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Salary- Contract Type: Permanent / 40 Hours Per Week
- Salary: circa £32,300 per year
- Location: Hinckley - Hub 4
- Days of Work: Monday to Friday
- Hours of Work: 09:00 - 17:00
DPD UK is a member of Geopost who are a market leader in parcel delivery and e-commerce solutions, providing a broad range of delivery and innovative services for customers worldwide. DPD UK has a turnover of over £2 billion and our aim is to be the most sustainable delivery company in the UK. At DPD UK we also aim to deliver the best service, use the best technology and recruit and retain the best people in the industry.
DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer.
Job Description
Our General Manger Transport Compliance is looking for an experienced Transport Controller - Compliance to join their high performing and busy Transport Compliance team.
You will be working in an environment where attention to detail is pivotal. You are primarily responsible for ensuring that the Transport Department remains compliant, in line with O Licence, legal and Government legislation to include EC drivers hours legislation and compliance to the Road Transport Directive through monitoring, analysis and counselling of tachograph infringements.
Key Responsibilities will include;
- Monitoring and reporting on the vehicles requested for service, MOT or repair and receiving the cleared vehicles back from the workshop.
- Ensuring drivers comply with weekly driver digital tachograph card downloads and also ensuring each vehicle within the Transport Fleet has its digital tachograph unit downloaded at least every 56 days.
- Running appropriate checks that each mile has been accounted for in tachograph records and drivers tachograph records are time right.
- Carry out lead in checks for both employed and agency drivers and advising where issues occur for rectification
- Carrying out spot checks on Agency documentation for correct paperwork and ensuring necessary briefings have been completed with agency drivers
- Speaking and dealing with drivers directly
- Conducting random and for cause alcohol tests in line with the Company’s Alcohol Policy
- Have a good degree of computer literacy, as well as the ability to analyse data, along with the initiative to act accordingly
Qualifications
What we’re looking for
To be considered for this role you will ideally hold your International CPC Qualification or be willing to gain the qualification. Ideally educated to degree level in a relevant subject. We will also expect you to be;
- Analytical, data focused, highly organised and have exceptional attention to detail.
- Be an excellent communicator, both written and verbal with strong decision making and problem solving skills alongside time management
- Demonstrate high levels of resilience, self-motivation, flexibility and the ability to work on your own initiative and within a team.
- Have a good degree of computer literacy, as well as the ability to analyse data, along with the initiative to act accordingly
- Demonstrate the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Hard Work and Accountability.
- Have a valid driving licence as the role will involve travel to other sites.
Additional Information
About our benefits
We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to all our customers.
- Holiday trading
- Enhanced maternity and paternity package
- Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
- Free onsite parking for all employees
- Health Kiosks visiting every location
- Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off your weekly supermarket shop
- Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
- For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses
Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.
If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today
