Transport Controller Supervisor
Babcock International Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Ruislip • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £35,153 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Plan and forecast transport requirements up to 14 days ahead, aligning complex customer needs with available drivers and resources.
- Supervise and manage driver hours daily, ensuring compliance with Road Transport Law and Service Publications.
- Issue vehicles and documentation to customers and internal drivers, following all policies and service directions.
- Process vehicle faults and breakdowns promptly, adhering to policy and notifying relevant authorities.
- Prioritise operational tasks at short notice, maintaining flexibility and responsiveness.
Requirements
- Proven experience in planning transport routes and allocating drivers to tasks.
- Strong knowledge of EU driving hours legislation, ensuring full compliance.
- Supervisory experience within a Mechanical Transport department.
- Previous MOD Mechanical Transport experience (desirable).
- Time-served background in the transport industry or MOD.
- Full, clean UK driving licence with categories B, C, and D, plus Digital Card and DCPC Qualification Card.
- ADR Class 1 & 3 certification (desirable).
- Experience in planning daily operational rotas (desirable).
Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
planning transport routesallocating driverssupervisory experienceplanning daily operational rotas
Soft skills
flexibilityresponsiveness
Certifications
full clean UK driving licenceDigital CardDCPC Qualification CardADR Class 1 certificationADR Class 3 certification