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Transport Planner

Michael Page Finance
Posted 13 hours ago, valid for 21 hours
Location

Renfrew, Renfrewshire PA4 9PA, Scotland

Salary

£30,000 - £36,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • The position is for a transport planner to support a busy transport office in a well-established privately owned business headquartered in Scotland.
  • The role requires at least 2 years of experience in transport or logistics planning, with a focus on effective job planning, compliance, and paperwork management.
  • Candidates should possess good technical knowledge of MS applications and logistics software, along with excellent organizational and communication skills.
  • The job offers a competitive salary, holiday entitlement, and pension contributions, with a four on four off work pattern totaling 40 hours a week.
  • Due to limited public transport access, applicants must have their own transportation, with free parking available on site.
  • Looking for a transport planner to support a busy transport office.
  • Ensuring effective planning and scheduling of jobs and all compliance.

Client Details

The client is a well-established privately owned business offering a wide range of services. Headquartered in Scotland, servicing the whole UK with a strong commitment to health & safety.

Description

You will be supporting a busy transport function ensuring smooth operation of scheduling and planning of vehicles. Liaising across internal teams and vehicle operators.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Ensuring all jobs are planned effectively
  • Preparing comprehensive jobs packs
  • Processing material movements
  • All company and client paperwork is correctly completed
  • Checking, processing and filing paperwork
  • Ensuring all compliance with VOSA and Working Time Regulations
  • Uploading and analysing driver information
  • Processing invoices

Profile

We're seeking an experienced transport / logistics planner with exceptional attention to detail. You will be enthusiastic with the ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team to deliver in a busy and fast moving environment.

The successful applicant will have:

  • Good technical knowledge of MS applications and logistics software applications
  • The ability to communicate at all levels across a business
  • Excellent organisation skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and be agile in problem-solving.
  • Excellent administration skills

Due to the location of the site access by public transport is limited and therefore applicants are advised to have their own transport for which free parking is available on site.

Job Offer

  • Competitive salary, holiday entitlement, and pension contribution.
  • This is a four on four off work pattern early morning shift.
  • 40 hours a week.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.