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Transport Shift Manager

Job Posted: 8 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: S75 3DZ

Expire in: 20 days

Job Description

Company Description

Following years of accelerated growth Culina Group is now a £2.2billion+ turnover business, employing over 22,000 staff, with a fleet of more than 5,000 vehicles. Culina Group operates from over 100+ depots across the UK and Ireland, serving more than 1,000 clients over its framework of chilled, ambient, contract packaging solutions and fresh and baked goods.

Company Overview 

Stobart (Part of the Culina Group) is a leading ambient transport and logistics business, providing services to many of the UK’s best known brands across core consumer and retail sectors.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

Job Description

Due to continued growth, we are now seeking a Transport Shift Manager to join our Transport team at our Wentworth site. 

As Transport Shift Manager you will work collaboratively to ensure effective running of a busy transport operation, ensuring that Operational KPIs are met and that the operations are conducted strictly in accordance with legal requirements, whilst helping to formulate and deliver the short, medium and long-term resource plans for your area.

This is a full time, permanent position working:
Monday - Friday night shift 6pm to 6am.
Salary is up to £33,700

Job responsibilities of Transport Shift Manager include:

Work collaboratively with our Myworkforce team ensuring compliance of all MWF activity and tasks including resource planning and managing the safety and cost-effective utilisation of all drivers and equipment
Responsible for owning, monitor and controlling the driver de-briefing process to ensure that agreed standards of performance are consistently achieved by effective communication and management.
To manage and support driver workforce all drivers whilst engaged on activity to ensure full legal compliance. Ensure records are correctly completed and maintained in accordance to the procedure.
Conduct employee investigations, and grievance, when required. 
Manage all aspects of driver performance to achieve or surpass expectations and KPI's.
Promote company Health & Safety and employment policies within the transport operation.
Ensuring all personnel files are up to date incorporating licence validation, personal details, completed training.
Responsible for site audits and works closely with the Transport Manager to ensure KPI’s are met
To support the daily operational workflow on the customer site by providing answers to urgent queries
Actively work with the customer and site management team to achieve performance addressing any concerns or questions within a timely manner
Manage the recruitment of permanent and temporary staff as required to cover business peaks.
Ensure that the Transport Manager & the H&S team are made aware of all accidents, dangerous occurrences & near misses and that the relevant reports are completed for all such incidents.
Responsible for identifying and escalating any maintenance and repair issues on site and within depot
Ensure that all daily vehicle check, vehicle inspection & defect reporting procedures are in place

Qualifications

To apply for the role of Transport Shift Manager, you will possess the following skills, experiences and qualifications:

Proven track record in Transport & Logistics industry
Demonstrable experience of successful resource management
Excellent organisation and communication skills
Proven track record of working to clearly defined service delivery KPI's
Excellent understanding of Health and Safety processes
Energetic and has a natural desire to generate and drive improvements
Good people engagement skills, self-driven, positive can-do attitude.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in a customer facing environment

Additional Information

As part of our drive to make Stobart’s a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

Annual Leave - 28 days 
Pension scheme – we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirements so we offer a great contribution
Life Assurance -  x 2 your annual salary
Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year
Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glassesIf you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam

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