Job Vacancy

Transport Manager

Job Location: Stanley House, Anthonys Way, Medway City Estate, Rochester, ME2 4NF

Job Status: Permanent (Full-time)

Job Career Level: Manager

Job Salary: Competitive

Job Reference code: TM/18

Reporting to: Company Directors

Key Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• Manage the delivery of planned and reactive services to industrial, commercial and domestic customers in accordance with established quality procedures
• Receive service requests verbally or electronically, providing advice and prices to customers, and coordinate the relevant resources to meet agreed timescales
• Plan and schedule labour, vehicles and plant on a daily and weekly basis allowing flexibility to accommodate emergency responses / changes to the works programme
• Ensure H&S and environmental compliance of operations including the preparation of risk and method statements, and the inspection and maintenance of plant
• Use standard and in-house software for a range of tasks including job management and costing as well as reporting and administration
• Manage day to day issues arising from the supervision of field teams including providing advice and instructions, attendance and timekeeping, sickness and other absence, authorisation of overtime, coaching, welfare, disciplinary matters and the identification of training needs
• Ensure operatives keep their vehicles in a clean and roadworthy condition at all times
• Liaise with and assist generally other sections in the Company in the delivery of operational and administrative services to internal and external customers
• You will be expected to look after the out of hours phones. This will be on a rota basis with weekends also needing to be covered
• Perform tasks at all times in accordance with H&S and statutory procedures having regard also to the Company’s quality management system

Person Specification:

• Previous experience in the transport, waste or logistics industry desired
• Previous experience within a similar role, essential
• Must have the ability to take on responsibility for your own workload
• Proficient using Microsoft Office systems including; Word and Excel
• Ability to well under pressure
• Leadership experience with excellent communication and influencing skills
• Good communicator, able to provide clear oral and written advice to field teams and management as required
• Full Driving License and Transport Manager CPC
• Organising and planning skills to ensure work programmes are established and followed
• Able to work with a minimum of supervision
• Reliable, responsible, numerate and commercially aware
• Receptive to training and new ways of working
• Work consistently to high standards of quality, health and safety

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