Transport Manager

Rainham Steel have an exciting opportunity for a Transport Manager to join the team.

Location: Rainham, Essex, RM13 9PF

Salary: Salary £50,000 - £55,000 (Depending on Experience)

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Working hours Monday to Friday 8.30am – 17.30pm

About Us:

Rainham Steel is a UK-based steel stockholder and distributor that imports, exports, and supplies structural steel products to the UK, Europe, and worldwide markets. We are the UK's foremost independent steel stockholder and distributor, specialising in the supply of Universal Beams, Universal Columns, Channels, Angles, Large Flats, and Structural Hollow Sections to major steel fabricators, stockholders, construction companies, civil engineers, and builders’ merchants.

Transport Manager – The Role:

As a result of ongoing growth and expansion Rainham Steel a leading UK steel stockholder with over 50 years of heritage requires a Transport manager to work at our head office based in Rainham, Essex.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Transport manager to join the business in Rainham where we specialise in reinforcing bar fabrication along with the supply of reinforcement and other steel products.

Transport Manager – Key Responsibilities:

- Running a fleet of vehicles and being the CPC holder for the business

- Manage daily transport operations, ensuring timely delivery of goods while optimising costs

- Working alongside the route planner overseeing multi drop deliveries for a mixed fleet of arctic and rigid vehicles

- Monitor vehicle utilisation and maintenance schedules to ensure operational efficiency.

- Management of all RTC’s and incidents involving fleet vehicles

- Day to day management of all drivers and route planner including tachograph compliance, working time directives, recruitment and disciplinaries

- Manage and maintain current silver FORS

- Liaise with the customer in relation to booking times and references also delays and possible issues with deliveries.

- Full compliance with company policies, standards and legal regulations, Reference Road haulage operations and health and safety at work regulations.

Transport Manager – You:

- The successful candidate will need to have experience in fleet Management for a minimum of 5 years

- Knowledge of driver’s hours, Tachograph and WTD legislation

- CPC holder

- Be ambitious, hardworking, driven and self-motivated with a desire to learn and succeed with excellent communication and customer service skills

- Confident in developing relationships with sites and customers with the ability to liaise at all levels

- Ability to thrive under pressure

- Willingness and flexibility to adapt to changing business needs and deadlines 

- Excellent written and verbal communication with accuracy and attention to detail is key

Transport Manager – Benefits:

- A competitive salary

- Promotion and career development opportunities

- Training, mentoring and support

- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

- Staff canteen

To submit your CV for this exciting Transport Manager opportunity, please click ‘Apply’ now!