Logistics Planning Coordinator

Summary

We are recruiting a 12‑month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave, and a new permanent vacancy due to team expansion.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Route Planning: Architect and re‑plan HGV routes to ensure drivers use only approved paths, preventing access to restricted areas and maximising efficiency.
• Workforce & Compliance Management: Oversee the driver rota, including hours, breaks, rest periods, holidays and sickness, ensuring all driver regulations are met.
• Operational Documentation: Create comprehensive job packs for drivers and ensure these are supplied to the Tanker Lead, signed, scanned and filed for audit compliance.
• Fleet Maintenance Oversight: Coordinate MOTs, servicing and general maintenance, keeping a detailed record of all fleet activity and reporting directly to the Tanker Lead.
• Cross‑Departmental Liaison: Act as the vital link between distribution and production, raising all planned and reactive work streams through the company management system.
• Emergency & Operational Excellence: Apply emergency response expertise to manage scheduling in a fast‑paced environment and handle reactive scenarios with composure.

What You’ll Bring

• Planning Expertise: Proven experience in a planning and scheduling environment, specifically within a logistics company.
• Industry Knowledge: Solid understanding of the water industry or emergency planning procedures.
• Certification: A valid Water Hygiene Qualification.
• Regulatory Sharpness: A deep understanding of driver hours and transport regulations.
• System Savvy: Ability to navigate complex company management systems to raise work streams.
• Detail Oriented: An eye for compliance, from job pack signatures to maintenance logs.
• Resilience: The ability to pivot plans quickly when reactive work or emergency scenarios arise.

Benefits Package

• Excellent stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.
• Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.
• Paid volunteering days.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Health cash plan.
• Life assurance.
• Wellbeing related benefits.

Compensation Package

Up to GBP33,120 depending on experience

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