Heavy Haulage Transport Planner
Job description
To support the Senior Transport Planner with the routing and planning of a diverse heavy haulage fleet. Provide exceptional customer service by collaborating with project managers to ensure heavy haulage transport provisions are meticulously planned. Oversee the submission of complex route notifications ahead of vehicle movements, ensuring alignment with local authorities and structural owners to determine safe and viable routes.
Key accountabilities
- Submission of STGO category 3 route notifications.
- Ensure heavy haulage transport solutions are planned efficiently within a projects scope of work.
- Planning and execution of heavy haulage transport for rail-based customers.
- Act as the primary point of contact for all heavy haulage and escort drivers, providing support and resolving any challenges encountered during operations.
Key responsibilities
- Support the Senior Transport Planner to plan a cost-effective heavy haulage transport fleet.
- Prepare & submit STGO category 3 route notifications, monitor responses and engage with local authorities and structural owners to identify a safe and cost-effective route.
- Direct liaison with police forces to ensure abnormal loads escorts are planned in the most cost-effective manner.
- Support communication between multiple business departments to enhance complex heavy haulage vehicle movements.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with the company’s existing rail customers to ensure the effective planning and execution of all rail movements.
- Liaise with customers to reschedule work to ensure the fleet is operating at capacity.
- To brief drivers in an accurate manner ensuring they have a comprehensive understanding of the requirements for their planned work.
- Co-ordinate with vehicle workshops to ensure all trucks and trailers are made available for routine maintenance.
- Provide out of hours support to the heavy haulage drivers and escort drivers for live projects on a rota basis.
- Management of driver holidays to ensure continuity of the driver fleet.
- Respond quickly to customers emails and phone calls.
- Ensure drivers and second men are available for scheduled training sessions.
- To ensure all jobs are accurately entered into the transport management system.
- Support the health and safety of colleagues across the business.
- Be flexible to cover other job roles in the department during periods of annual leave.
- Provide regular feedback to operational managers to support enhancements of process, procedure or performance across the department.
- Support the implementation of business initiatives and strategy through the transport fleet.
Personal attributes
- Problem solving mind set.
- Attention to detail.
- Resilience to work under pressure.
- Commercial awareness.
- Customer focused approach.
- Strong communication skills.
- Team player.
- Works to a high standard.
Skills and experience
Essential
- Minimum 3 years transport planning experience of a multi vehicle fleet.
- Experience submitting abnormal load route notifications.
- Proficient in Microsoft IT systems.
Desirable
- Familiarity with STGO regulations.
- Understanding of technical drawings.
- Previous experience working with transport planning software.
Qualifications
- OLAT trained or Transport Managers CPC.
- GCSEs or equivalent in Maths & English.
Salary
- Competitive.
How to apply
Please use the form opposite to submit your CV along with a covering letter and ensure that you include why you believe you are the right fit for Allelys. If you don’t have a CV available and would prefer to fill out our full application form, please select the option within our form for you to do this.
