Traffic Planner

Whitfield, Kent
Active Transport

Traffic Planner

Location: Dover, Kent

Salary: £30,000 – £35,000 per annum (Subject to experience)

Hours: Monday Friday 8am to 6pm, Saturdays every other (if required)

Our client is a privately owned company. From humble beginnings in 2000, the company has grown to become the road cargo transport and logistics solution of choice for many forwarding companies and suppliers alike looking for a reliable carrier.

The company headquarters are based in Dover, UK. This perfectly positions them for shipping allowing them to make the best use of their equipment.

The Role

This role is HGV planning for 14 vehicles.

Daily tasks will include:

• To organise the day-to-day planning of our HGV s in UK and Europe
• Pricing jobs and quoting
• Driver paperwork/records
• Monitor the daily activities, problem solving
• Maintaining good relationship with drivers/customers/suppliers
• Liaison with customers/suppliers, ensuring deliveries etc are made on time
• Managing the drivers along with fuel efficiency
• Custom procedures Import/Export/GVMS
• Creating GMR s and sending import security info to various customs agencies
• Booking deliveries/collections
• Cab inspections, inventories
• General admin

Skills & Qualifications

• Previous experience in planning HGV s
• Good knowledge of Tacho laws and Driver Hours legislation
• Commercial awareness of export and import pricing
• PC competent and good geographical knowledge
• Ideally forklift experience

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, please do not hesitate to apply.