Logistics Planner

We are looking for a **Logistics Planner **to join our fast-paced and growing team in Sussex. You’ll enjoy a varied role reporting to our Operations Manager and working closely with the senior management team. We are looking for someone commercially minded, who is a great forward planner thinking several steps ahead and has meticulous attention to detail to make sure that everything is in the right place at the right time. It would be advantageous for you to have a background in construction.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Scheduling of all construction operations and resources including operatives, plant, lorries and materials
- Record keeping
- Daily works diary
- Track overruns and remedial works
- Coordination estimators and project managers
- Place material orders
- Daily planning
- Daily re-planning based on events
- Prioritisation of assets
- General administrative scheduling functions
- Recommend improvements in methods and procedures to ensure a more efficient and cost effective operation

**Key skills**:
**Essential**:

- Meticulous attention to detail
- Excellent forward planner as well as being able to be responsive and reactive when necessary
- Explores all possible eventualities and mitigates risk where possible
- Can make decisions and prioritise based on assessing probabilities, outcomes and impact
- Relevant scheduling/back office experience and/or logistics
- Excellent organisational skills
- Good use of initiative
- Able to remain calm under pressure
- Flexible and adaptable with a diplomatic attitude
- Good communication skills both written and oral
- Good IT skills

**Desirable**:

- Construction industry knowledge

**About us**:
Roadways are a multiple award winning company including Employer of the year 2019 & 2021, Sussex company of the year 2021 and Innovation of the year in Brighton, 2021. We specialise in road recycling, asphalt surfacing, groundworks, civil engineering and production of eco-friendly road construction materials that save over 70% of CO2 in comparison to the traditional road construction methods.

With over 50 years’ experience, we’re rooted in knowledge and expertise. We are committed to safety, quality and a professional approach. This means we can deliver more projects on-time and to the high-standards you expect.

We are committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst our workforce. We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and aim to provide equality of opportunity to all regardless of their religion, sex, race, age or sexual orientation.

We continuously improve what we do. From the latest training for our staff, through to externally audited accreditation like ISO 9001, 45001, 14001 and Highways Sector Scheme 16. Clients can invest in us for the long-term with confidence.

**JOIN THE ROADWAYS FAMILY**

We are looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated, professional, qualified people to join our team. Could this be you?
- New to the South East?
- Recently redundant?
- Looking for a new challenge?
- Safety-focused in everything you do?
- Proactive and independent?
- Proud of delivering quality results?
- Happy to receive instruction, monitoring and appraisal?
- Keen to learn, develop skills, and progress within our industry?
- Able to positively represent the company to a wide range of customers?

Find out more about working with Roadways

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

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Hailsham, BN27 3PG: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- scheduling / logistics: 1 year (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person