Yard Control Assistant

**Summary and purpose of position**:
We are looking for a Yard Controller to join our team at the Wincanton Sainsbury site in Waltham Abbey. You will be responsible for the control and co-ordination of the movement of all trailers and fleet around the site, to meet transport KPI’s and to deliver great service to stores.

Hours are: 4 on 4 off rotating shift pattern - start times including 18:30 and 06:30.

Salary - £30,740 (+ night premium for hours worked between 18:00 and 06:00)

**About us**:
Wincanton is a leading supply chain partner for British business, providing supply chain solutions up and down the country. With over 20,000 colleagues across more than 200 sites and an 8,500 strong fleet of vehicles, we put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We are “Great people delivering sustainable supply chain value”.

**Duties and responsibilities**:
Controls and co-ordinates up to 600 per shift trailer and fleet movements on site, ensuring equipment and colleagues are fully optimised.
Responsible for managing up to 8 shunters movements and tasks, communicating via radio and using relevant systems.
Receives and collects a variety of information and uses this to make informed decisions regarding tasks, ensuring these are correctly prioritised.
Co-ordinates fleet availability and suitability for purpose to support the delivery of the loading programme, ensuring that dock availability and turnaround time is maximised.
Responsible for the safety, health and environment standards relating to the fleet, including correct trailer temperature co-ordination.
Ensures co-ordination of legal compliance requirements, e.g. vehicle servicing.
Responsible for inputting accurate and timely information into the Yard system to support decisions and provide good communication, including fleet audits.
Makes timely and accurate decisions regarding the servicing/MOT schedule for all fleet and ensures this is entered correctly into the Yard system & followed through to completion.
Communicates relentlessly, effectively and efficiently with all relevant departments and provides accurate information, including transport, loading, security, VMU, RRU, etc
Makes decisions regarding trailer wash to make sure that high standards of presentation and safety are maintained for the trailer fleet whilst balancing customer requirements.
Provides a comprehensive and accurate Shift Handover, highlighting all important issues that may affect Store service.
Is able to identify issues that may impact KPI’s or safety and identify appropriate action, including correct escalation.
Reviews performance information and highlights opportunities to improve, agreeing a plan of action with the Shift Manager.
Supports local activity to make the transport team a great place to work.

**Experience, Skills, and Attributes**:
Experience within a similar role.
PC literate.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Good organisational skills.
Ability to work under own initiative.
Able to work under pressure.
High level of attention to detail.
Ability to make effective prioritisation decisions, when faced with conflicting priorities.

**What do we offer?**

In addition to a generous salary, we really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment, along with other benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits include, online discount platform, onsite parking and much more.
Our Values:
**Individuals are expected to model Wincanton’s values in all they do**:
We’re Thoughtful, We’re Aiming High and We’re Prepared.
Our Commitment:
Our people are our most important asset and as such we are constantly expanding our capability programs to provide you with opportunities to build and extend your professional skills and career opportunities. Continuous learning takes place through a broad variety of opportunities and types of engagements. Access to the latest technological innovations in the logistics and supply chain industry, as well as Wincanton’s deep knowledge and expertise in our field, constitute a superb platform for your professional development.

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. We want to create an environment where all colleagues feel safe, supported, and valued, whilst feeling they can be their whole selves within our workplaces. We are proud our colleagues represent us and our successes.

Attracting diverse teams, we believe in creating an inclusive, respectful organisational culture for our colleagues and future potential talent joining us. Find out more: Wincanton champions a diverse workforce