We are looking for an experienced Transport Supervisor to join Nationwide Platforms to assist the Transport Manager in the legal compliance, fleet availability and daily management of our HGV drivers.
As a Transport Supervisor, you will have line management responsibility for a team of HGV drivers. This will be a varied role with responsibilities from ensuring the drivers are engaged and have regular communication, through to dealing with escalations and conducting health and safety checks. You will need to have managed drivers before, with in multi-site operations, be fully knowledgeable with transport legislation, have a fair and disciplined approach to coaching and managing a team.
In reward we can offer a competitive salary of up to £38,000 (depending on experience), health insurance, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, and life assurance.
Responsibilities include: -
1. Daily line management of drivers, coaching, motivating, and leading the team.
2. Ensure compliance with all road transport legislative requirements and all internal quality, health, safety and environmental policies and standards.
3. Assist in managing the undertakings of the region in line with the Office of the Traffic Commissioner requirements on a restricted operator's licence.
4. Drive a high degree of vehicle availability, minimising vehicle off the road downtime, to ensure that co...