Transport Controller - Luton
Transport Controller - Luton
We are recruiting for an experienced and confident Transport Controller to join the busy transport team based at out Luton depot. This role is essential to ensure smooth running of this busy team and is a very demanding role requiring someone with brilliant attention to detail and an ability to multi task.
You will be assigned a team of drivers and you will be responsible for:
Looking after the day-to-day workloads for designated drivers and checking stock availability for vehicles
Check jobs are being completed on drivers PDA and de-brief the drivers daily.
Spot check internal systems to ensure protocols and procedures are followed
Ensuring any problem jobs have photos attached for audit trail
Managing holidays for all drivers
Overseeing wheel torque register
Making drivers aware of any vehicles services/MOT and booking external services for relevant lorries
Regular lorry downloads for designated vehicles
This is a very busy role which requires you to be able to multi task and work well under pressure. You will have a calm and professional approach and you will be able to liaise effectively with other departments to ensure work is completed and customers are satisfied.
Hours of work are 7am to 5pm with on call rotation on Saturday mornings (1 in 4)
You will be confident on Word, Excel and Outlook, together with a professional telephone manner. We will provide technical training, but we are ideally looking for someone with knowledge of the waste industry. Experience of working within a transport/operations/logistics/planning/office management role is essential.
In return for these attributes, we offer a competitive basic salary, Cawleys also offer a pension scheme, life assurance scheme, discounts platform, a commitment to personal development and an excellent working environment.
We are recruiting for an experienced and confident Transport Controller to join the busy transport team based at out Luton depot. This role is essential to ensure smooth running of this busy team and is a very demanding role requiring someone with brilliant attention to detail and an ability to multi task.
You will be assigned a team of drivers and you will be responsible for:
Looking after the day-to-day workloads for designated drivers and checking stock availability for vehicles
Check jobs are being completed on drivers PDA and de-brief the drivers daily.
Spot check internal systems to ensure protocols and procedures are followed
Ensuring any problem jobs have photos attached for audit trail
Managing holidays for all drivers
Overseeing wheel torque register
Making drivers aware of any vehicles services/MOT and booking external services for relevant lorries
Regular lorry downloads for designated vehicles
This is a very busy role which requires you to be able to multi task and work well under pressure. You will have a calm and professional approach and you will be able to liaise effectively with other departments to ensure work is completed and customers are satisfied.
Hours of work are 7am to 5pm with on call rotation on Saturday mornings (1 in 4)
You will be confident on Word, Excel and Outlook, together with a professional telephone manner. We will provide technical training, but we are ideally looking for someone with knowledge of the waste industry. Experience of working within a transport/operations/logistics/planning/office management role is essential.
In return for these attributes, we offer a competitive basic salary, Cawleys also offer a pension scheme, life assurance scheme, discounts platform, a commitment to personal development and an excellent working environment.