Transport Manager

The Transport Manager role is key to the company's continued growth. Based at their Tamworth depot, you will be leading a team of office staff and drivers, whilst managing and overseeing daily transport operations.

My client are a rapidly expanding transport business, with sites nationally and decades of experience in their niche.

The key responsibilities for the role of Transport Manager in Tamworth will be:

Managing and overseeing daily transport operations in a busy depot.
Managing the site's drivers, ensuring that all drivers and operators have the correct, up to date qualifications.
Managing a team of office staff, ensuring all paperwork is completed and compliant.
Making sure vehicles are properly maintained, arranging repairs and routine maintenance.
Ensuring relevant legislation is followed by drivers and wider team. This includes but is not limited to all Tacho/hours legislation and other O licence related activities.
Agreeing and managing transport related KPI's inline with company targets and customer SLAs.
Carrying out compliance and H&S audits.

The successful candidate for the role of Transport Manager in Tamworth will have:

Experience managing a transport operation.
Great knowledge of transport regulations and compliance.
A strong logistics background.
Knowledge of transport planning systems and strong geographic understanding of the UK to support management of planning.
Competent use of MS Office Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Be a great people manager, with the ability to train and develop drivers and managers.
CPC National or International preferred but not essential.

The successful candidate for the role of Transport Manager in Tamworth will receive:

A salary of between £42,000 - £47,000 DOE.
A working schedule of Monday to Friday on days.
Great autonomy and progression opportunities.
Free on site parking.

EA First Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency for this permanent vacancy.