Traffic Planner in Carlisle

Milk Reload Location: Longtown

Reports to: Depot Manager Longtown

Salary: From £37,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

Shift: Dayshift 4 Days on 4 Days off 12 hours per shift

Join Our Team and Help Keep the Nations Milk Moving

We are currently looking for a Traffic Planner to join our Milk Reload Operations team based in Longtown. In this role, you will be responsible for the planning of our milk reload vehicle movements, working alongside other Traffic Planners within the Milk Operation teams to efficiently schedule daily planning activity, ensuring the most efficient use of vehicles and drivers during collections and deliveries, whilst taking account of WTR and Drivers Hours Rules, vehicle weights and dimensions and the Road Traffic Act.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Effective planning of an agreed amount of resource (vehicles, drivers, trailers) maximising vehicle utilisation and minimising cost.
• Ensuring planned routes are in line with working time directive (WTD) and drivers hours rules.
• Effective communication with stakeholders to ensure agreed customer SLAs are achieved and maintained, in conjunction with other departments and customer requirements.
• Liaise with relevant internal departments to ensure that customers are notified (and charges reflect) of any changes to collections / deliveries.
• Allocation of work from vehicles, drivers, collections and deliveries are as efficient as possible taking into account customer requirements.
• Ensure Company and DTAS (Dairy Transport Assurance Scheme) procedures are followed.
• Ensure paperwork and KPI information is kept up to date and accurately recorded onto company and other IT systems, understanding and achieving KPI targets relating to the safe and efficient use of our fleet.
• Communicate with Operational Leads to maximise collaboration between departments and increase profitability for the organisation.
• Daily support with drivers, including de-briefings, checking and authorising driver timesheets, download of Tachograph data and informing drivers, including dealing with concerns or issues.

What We're Looking For

• A good knowledge of Milk Haulage transport would be advantageous.
• Previous Transport and logistics experience.
• Previous use of transport systems.
• Strong understanding of drivers hours regulations and working time directive.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with an analytical approach.
• Good interpersonal skills, written and verbal.
• Ability to work unsupervised, or as part of a team, and be able to use your own initiative.
• Confident, outgoing personality with a can do attitude.
• Have excellent attention to detail.
• Good numerical and analytical skills, including experience of spreadsheets and computer-based systems, including Microsoft products.
• Flexible approach to work demands, including some evening and weekend work.
• Good telephone manner and communication skills.
• Ability to stay calm under pressure, thriving in a busy and fast-paced environment.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a dynamic and supportive team.
• Work in a fast-paced, essential industry.
• Play a key role in delivering essential products to our customers.
• Opportunities for growth and development in a thriving business.
• Competitive salary, based on experience.
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement.
• Medicash healthcare scheme.

The role will involve working over 7 days on rolling shift pattern of 4 days on 4 days off. The hours for this role will be 12 hours per day with a 30-minute unpaid break.

Ready to Make a Difference? If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please click the Apply Button now.

As part of our commitment to safety and wellbeing, applicants will be asked to complete a routine drug and alcohol test during the recruitment process. If you have not received a response from us within four weeks of submitting your application to us, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion as unfortunately, we are not able to respond to all candidate applications as we would wish. We reserve the right to close vacancies at any time once we have received sufficient applications, we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.