Transport Planner

**Job Introduction**:
At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.

We are currently looking for a **Transport Planner** to join our fantastic team at Tarmac Birtley in Birtley, Chester-le-Street, Co Durham. As well as Birtley and Chester-le-Street, this role is commutable from Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Consett, Durham, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Darlington, South Shields, Wallsend, Longbenton and the surrounding areas.

In the role of **Transport Planner** you will be working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday starting at 7:30am with 1 hour lunch. Following successful completion of training you will have the option for hybrid working, meaning you can work part of your week at home.

We’re working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

**Role Responsibility**:
Reporting to the Distribution Supervisor the role of **Transport Planner** will work with multidisciplinary teams with both internal and external stakeholders including customers, customer service, planning and haulage drivers. The role will also be responsible for:

- Handling of inbound and outbound calls
- Process customer’s orders
- Raise any safety concerns immediately
- Proactively chase and inform of changes
- Complaint handling
- Effective communication with key stakeholders
- Accurate recording of data
- Uphold company values
- Effective management of assets and materials
- Sourcing and management of external assets
- Effective cost management
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Excellent time management skills and the ability to multi task and manage expectations successfully
- Proven customer service and telephone skills
- Superb attention to detail
- Ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels
- Proven teamwork capability
- Speed and efficiency in making decisions
- Commercial awareness
- IT literacy
- Good geographical knowledge of the North East region (preferred)
- Knowledge of transport law (preferred but not essential)

**Why Us**:
As well as the role of **Transport Planner **we offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives, and benefits:

- Bonus scheme
- Enhanced holiday entitlement
- Contributory pension scheme
- Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
- Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
- Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc.(REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice and Menopause
- Training and development opportunities

Tarmac Trading Limited