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Purpose of the role
The role involves overseeing the daily operations of the weighbridge function and the coordination of transport plans. Additionally, it includes the efficient management of available resources at the sites and depots falling within their jurisdiction.
Also responsible for booking in / out wagons with loads, also booking in landfill loads and checking quality on the weighbridge. Answering phone inquiries, using SAP to produce tickets.
Key Accountabilities
- Processing of vehicles and resources daily.
- Maintaining relevant data base records for all resource requirements.
- Ensuring that the centralized transport plan is satisfied.
- Ensuring drivers work to the instructions and procedures as detailed in the drivers folder.
- Day to day management of drivers.
- Liaising and communicating with other departments including maintenance facilities, works and central planning office.
- Good industrial relations are maintained including disciplinary procedures and actions.
- Ensuring that company vehicles are kept in a clean condition inside and out.
- Carry out any required site inductions.
- Following all IMS procedures relating to his/her own work activities.
- Ensuring that any customer complaints are recorded and investigated.
- Ensuring that all drivers tachographs are analyzed.
- Knowledge of transport legislation.
- Ability to manage a team of drivers.
- Computer literate
- Ability to prioritize and make decisions, with discretion.
- Good communicator and team player at all levels.
- Flexible and committed
- Knowledge of inert waste reception
- Location: Maidstone
- Working Hours: 42.5 hrs.
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Employer of choice: Armed Forces Covenant (Silver) / Disability Confident Committed / 5% Club (Gold) / Mates in Mind / Clear Assured (Foundation) / MPQC / Youth Employment / CTP / School & University Outreach / Grad cracker / Wellbeing for Life
- Compensation Package: Bonus incentives / Generous Pension Schemes up to 15% / Life Assurance
- Work Life Balance: 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays) / Agile working / Flexible working / Holiday purchase / Sabbatical
- Family Friendly: Enhanced policies such as Maternity / Paternity / Parental Leave / Neonatal / Adoption
- Social Values: paid Volunteering Day every year / Communities (LGBTQ+, Network of Woman, Woman in Science and Engineering (STEM), Armed Forces)
- Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Program (EAP) / Mental Health First Aiders / Cycle to Work / Employee Benefits portal including Gym discount / Free eye tests / Discounted Private Medical cover
