Route And Vehicle Load Planner

Position: Route and Vehicle Load Planner

Location: Shoeburyness

Package: £30k-£35k + Bonus

Working Hours: 12pm-9pm

Are you an experienced Transport Planner seeking a new role?

You have the opportunity to join a well-established Steel Stockholder in Shoeburyness. This business is one of the largest employers in the area and has an excellent reputation for taking good care of its employees.

This is a very key role in the business and the entire company will rely on your to plan routes and loads for it’s entire fleet – 30 plus vehicles. You will do a detailed handover over 3-4 weeks with the current Transport Planner before taking full responsibility.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Have ultimate responsibility for the daily Route and load planning for an entire fleet of 30 plus vehicles.
• Log Webfleet messages throughout the day, send information for returns, NOL and collections to all required staff.

• Maintain a live transport vehicle/driver board.

• Interact with Communicate Better when any HGV / Tom-Tom / Webfleet issues arise.
• Interact with Maxoptra in the event of issues.
• Liaise with drivers throughout the day using Webfleet messaging system and Maxoptra tracker.
• Liaising with sales staff with regard to customer specific requirements.
• Maintain the CSV file for order download into Maxoptra.
• Produce daily work schedule for Shoeburyness and Sittingbourne (when required).
• Organize collections for returning product.
• Checking manifests against tickets to ensure all planned work gets loaded.
• Print missing tickets.
• Create daily load list detailing drivers/vehicles/weights/drops/mileage.
• Send emails containing the Loadlist & debrief of the plan detailing any unplanned orders, missing tickets and not on CSV’s.
• Text management group summary of planning.
• Liaise with the vehicle workshop, ensuring that all vehicles are available for service/MOT.
• Perform driver debrief on their return.
• Assisting with deliveries on 3.5t vehicle.
• Assisting with loading/unloading of vehicles via forklift.