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Transport Planner - Days - 4 on 4 off

Transport Planner - Days - 4 on 4 off

Irlam Associates

Posted 5 hours ago, valid for a month

Widnes, Cheshire WA8 7NS, England

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

The Transport Planner position in Widnes requires experience in transport planning and knowledge of Driver's hours and compliance.
The role involves route planning for HGVs, tracking shipments, and ensuring legal requirements are met.
The successful candidate will earn a salary of £33,000 per year and work a 4 on 4 off day schedule.
Key responsibilities include effective driver planning, vehicle control, and communication with customers and stakeholders.
Candidates should have experience with transport planning systems and a strong understanding of KPIs related to fleet safety and efficiency.

Transport Planner
Widnes
4 on 4 off - Days

The Transport Planner will be responsible for the route planning of HGVs, and tracking of shipments, updating Drivers, customers and stake holders in the business.The key responsibilities for the role of Transport Planner based in Widnes will be:

Effective planning of drivers, through on-going communication and using transport software.
Controlling and planning vehicles, drivers, trailers.
Ensuring all legal requirements (Working Time Directive and EU drivers’ hours regulations) are adhered to.
Understanding and achieving KPIs relating to the safety and efficiency of the fleet (including utilisation and costing).
Constantly communicate with the customer service teams and drivers to ensure customer KPI’s and targets are achieved and maintained.

The successful candidate for the role of Transport Planner based in Widnes will have:

Experience in transport planning.
Good knowledge of Driver's hours and WTD.
Good knowledge of transport compliance.
Experience using transport planning systems.

The successful candidate for the role of Transport Planner based in Widnes will receive:

A salary of £33,000 p/a.
A working schedule of 4 on 4 off on Days.
Workplace pension scheme.

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