Transport Administrator

We are seeking a Transport Administrator to manage the day-to-day organisation of operations at our Newton Abbot Depot. The successful candidate will be responsible for allocating and routing vehicles to ensure best-in-class service delivery to customers, while maintaining health and safety standards and ensuring environmental and O licence compliance.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Liaise daily with operational staff to achieve a safe and best-in-class service delivery.
• Manage route efficiency and utilise optimum disposal outlets within the area to ensure effective use of vehicles and facilities.
• Manage driver availability and coverage in line with legislation and company procedures to ensure suitable coverage at all times.
• Perform administrative duties, including input of pay and bonus onto the company systems, and accurate input of disposal information.
• Supervise vehicle availability on a daily basis, ensuring drivers have completed their checks in accordance with company policy.
• Contribute towards ongoing cost control, actively seeking to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.
• Ensure all administrative tasks associated with the Dispatch office are completed, including time sheets, tachograph records, payroll records, holiday rotas, and resolution of QLS.

In conjunction with the Depot Manager, ensures that mandatory training, induction, and toolbox talks are delivered in line with company policy.

Person Specification:

• Experience of working in a traffic office or logistics environment would be ideal.
• Experience of the Waste Management industry would be beneficial.
• Strong administrative background.
• Highly organised with the ability to multi-task.
• Confident use of all Microsoft Office programmes, such as Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Strong communication skills.
• Customer Service experience within a minimum of 1 year in a customer-facing or call centre environment.