Sharpsmart UK

Transport Coordinator Nightshift

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RM13 8BT, Rainham, England, GBR

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Junior

Healthtech

The Role

Plan and schedule nightly collection routes, manage vehicle and driver utilisation, ensure transport compliance and driver hours, coordinate with drivers and disposal outlets, resolve delays and paperwork issues, and maintain health and safety standards.

Summary Generated by Built In

Sharpsmart Transport Team is at the very centre of our business providing an essential service to our Healthcare Customers. We are now expanding our team in Rainham, Essex and have an opportunity for an experienced Transport Coordinator to join this growing team.

In the role of Transport Coordinator your focus will be the collection route schedule and this will include vehicle and driver utilisation to ensure all SLA's are achieved within a compliant framework. The Transport Service Coordinator will communicate with drivers and other key internal departments. alongside planning, implementing and controlling existing and new collection routes.

This role is working nightshift Sunday - Thursday - 45 hour working week.

Key Responsibilities:

Operational Transport Compliance
Arranging hire vehicles for VOR and services
Route scheduling, analysing and planning of transport
Organising disposal slots with pre-agreed contracted suppliers
Arrange transport for disposal slots
Analyse and coordinate solution of any issues/delays between driver and disposal outlet
Health and safety compliance
Deal with any paperwork issues with disposal outlets
Ensure drivers comply with driver hours and WTD's and other transport compliance and business processes
Liaising with drivers and internal departments

Candidate Profile:

Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar role with strong understanding of Transport Compliance
Experience of vehicle routing
Excellent geographical knowledge for Southern/London region
Experience of building relations and working with drivers on a daily basis
Strong organisational skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritise
Excellent PC skills including Microsoft packages with Intermediate Excel skills
Full UK Driving License

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Skills Required

Minimum 2 years experience in a similar transport coordinator role
Strong understanding of transport compliance and driver hours/WTD regulations
Experience with vehicle routing and route scheduling
Excellent geographical knowledge of Southern/London region
Experience building relationships and working with drivers daily
Strong organisational skills with ability to multitask and prioritise
Proficient PC skills including Microsoft Office and intermediate Excel
Full UK driving licence
Ability to work nightshift (Sunday-Thursday) and 45-hour workweek

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The Company

HQ: Spennymoor

114 Employees

Year Founded: 1986

What We Do

If you could make your healthcare facilities even safer - would you? From peer-reviewed sharps containers to waste minimisation systems and tailored collections, Sharpsmart’s safety-driven solutions have helped healthcare facilities across the UK to: • Protect staff and patients • Reduce CO2 emissions • Meet sustainability targets • Prevent and contain infection • Stay compliant • Reduce costs Part of the Daniels Health group which has operations in Australia, USA, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Europe and South Africa; Sharpsmart is widely regarded as a leader of innovation in the clinical waste space. Our flagship product - the Sharpsmart collector, was launched in 1999 and is now used in thousands of healthcare facilities around the globe. It has been peer reviewed in numerous medical journals with findings that indisputably assert it as the safest sharps collector in the world. Through education, innovation and service, we are committed to make the healthcare industry safer for the people who work in it and continually drive the development of ecologically sustainable solutions to reduce the environmental impact of clinical waste. Find out more at: www.healthcarewaste.sharpsmart.co.uk