Transport Planner

3 weeks ago


Bolton, United Kingdom EFS Full time

Thomas Harwood and Son, are part of EFS Global which is a fast-growing Logistics group with over 30 depots throughout the UK. We are currently recruiting for Transport Planner, to join our experienced team.

The Transport Planner is a key member of the transport team and primarily responsible for overseeing the smooth day to day planning of HGV vehicles throughout the UK.
- Thomas Harwood_ is a first class provider of UK Distribution and Temporary Storage services based in Bolton for more than 90 years.

**Role Responsibilities**:

- Overseeing the daily route planning of general haulage work, throughout the UK. We run up to 16 vehicles at any given time.
- Liaising with existing customers and third parties to arrange deliveries and collections, making sure all our goods are delivered in a timely and efficient manner, ensuring high expectations are constantly met.
- Monitoring workload via internal systems to ensure vehicles are assigned to general freight and work prioritised.
- Planning loads and routes that are commercially beneficial to the company, searching internal platforms looking for jobs to keep all vehicles moving.
- Carry out driver debriefs and training, ensuring that our transport operation is running both safely and cost-effectively.
- Managing drivers and monitoring their performance.
- Escalate details of vehicle accidents, defects or any fleet issues to senior management.
- Act as holiday cover within the office for another position, so you will have an opportunity to learn various parts of the office functions and develop your skill set.
- Taking your turn to be on call over night and over the weekend.

**Role Requirements**:

- Experience within pallet distribution and/or general haulage planning.
- Class 1 licence and FLT licence would be beneficial, but not essential.
- CPC in road transport would be beneficial, but not essential.

**Working Hours**:

- Full time, permanent.
- Monday to Friday 2 shift patterns 07:30 - 16:30 / 08:30 - 18:00 or finish

**Salary**:

- **£28,000-£32,000 salary plus bonus £7,500 ** per annum dependent on experience.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £28,000.00-£39,500.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Work Location: In person


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