Transport Clerk

Company Description
- Contract: Permanent / 40.25 Hours Per Week
- Salary - Circa £26k per year
- Location: Hinckley Hub 5 - Watling Street LE10 3JA
- Days of Work: rolling shift 4 on 4 off
- Hours of Work: Nights

DPD UK is a member of Geopost who are a market leader in parcel delivery and e-commerce solutions, providing a broad range of delivery and innovative services for customers worldwide. DPD UK has a turnover of over £2 billion and our aim is to be the most sustainable delivery company in the UK. At DPD UK we also aim to deliver the best service, use the best technology and recruit and retain the best people in the industry.

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer.

**Job Description**:
We are currently recruiting for two Transport Clerks - Operations, to work as part of our award winning Transport team and help them achieve ever-greater heights. Could this be you?

As a Transport Clerk - Operations you will be part of the Traffic office team based at our Hinckley Site and are responsible for tracking our Transport routes ensuring that our HGV drivers have arrived for duties and that trailers will arrive at our Hub sites as planned.

**Other Key responsibilities of this role are;**
- Working with other departments such as Hub and Network Operations, Fleet and Security ensuring that updates on arrivals or any issues are communicated as quickly as possible in order to keep our operation running smoothly
- Completing licence checks for agency drivers and ensuring we remain compliant in line with O Licence Regulations
- General administrative duties such as answering telephone queries, printing route paperwork and maps
- Assisting the Transport Shift Managers and Transport Managers - Operations with any further administration

**Qualifications**:
**What we’re looking for**:

- You will have experience in a fast paced operation ideally in a transport setting.
- You will have strong communication skills with the ability to communicate with people at all levels..
- Demonstrate excellent time management and organisational skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines
- The ability to do comprehensive reporting, alongside analysis of data is a key requirement for this role.
- Demonstrate the company’s ‘DNA’ (core values) - Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Hard Work and Accountability

Additional Information
**About our benefits**

We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few
- Holiday trading
- Enhanced maternity and paternity package
- Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
- Free onsite car parking for all employees
- Health Kiosks visiting every location
- Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
- Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
- Free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.