for scheduled maintenance to maximise the service we can offer and ensuring all activities comply with health, safety and quality standards.
What You’ll Bring You'll have: Experience in transport planning A working knowledge of Drivers Hours and Working Time Directive Regulations OLAT Awareness Trained (advantageous but not essential) The ability to work under time pressure and towards challenging targets The ability to prioritise and manage work workload using excellent organisational skills A valid Full UK driving License IT experience, including MS Office, particularly Excel and Outlook Who we are As one of the UK’s leading shipping and freight forwarders, we provide a comprehensive portfolio of services by land and sea, including chartering, agency, logistics, customs, forwarding and marine services throughout the UK.
We take pride in the service we offer to meet the individual needs of our customers.
What we can offer you In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers.
Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as: Generous annual leave Up to 10% Matched Contribution Pension Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, Critical Illness insurance, Gym Membership Scheme, Retail Vouchers, plus more Commitment to learning and personal development – Last year we supported over 50,000 hours of training and personal development We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our Employee Assistance Programme when required If you believe you have the skills and experience we are seeking and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we’d really like to hear from you To apply please email your CV to careerspeelports.com