Transport Planner
Carlisle
£35K - £40K + additional benefits
We are looking for a well organised individual who will be responsible for the planning of our vehicle movements, working alongside other Traffic Planners within the Operation teams to efficiently schedule daily planning activity, ensuring the most efficient use of vehicles and drivers during collections and deliveries, whilst taking account of WTR and Drivers Hours Rules, vehicle weights and dimensions and the Road Traffic Act.
Responsibilities
Effective planning of an agreed amount of resource (vehicles, drivers, trailers) maximising vehicle utilisation and minimising cost.
Ensuring planned routes are in line with working time directive (WTD) and drivers hours rules.
Effective communication with stakeholders to ensure agreed customer SLA's are achieved and maintained, in conjunction with other departments and customer requirements.
Liaise with relevant internal departments to ensure that customers are notified (and charges reflect) of any changes to collections / deliveries.
Allocation of work from vehicles, drivers, collections and deliveries are as efficient as possible taking into account customer requirements,
Ensure paperwork and KPI information is kept up to date and accurately recorded onto company and other IT systems, understanding and achieving KPI targets relating to the safe and efficient use of our fleet.
Communicate with Operational Leads t...