Route and Vehicle Load Planner
3 weeks ago
Position: Route and Vehicle Load Planner
Location: Shoeburyness
Package: £30k-£35k + Bonus
Working Hours: 12pm-9pm
Are you an experienced Transport Planner seeking a new role?
You have the opportunity to join a well-established Steel Stockholder in Shoeburyness. This business is one of the largest employers in the area and has an excellent reputation for taking good care of its employees.
This is a very key role in the business and the entire company will rely on your to plan routes and loads for it’s entire fleet – 30 plus vehicles. You will do a detailed handover over 3-4 weeks with the current Transport Planner before taking full responsibility.
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Have ultimate responsibility for the daily route and load planning for an entire fleet of 30 plus vehicles.
* Log Webfleet messages throughout the day, send information for returns, NOL and collections to all required staff.
* Maintain a live transport vehicle/driver board.
* Interact with Communicate Better when any HGV / Tom-Tom / Webfleet issues arise.
* Interact with Maxoptra in the event of issues.
* Liaise with drivers throughout the day using Webfleet messaging system and Maxoptra tracker.
* Liaising with sales staff with regard to customer specific requirements.
* Maintain the CSV file for order download into Maxoptra.
* Produce daily work schedule for Shoeburyness and Sittingbourne (when required).
* Organize collections for returning product.
* Checking manifests against tickets to ensure all planned work gets loaded.
* Print missing tickets.
* Create daily load list detailing drivers/vehicles/weights/drops/mileage.
* Send emails containing the Loadlist & debrief of the plan detailing any unplanned orders, missing tickets and not on CSV’s.
* Text management group summary of planning.
* Liaise with the vehicle workshop, ensuring that all vehicles are available for service/MOT.
* Perform driver debrief on their return.
* Assisting with deliveries on 3.5t vehicle.
* Assisting with loading/unloading of vehicles via forklift
