Job Description As Planning Manager you will proactively lead and manage the Local Planning Team, delivering a transport plan that effectively deploys the company’s transport assets. This plan should deliver compliance with relevant legislation, company procedures meets customer requirements and generate profit to the business. As the successful candidate, you will contribute to the overall success of the site, and will report directly to the General Manager. Working hours: Monday to Friday, 45 hour week. Key Duties of a Planning Manager: Manage the Daily Transport Plan (COP024) by ensuring Team Leaders carry out daily duites. Daily analysis of the P&L for each of their team’s planning boards Regular monitoring of Empty Legs information Regular monitoring of ISOTRAK's group analysis screen for their team resource pool Monitoring status boards for the national fleet analysing booked, planned and completed jobs Liaising with Team Leaders to ensure data requirements for GTS are complete. Advise on any remedial action if data is missing Gathering all relevant information on outstanding work in allocated traffic areas and communicate ‘state of play’ during conference calls Working alongside Team Leaders to assist where possible all traffic areas that have work outstanding Liaising with Transport Managers via conference call to ensure DOT and other issues are monitored. With remedial action put into place should it be needed Briefing planning teams with all relevant information from UK Transport conference calls Provide leadership and guidance to the planning team and individual planners by: Liaising with Team Leaders in relation to WTD, time lapse reports and restricted parking. Analysing all WTD information for the team’s resource pool. Discussing all excess hours with individual planners and inform Operations of all intended actions (COP 109) Ensuring that the agency / casual tracker is up to date with any manpower used for the previous shift Controlling the management of absence and holidays for the team Ensuring critical information is flowing by updating the intranet / notice-boards Ensuring that all training needs are met for the planners and the Team Leaders (including inductions, re-training, GTS, ISOTRAK) Delivering improved organisation capability through the Appraisal and 1-1 process.