Facility transport manager - united kingdom, sandwich, kent

do you have experience in transport management, and want to work for a global organisation who can support you with your career progression?

copart currently owns and manages a fleet of circa 300 vehicles that are a combination of vehicle transporters and plant machinery along with lgv class 1 and 2 drivers.

transport operations handles the collection and delivery of predominantly accident damaged cars, vans, lgvs and other vehicles on behalf of insurance and automotive customers to industry leading service levels, across 16 geographically dispersed uk operations centres. the significant majority of these movements are undertaken through a fleet of wholly owned bespoke designed salvage transporters and employed drivers, supplemented by a network of sub haul operators.

there is currently a fleet of 33 professional drivers operating from the sandwich operations centre. as the holder of the operator's licence of the sandwich operation centre, you will be responsible for managing all transport related challenges and costings and ensure that the drivers fully comply with all relevant legislation as set out by the dvsa, whilst at all times ensuring a high standard of customer service is applied to both internal and external customers.

at the same time ensuring drivers meet the required productivity levels and comply with all company policies and procedures and service delivery standards.

main duties and responsibilities:

manage productivity and performance of all drivers overseeing the dispatch/planning function to improve driver productivity and exceed customer expectationsensure tachograph compliance via trutac systemconduct regular auditing to ensure full compliance with vehicle management/servicing schedulesestablish effective relationships with external suppliersensure all vehicles and plant is operated correctly and safely and is serviced and maintained correctly as set out in service schedulesmonitor and enforce compliance with the company's health & safety policywe would welcome applications with the following skills: transport manager, manager, transport, logistics, dvsa, customer service, cpc, transport management systems, paragon route scheduling, people management, transport management, ms office, excel, facility transport manager, communication, health and safety, compliance.

essential skills

cpc holderprevious lgv licence holder experienceexperience of managing drivers on a day-to-day basis in all aspects of their employmentgood knowledge of microsoft word and excel with excellent communication skills, both written and verbalgood people management skillsdemonstrable transport management experienceflexible and professional approachfull uk driving licencedesirable skills

car transporter experiencelgv driving experienceknowledge of computerised transport management systemsanalytical and creativeparagon route scheduling experienceabout company

copart uk, based in bedford, is part of copart inc, a global company that specialises in recycling and reselling vehicles online via our global auction platform. as the industry leader in used and salvage vehicle auctions in the uk, we handle over half a million vehicles each year on behalf of the motor insurance and wider automotive sector.

we provide our sellers with an unrivalled marketplace, and our buyers with access to vehicles and parts globally. we also run a range of other businesses including cashforcars.co.uk where anyone can sell their vehicle to us and get a great price!

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