Transport Administrator

We are looking to recruit for Transport Administrator on a temp to perm basis to work in the transport department to communicate daily with the driver teams to aid the delivery process and oversee and assist with the day to day running of the transport department.

Located Tewkesbury

(£23,753.60pa + Benefits) when Perm

Working Hours ideally rotating 05:00 – 13:30 and 13:30 to 22:00 on a weekly basis.  

The Role

We are currently looking for a transport administrator to join our transport team based at our client in Tewkesbury.

The purpose of the role is to work alongside the Transport Supervisors to oversee the day-to-day running of the transport department. Communicate on a daily basis with the driver teams to aid the delivery process. Assist in the co-ordination with transport agencies and vehicle maintenance companies to ensure staffing levels are as required and vehicles are being kept to their service and MOT schedules.

Daily responsibilities include:

Ensure that vehicles are kept to pre-set standards and are legally compliant.

Working with employment agencies to acquire drivers on a temporary basis when required by the business.

Ensuring driver compliance for working time directive.

A strong commitment to maintain the high standards we expect of our delivery teams.

Must be able to make quick decisions to aid the delivery process.

Must be able to deal with driver complaints in authoritative manner.

Skills:

We are looking for administrators with the following skills, experience and attributes to be successful in this role:

Computer Skills

Hard working, conscientious and willing to go the ‘extra-mile’

Benefits when Permanent

Employee discount scheme

Onsite Parking

Perks’ discounts from numerous high street and online retailers and service providers to save you money on your everyday purchases and bigger expenses such as holidays and travel, electrical goods, motoring and leisure products etc.

Pension scheme – provided by Legal & General

Healthshield cashback options for Health and wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other hospital services and more)

Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)

Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills

Career progression – access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds

Long service awards and ‘Love to Shop’ voucher rewards to spend as you like

28 days holiday, rising to 31 after 2 years’ service (*qualifying periods apply)

Please send your cv in confidence for an immediate response.

RE acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers.

RE Recruitment would like to thank you for applying for the above role. We do try to come back to all applications however if you have not heard from a consultant within 5 working days, this unfortunately means that you have been unsuccessful.

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