Transport Planner

Permanent Opportunity Transport Planner £32,000 + excellent overtime opportunities Bolton 4 on 4 off 12 hour shift patterns, 6am to 6pm including weekends Fully office based Do you have an excellent geographical knowledge of the UK Do you like working in a fast paced environment?  Have you experience of working within the Transport Industry? Are you passionate about delivering an excellent service to customers? If so we may have the right role for you!  We have a great opportunity to join a dynamic and hard working team of Transport Planner on a permanent basis for our exceptional client based in Bolton, North Manchester/Lancashire. You would be joining a company who are passionate about what they do, delivering great customer service to their customers through their hard working and efficient teams.  The successful candidate will be well organised and motivated and be able to arrange the deliveries of customers products on time. You will use the most effective means possible with the available resources that you have whilst complying with transport legislation and health and safety. Some of the responsibilities will include: Manage drivers to ensure start times are adhered to. Communicate changes to the team, so everyone is aware and understands. Plan work daily to ensure that nothing is missed. Work towards KPI's in agreed timescales. Ensure profitability of both owned and sub-contracted vehicles. Work with drivers to ensure that their loads are adhering to the safety standards. Comply with all transport legislation at all times. This can be a pressured role and time management and the ability to multi task effectively is key. The skills we are looking for are: Good communication skills. Team Player. Competent decision making. Strong attention to detail. Problem solving Skills. Self-starter, who works on their own initiative. You must have a background within the transport industry as a planner to be considered for this role. If you would like to find out more then please contact me today to discuss the job in more detail. I look forward to hearing from you. This vacancy is being handled by Aspire Recruitment. Please be aware we receive a high volume of applications and regularly receive applications from candidates who exceed the job credentials. We will only contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview. Should you apply for this role, we will process your data as detailed in our Privacy Policy and by applying for this opportunity I agree that Aspire Recruitment will keep me informed about potential employment opportunities regularly and that I can choose to opt out of receiving information at any time