Senior Transport Planner

Senior Transport Planner
£40,000 - £50,000 Benefits
Flintshire

Are you an experienced Transport Planner from a plant hire environment who thrives on solving complex logistical challenges? Do you enjoy working at pace, making commercial decisions under pressure and leading a team to deliver exceptional customer service?

Role Profile

Our client is one of the UK's largest independent plant hire businesses, looking to recruit a Senior Transport Planner to lead their team in Flintshire.

Operating a fleet of over 70 vehicles across over 12 depots nationwide, our client provides a strong network of plant, tools and specialist equipment to customers throughout the UK.

Reporting into the Transport Manager, you'll lead a team of three Transport Planners, with a fourth due to join, ensuring the efficient planning and movement of plant and equipment across the UK. This is a fast-paced role where every day presents new logistical challenges, from coordinating specialist equipment between depots to managing urgent customer requests and maximising fleet utilisation

The role is Monday-Friday, 7am-6pm with occasional flexibility needed for weekend administration tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule daily deliveries and collections of plant equipment.
• Lead and support a team of Transport Planners, ensuring workloads are effectively managed.
• Plan the nationwide movement of plant, tools and specialist equipment across multiple depots.
• Maximise fleet utilisation while ensuring customer service levels are consistently achieved.
• Make commercial decisions under pressure to resolve operational challenges.
• Manage driver schedules and daily transport activity to optimise equipment availability.
• Liaise with drivers and depot teams to ensure equipment is delivered on time.
• Monitor vehicle tracking systems and respond proactively to any delays or issues.

Key Skills & Experience

• Previous transport planning experience within plant hire is essential.
• Strong understanding of planning the movement of heavy plant, equipment or specialist assets.
• Excellent problem-solving ability with confidence to make decisions under pressure.
• Strong communication skills with experience of managing relationships across drivers, depots and operational teams.
• Experience using transport planning or plant hire management systems would be desirable.
• Commercially aware with the ability to balance customers expectations against operational efficiency.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Positive ambitious and comfortable working in a fast-moving environment.

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