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Transport & Logistics Manager
About the Role
Greenfield Engineering is looking for a hands-on Transport & Logistics Manager to lead transport, warehousing and the movement of goods across our three manufacturing sites. You’ll manage our company trucks and general haulage, schedule supplier deliveries and lead a team of 5–10 employees working across multiple shifts in a seven-day operation.
You’ll be responsible for keeping our trucks roadworthy and available, planning inspections and maintenance around production and delivery commitments. You must also be able to drive our 7.5-tonne truck when required, whether covering a driver, collecting materials or moving components between sites.
You’ll be responsible for keeping our trucks roadworthy and available, planning inspections and maintenance around production and delivery commitments. You must also be able to drive our 7.5-tonne truck when required, whether covering a driver, collecting materials or moving components between sites.
Working Hours
| Day | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 7:00am | 4:00pm |
| Tuesday | 7:00am | 4:00pm |
| Wednesday | 7:00am | 4:00pm |
| Thursday | 7:00am | 4:00pm |
| Friday | 7:00am | 1:30pm |
| Saturday | — | — |
| Sunday | — | — |
Total: 40.0 hrs/week
Core Responsibilities
- Plan daily loads, routes and driver schedules for collections, customer deliveries and inter-site transfers. Coordinate company vehicles and external hauliers, monitor costs and respond to delays.
- Oversee goods-in, storage, picking and despatch. Agree transfer priorities with production leaders and make sure materials and part-finished components reach the correct department or site, with quantities, locations and handovers accurately recorded
- Monitor daily walkaround checks and defect reports. Take unsafe vehicles out of service, verify repairs before release and maintain inspection and repair records. Oversee tachograph downloads, review drivers’ hours and follow up infringements.
- Agree arrival slots with suppliers and hauliers based on loading space, equipment and staff availability. Manage yard access, vehicle movements and loading areas so deliveries can be handled safely alongside production.
- Plan rotas, allocate work and develop a team of 5–10 employees. Maintain cover across shifts and ensure each handover identifies outstanding loads, expected arrivals and urgent production requirements.
Skills & Experience
Essential
- Full driving licence with Category C1 entitlement or higher, a valid Driver CPC qualification card and a valid digital tachograph driver card.
- Proven experience managing commercial vehicles, including scheduling safety inspections and annual tests, coordinating repairs and maintaining roadworthiness records.
- Experience planning haulage, scheduling supplier vehicles and managing loading, unloading and yard traffic in a busy operation.
Desirable
- Experience using transport, warehouse or manufacturing systems to plan vehicle movements and track stock and work in progress.
- A relevant qualification in transport management, logistics or warehousing.
- Experience leading a team, organising shift cover and coordinating warehouse and transport priorities with other departments.
Company Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- Additional holiday entitlement linked to length of service.
- Company uniform and IT plus mobile device equipment provided where required for the role.
- Access to a company discount scheme.
- Overtime opportunities available at competitive rates, where applicable.
- Employee referral scheme.
- Training and development support and Employee wellbeing package.
- Long service awards
- Planned company events and engagement activities.
- Access to a salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme, subject to eligibility.
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