Transport Operations Controller

4 days ago


Luton, United Kingdom GBA Services Ltd Full time

JOB TITLE Transport Operations Controller

LOCATION Luton Airport

SALARY £30,450 per annum

HOURS Nights: 4on / 4off 12 hour shifts 7pm-7am

Do you want a market leading salary working for a family friendly company? GBA Services are looking for enthusiastic, energetic and engaging team players to join their busy office based at Luton Airport. Night shift experience is a must

The Role:

- Working within a team coordinating and ensuring all customer requirements (Collections / Deliveries) are completed within agreed timescales.
- Processing telephone/electronic bookings accurately and dealing with customer request through to full resolution.
- Being proactive when monitoring delivery jobs to POD and completion - clear communication to Customers and staff of any issues including accurate and informative handovers.
- Strong communications skills, written and verbal.
- Proactive mindset with a can-do attitude when monitoring customer jobs to ensure adequate resources, fleet or staff are available to meet customer needs
- Effect the management of day-to-day Road, Sea and Air Freight operations.
- Complete Customs formalities including processing export and import declarations.

The Person:

- 3 years Previous freight forwarding or logistics experience.
- The ability to prioritise and organise own workload to tight deadlines.
- Computer literate with an eye for detail
- Ability to work autonomously as well as working alongside all other members of staff.
- Excellent customer service skills

This is an exciting and challenging role and you will need to be able to multitask, prioritise your own workload and communicate in a professional way. We use a range of Microsoft products throughout the business, so a good working knowledge is required.

What we can offer
- Long term career with a stable market leader
- Uniform
- Holiday loyalty scheme
- Company Health Care Scheme
- Company Sick Pay

About us

GBA Services was established in 1987 and specialises in providing logistics solutions for our customers around the world via road, air and ocean. We provide a range of services including Time Critical, High Security and Refrigerated. Our Enterprising value encourages us to explore opportunities and react quickly. We have recently branched out into providing logistics solutions to the Retail sector and the Aviation sector with the launch of our new division GBA Global.

Our Family values are very important to us and at the heart of our company and as we have grown, we have made sure that these remain in our core. Culture fit is vital to this role and we are looking for people who share our values. In our recent employee engagement survey, when asked “what is it like at GBA” the top three responses were “Challenging”, “Fun” and “Friendly”. If this sounds like you then please get in touch

**Salary**: £30,450.00 per year

Schedule:

- Night shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Luton, LU2 9NY: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- customs: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location



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