Transport Planner

Join our London Gateway team as a Transport Planner on full‑time, permanent basis!

Job title: Transport Planner

Location: London Gateway (Stanford-le-Hope)

Position Type: Permanent, full-time

Hours of work: 45 hours per week, Monday – Friday. Weekend cover will also be required on a rota basis.

The role

We are looking for the right individual to support our award‑winning Transport Planning team in London Gateway.

As a Transport Planner you will be responsible for planning the fleet of vehicles, ensuring their maximum utilisation and customer satisfaction. You will be working as a team and get an opportunity to get involved in a variety of projects while sharing our culture and belief of health and safety being the number one priority.

Key responsibilities

• Produce a daily Transport Plan in line with customer orders and expectations, negotiating best times where possible to best utilise the fleet.
• Utilise vehicles effectively with the aim of supporting and maximising daily revenue targets.
• Provide new work quotations.
• Resource subcontractors ensuring full induction / company standards are communicated and formally agreed, when efficient to use.
• Negotiate subcontractor rates.
• Attend daily planning review meetings to approve next day and night plan.
• Ensure plans are at best cost solutions.
• Update systems accurately and utilise its functionality.
• Ensure customer service levels with all customers are achieved.
• Working with our other depots throughout the UK creating a one stop solution for our customers.

About you

• A full understanding of Tachograph, working time and drivers’ hours regulations.
• Proven transport planning experience.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Excellent geographical knowledge.
• Have TOPS, Destin8 and VBS Systems knowledge.
• Have previous container transport planning experience.

It’s great but not required if you have

• Transport Manager CPC or working towards it.

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