# Transport Administrator

**Company**: Biffa Waste Services
**Location**: Edinburgh, Scotland
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain

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## Description

We are seeking a Transport Administrator to join our Commercial Collections team in Edinburgh.

As a Transport Administrator, you will be responsible for managing the day-to-day organisation of operations in the depot through the allocation and basic routing of vehicles. You will ensure best-in-class service delivery to customers, maintaining health and safety standards, and ensuring environmental and O licence compliance.

Your core responsibilities will include:

- Optimising routes and vehicle utilisation to deliver top-class service

- Managing driver availability and ensuring compliance with regulations

- Overseeing vehicle checks, safety, and maintenance

- Handling admin tasks such as payroll, timesheets, tachograph records, and reporting

- Driving cost-efficiency by analysing depot data and improving operations

This is more than just a desk job! You’ll also have the chance to get hands-on with employee engagement and improvement initiatives.

Our essential requirements include:

- Knowledge of the local area

- The ability to plan, prioritise, and meet tight deadlines

- A solutions-driven mindset and a knack for problem-solving

- Customer-focused, engaging, and supporting a diverse customer base

- Proficiency with business software and MS Office (especially Excel)

- Experience in administration, call handling, or a time-critical environment is a plus

Desirable requirements include:

- Previous experience in transport, logistics, or traffic planning

- Excellent organisational, communication, and problem-solving skills

- Ability to plan routes, coordinate drivers, and manage daily workloads

- Good geographical knowledge of the local area

- Confident using IT systems and transport planning software

- Ability to work under pressure and manage changing priorities

- Good understanding of health and safety and transport compliance

In return, we offer a competitive salary, ongoing career development, training, and coaching, a generous pension scheme, medical and dental scheme, retail and leisure discounts, holiday and travel discounts, bike to work scheme, and more.

## Skills

### Required
- MS Office
- Excel
- problem-solving
- customer service
- organisational skills

### Nice to have
- transport planning
- logistics
- traffic planning
- IT systems
- transport planning software

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