Transport Planner - Runcorn

WS Transportation has a great opportunity for 2 Transport Planners to join our High & Heavy and Flatbed Team in Runcorn. As a Transport Planner, you will be responsible for controlling the efficient deployment and routing of delivery vehicles around the UK. This will include route planning, allocating resources, and administrating delivery metrics on a day-to-day basis. The Transport Planner will help deliver a first-class customer service through agreed KPIs that maximise vehicle and manpower utilisation within a targeted budget. You will also contribute towards workplace health & safety standards while ensuring regulatory compliance is adhered to.

Benefits:

• Career development and support with professional qualifications
• Modern office facilities
• Healthcare benefits
• Free on-site parking
• Cycle to work scheme
• Company events

Key Accountabilities:

• Plan workloads ensuring compliance with driver’s hours and working time directive legislation.
• Using geographical knowledge to maximise the fleet's ability to work.
• Successfully plan the vehicles in such a way as to minimise running costs, and maximise vehicle revenue.
• Briefing and de-briefing drivers starting and finishing their shifts.
• Supervising and managing driver workloads.
• Sourcing extra drivers when needed.
• Reacting to route planning changes when needed and re-routing.
• Ensuring KPIs are met.
• Responsible for providing a detailed and accurate handover to the next shift.
• Maintaining driver and depot communication always.
• Ensuring drivers have the correct paperwork.
• Ensuring drivers are on time (using software installed)
• Responsible for driver queries face-to-face and via telephone.
• Ensuring drivers are up to date with any road problems and challenging drivers when needed to ensure deliveries are on time.
• Working within a team of planners, to achieve the common goal of effectively servicing our current client base.
• Liaise with the Transport Manager regarding the regular maintenance intervals.
• Liaise with Site Managers, to obtain and provide key information such as ETAs.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Previous experience of working as a Transport Planner on Flatbeds or High & Heavy within a busy, fast-paced transport office.
• Experience monitoring drivers.
• A solid understanding of Transport operating systems.
• A knowledge of tachograph regulations.
• Able to organise workload in a consistent and methodical way.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, relationship building, and a strong communicator.
• Ability to plan, prioritise, work to deadlines, without supervision, and on their own initiative.
• High levels of drive and enthusiasm.
• Meticulous in their approach.
• Dynamic and proactive.
• Numerate and IT literate.

Full-time
Monday-Friday
Salary D.O.E

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