Transport Planner

1 week ago

Widnes, United Kingdom Seras Full time

**Description**:
Seras is on the lookout for top talent, to join our innovative and results-oriented team.

Seras is the UK’s number one supplier of biomass fuel It has long-term contracts in place to supply nearly 2 million tonnes of fuel to Energy Recovery Facilities, generating renewable energy equivalent to the annual domestic electricity needs of 2% of the UK population.

Working as a part of a winning team, we look for people who can spot the opportunity to do things better and have the ability and initiative to put excellent ideas into practice. We take pride in our dedication to delivering our best every day. We bring a can-do attitude - we just get on with it. Our culture is open and honest, agile, and flexible, and we are empowered to look for solutions and bring ideas. We are accountable, we take ownership and focus and commit to our colleagues and customers. We take care, always focus on improving, owning it together and stay connected.

**What is the job?**
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Transport Planner to join our team. This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to further their career in transport operations whilst gaining valuable knowledge of the biomass industry.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Maintain current daily plan whilst planning next day's work
- Strong and consistent communication with drivers daily
- Allocating work to drivers within the WTD (Working time directive)
- Communicating throughout the day inter department with issues and requirements
- Monitor Progress of vehicles on Mandata tracker system
- Reduce empty running by identifying and allocating work to the routes
- Use available reports to monitor performance issues
- Attend Teams meetings within own team to discuss the days progress and forward plan
- Replan as changes are required
- Report to planning manager any issues throughout the day

**Skills, Knowledge and Expertise**:
**Essential**
- Good IT Skills Word/Excel
- Flexibility
- Good communication skills verbal and written
- Excellent organisational ability
- Good knowledge of the working time directive and driver regulations
- Good geographical knowledge
- Ability to problem solve whilst working in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to build strong working relationships with both internal and external colleagues
- Previous planning/Transport experience

**Desirable**
- CPC

**Why work for us?**:
We have a wide variety of additional benefits including but not exclusively:

- Salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Access to wide variety of e-learning development and coaching and support plus annual appraisal and personal development plan
- Access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- An engaging People Forum
- Benefits portal with access to many high street discounts
- Life Assurance
- Employee Referral Scheme up to £150
- No Agencies please._

**About Seras**:
At Seras our biomass fuel expertise has been developed over the last 12 years. We process waste wood and supply 1.7 tonnes of biomass fuel to a network of UK power plants. The carbon savings made through our waste wood business is equivalent to the emissions created by driving 2.6 billion miles a year in a VW Golf every year.

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