Transport Manager

at  Esken Renewables

DESCRIPTION

Esken Renewables is on the lookout for top talent, to join our innovative and results-oriented team.
Esken Renewables is the UK’s number one supplier of biomass fuel! It has long-term contracts in place to supply nearly 2 million tonnes of fuel to Energy Recovery Facilities, generating renewable energy equivalent to the annual domestic electricity needs of 2% of the UK population.
Working as a part of a winning team, we look for people who can spot the opportunity to do things better and have the ability and initiative to put excellent ideas into practice. We take pride in our dedication to delivering our best every day. We bring a can-do attitude - we just get on with it. Our culture is open and honest, agile, and flexible, and we are empowered to look for solutions and bring ideas. We are accountable, we take ownership and focus and commit to our colleagues and customers. We take care, always focus on improving, owning it together and stay connected.

WHAT IS THE JOB?

As the Transport Manager your role will be to manage the day to day operation of both Transport and its resource pool ensuring:

• Adherence to all company and legislative compliance standards.
• Managing the organisational requirements relating to drivers, vehicles, and the depot.
• Ensuring standards of maintenance of vehicles are delivered both efficiently and cost-effectively to ensure minimal downtime.

This is a fast pace setting and would suit someone who enjoys a challenge and possesses the drive to succeed. You would be joining a well-versed Transport Team but the ability to work on your own is a key attribute. Good IT knowledge and good communications skills are essential for this role. Full training will be given to the successful candidate. There is also the potential in the future to progress within the business as we will always look to promote within whenever job opportunities arise.
Working Schedule: Monday to Friday, 45 hours per week. The job role is based in Rotherham depot. As this is a Transport role, travel to other depots may have to be undertaken to carry out essential duties in line with the job description.

TO MANAGE THE ORGANISATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ASSIGNED RESOURCE POOL BY:

• Co-ordinating the management of absence and holidays for all drivers, depot staff and yard staff, ensuring full operational cover.
• Plan and manage depot payroll, Including the projection of weekly manning levels, booking agency drivers, authorising overtime, enabling pay queries, and ensuring depot logs are completed.
• Co-ordinating, recruiting, and management of drivers including all matters of employee relations , training, pay queries and ordering of uniform, PPE and mobile handsets.
• Creating and removing drivers on systems such as Mandataand Convey.
• Work closely with the Renewables People team on all matters of employee relations and engagement including recruitment, performance management, absence management disciplinary and grievance management. Be mindful of the businesses commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, as Gold Standard holders.
• Ensuring that Cascade records are kept up to date with any changes to employee circumstances, new starter, promotions, transfers and leaver information, absence management, personal data management. Ensuring all records conform to GDPR Regulations.
• Ensuring all personnel files are up to date, incorporating license validation personal details and completed training.
• Validating and authorising all weekly expense claims made by drivers and depot staff.
• Ensuring all training needs are met for drivers (including induction, re-training, SSW, and annual appraisals).
• Controlling the flow of communication at the depot ensuring monthly meetings with driver reps are conducted. Ensuring that all notice boards are kept live and up to date. Driver Yammer engagement with workforce.
• Undertaking all prescribed mandatory training using the Learning Hub, or other agreed Learning Management System, to complete Basic Induction, Management Essentials and all Compliance training within prescribed timeframes.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBJECTIVES

To ensure compliance with all Legislative and Company Standards by:

• Maintaining the vehicle maintenance systems including freeway, convey and gov.uk website.
• Completing daily risk assessments of the yard and office.
• Enforcing WTD regulations amongst all employees particularly drivers, addressing all non-conformance, working with planners and drivers to ensure full understanding and responsibilities.
• Managing all elements of tachograph compliance, including using tachograph analysis’ for reporting and follow up actions. Ensuring traffic area falls below the department KPIs.
• Overseeing the logging and action planning of all DVSA interactions, including but not limited to traffic stops, MOT failures and OCRS scores.
• Identifying and addressing overweight vehicles.
• Ensure that all other activities that form part of the Transport Managers undertakings are completed.
• Identifying all CPC non-compliance and report to National Transport Manager.

As the Transport Manager your role will be to manage the day to day operation of both Transport and its resource pool ensuring:

• Adherence to all company and legislative compliance standards.
• Managing the organisational requirements relating to drivers, vehicles, and the depot.
• Ensuring standards of maintenance of vehicles are delivered both efficiently and cost-effectively to ensure minimal downtime