Transport Planner

**Transport Planner**

**Job Type**:Full Time, Permanent

**Location**:Billericay, Essex

**Working Hours**:Monday - Friday (08.00-18.00)

**Salary**:£30,000.00

**Benefits**:

- Weekly Pay.
- Company pension.
- Working with a variety of specialist companies.
- Modern office environment.
- 28 days holiday per year.
- Workwear provided.
- Secure working conditions with an established company.

**Offering a friendly working environment, and a secure and varied position within an established company, we have a fantastic opportunity for a bright, adaptable, and organised individual to join our team as a Transport Planner.**

Hammond Transport is a leading transport and logistics company specialising in quality-focused Dedicated Transport and storage with a strong emphasis on customer care. Providing services for the Event and Exhibition, Rail, Construction, and Manufacturingindustries, we are proud to be FORS Gold and CLOCS accredited.

**The Role: Transport Planner**:
**Main Responsibilities for the Transport Planner**:

- Completing admin, organising, coordinating, and planning of transport activities.
- Handling customer and supplier enquiries and providing quotes.
- Liaising with drivers and routing vehicles across the UK.
- Working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
- Maintaining and continually improving the strong customer relationships and our excellent service level to enhance performance.
- Working closely with current and future customers, avoiding empty running and to generate work.
- Taking out-of-hours calls week on week off (very rare to get calls, these are mainly for emergencies).
- Inputting work and maintaining data on our Mandata Transport Management System.
- Driver de-briefs and customer contact.
- Operational admin and ad-hoc transport duties as required.

**Person Specification**:

- Previous experience as a Transport Planner within the Transport & Logistics Industry.
- Experience in organising and scheduling drivers effectively based on their workloads and jobs.
- A good understanding of HGV vehicle sizes, payload, and usage.
- To be cheerful and happy to work within a team or as an individual with a positive can-do attitude.
- Good planning and geographical knowledge is essential.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and at peak times under pressure.
- Able to generate extra work when required.
- This is an office-based role, with no remote working available.
- Must have own reliable transport to get to work.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established company, if you are looking for a challenge