Transport Office Administrator

1 week ago


Colnbrook, United Kingdom Grundon Full time

Channel your office-based transport operations experience (ideally), admin skills, ability to engage with customers and calm-under-pressure personality into a **temporary job as Transport Office Administrator (maternity cover) at Grundon's Colnbrook depot, near Heathrow**. You will join us on a **fixed-term, full-time contract covering a period of maternity leave for up to 10 months**, earning a competitive salary and great benefits, including:

- Pension scheme - you contribute 5% of pay (true cost is less due to Income Tax and NI relief) and Grundon matches this
- Reward and discount shopping scheme
- Discounted gym membership (at participating gyms)

**About the Transport Office Administrator role**
Our extremely busy transport offices are the nerve centres of our waste collection services and key to daily operations running smoothly. Colnbrook is one of our bigger depots, and as Transport Office Administrator (maternity cover)** **you will support the Transport Manager so he can get on with helping to run the depot. Typical duties:

- Relaying customer requests and any issues.
- Recording weights onto a spreadsheet, producing reports, filing weight tickets, checking/coding invoices.
- Ordering office equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE).
- New starter admin - including induction training arrangements, issuing clock cards and ensuring essential paperwork is in in place.
- Updating and maintaining the clocking and payroll system on a daily basis.
- Maintaining holiday/absence records.
- Liaising with drivers over general queries, including basic payroll queries/HR issues.
- Taking minutes at meetings and producing notes.

**What we’re looking for in our Transport Office Administrator (maternity cover)**:

- Ideally two years’ office-based experience involving transport operations, or a sound knowledge of the waste industry.
- At least one year's admin experience.
- Good computer skills - think Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, plus our own systems (we'll train you up).
- Numerate, with good spoken and written English.
- Flexibility - answering the phones and covering for a Transport Office Co-ordinator at lunchtime, for example.
- You can think on your feet and use your initiative.

**Working hours**: 40 hours, Monday-Friday from 7.30am to 4.30pm, excluding a one-hour hour lunch break each day

**Grow with Grundon**
Grundon is an award-winning and long-established waste management, environmental and quarrying company, and we place great value on attracting and developing great people. Interested in joining our success story as Transport Office Administrator (maternity cover)** **and strengthening our team? Click apply No agencies please.



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