Transport Team Manager

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  • Lead and manage a team of drivers ensuring their CPC and H&S training is completed and up to date
  • Ensure your team maintains the driving standards required for our earned recognition and our operator licence
  • Hold regular 1-2-1s with your team of drivers about their performance, compliance and safe and well checks
  • Collaborate with other business areas such as the VMU and the Safety and Compliance team to manage vehicle issues, solve problems and ensure that there is full compliance with risk assessments and investigations
  • Communicate information consistently and effectively with the team, by briefing drivers at the start of every shift on any key operational and performance information
  • Ensure stock is delivered to stores safely and on time
  • Investigate and report any transport infringements and non-compliances as well as near misses and accidents
  • Keeping yourself up to date with current legislation while also ensuring your own CPC and H&S training is completed and up to date
  • Monitor, reprioritise and allocate driver resource to deliver the daily transport schedule
Salary£35,700 (plus a night shift allowance of £6,783 if applicable)
Hours40 hours per week 4 on 4 off
Contract TypePermanent
LocationMeridian Way, Amesbury, Salisbury
Closing Date2024-06-30

About the Role

Job Overview

  • Lead and manage a team of drivers ensuring their CPC and H&S training is completed and up to date
  • Ensure your team maintains the driving standards required for our earned recognition and our operator licence
  • Hold regular 1-2-1s with your team of drivers about their performance, compliance and safe and well checks
  • Collaborate with other business areas such as the VMU and the Safety and Compliance team to manage vehicle issues, solve problems and ensure that there is full compliance with risk assessments and investigations
  • Communicate information consistently and effectively with the team, by briefing drivers at the start of every shift on any key operational and performance information
  • Ensure stock is delivered to stores safely and on time
  • Investigate and report any transport infringements and non-compliances as well as near misses and accidents
  • Keeping yourself up to date with current legislation while also ensuring your own CPC and H&S training is completed and up to date
  • Monitor, reprioritise and allocate driver resource to deliver the daily transport schedule

Package Description

  • £35,700 per annum (plus £6,783 night shift allowance if applicable)
  • Available Shift
    • Night Shift - 6pm-6am - 4 on 4 off
  • 5.6 weeks paid holiday per year including bank and public holiday allowance rising to 6.6 weeks upon 5 years' service
  • Contributable Company pension scheme

Employee benefits 

  • MyHB employee benefits platform with access to:
  • Retail and leisure discounts plus hundreds more 
  • Free Financial Advice 
  • Bank your savings into an ISA
  • 24/7 confidential counselling and advice line 
  • Low cost voluntary insured health plans
  • Subsidised canteen
  • 10% store discount
  • Access to social and sporting events
  • Death in Service Benefit (subject to 12 months complete service)
  • Long Service recognition scheme

Mimimum Criteria to Apply

  • Experience of managing a team of Drivers.
  • Experience within a transport operation or fast-moving distribution environment.
  • Experience of working within a unionised environment.
  • Experience using telematics technology such as Mircolise or similar.
  • Experience using workshop management systems such as R2C or similar.