Transport Planner - Mon- Fri

Owens Group is a fast developing, multisite organisation with a large diverse customer base, making this an exciting opportunity.

Shifts available: Monday
- Friday

Working hours: 22:00-08:00

Take responsibility for the timely traffic planning of routes and scheduling delivery times to ensure that the customer receives a first-class service in a cost-effective way.

• Carry out tasks largely unsupervised to cost and quality standards.
• Plan ahead – tasks and resources. Liaise with internal/external customers to resolve problems.
• Collect, analyse and distribute information/data.
• Provide professional/specialist advice both internally and externally.
• Develop relationships with external customers.
• Specify and ensure levels of support service are in place.
• Prioritise and coordinate workloads.
• Completion of tasks to time and quality standards.
• No customer complaints; working to budgets.
• Successful working partnerships with customers, internal and external.
• Delivering the right advice in a timely manner, achieving respect of others about your competence.
• Practising safe working procedures.

• Working with customers/suppliers/drivers and other traffic desks, planning routes and scheduling delivery times to ensure the smooth running of the operation.
• Prioritising workload, route planning driver brief and de-brief.

• Driver communication and monitoring.
• Strong organisational skills for planning schedules, journeys and loads.
• Proactively work to reduce late deliveries and missed time slots.
• Ability to work flexibly and to make decisions quickly.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to deal with people at all levels.
• Maintain computerised system Stirling. Have the skills to use Excel spreadsheet.
• A good understanding of transport regulations currently in force.
• Good geographical knowledge.
• Booking driver agency staff depending on workload.
• Must monitor compliance and work with drivers and compliance to eliminate infringements.
• Must ensure that all drivers are aware of SAFED, and be actively involved in improving SAFED achievements to goals.
• Must be an integral part of, and is responsible for employee health and safety.
• Ensure that vehicles and trailers are available in a timely manner to adhere to compliance and inspection requirements.
• Provide general support appropriate to the management when required.

• Experience of working at a similar level.
• CPC holder desirable (National) but not essential.
• Job specific qualification preferred.
• Specific experience.
• Traffic Management.
• Dealing with VOSA Compliance.
• Problem solving/logical thinking.
• Working unsupervised, continually managing time and prioritising work to meet tight deadlines.

• Computer skills, Stirling (desirable), Excel.
• Good communication skills, interaction at all levels internal and external.
• Geographical knowledge.
• Team player with a flexible 'Can Do' attitude.