Your role will involve:
- Plan, schedule, and maintain transport systems and operations.
- Oversee full operational transport compliance, including defect reporting, gate checks, and ADR equipment checks.
- Conduct daily documented driver debriefs.
- Ensure driver cards and vehicle data are uploaded to the Trutac system in line with company policy.
- Check and cross-reference driver timesheets with Trutac download information to ensure compliance.
- Maintain accurate vehicle and driver files, update wall planners, and keep all online records up to date.
- Organise and manage transport requirements for disposal outlets.
- Control, order, and issue PPE and transport-related equipment.
- Assist in investigations into transport-related incidents and prepare reports.
- Support the Transport Manager with supplier invoice checks and the issue of purchase order numbers.
- Ensure all vehicles are registered with relevant toll, road charging, and permit schemes.
- Assist with driver recruitment, training, and ongoing development.
- Maintain reports and take action as required, including checks on fuel receipts, accident forms, vehicle defects, and service/inspection requirements.
What we are looking for
- Strong organisational and planning skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Good knowledge of transport compliance requirements and systems (experience with Trutac would be an advantage).
- Confident communicator able to work effectively with drivers, suppliers, and management.
- Proficient in maintaining accurate records and using computer-based systems.
- Ability to work independently while also supporting the wider transport team.
- A proactive approach to problem-solving with the ability to manage multiple tasks at once.
Top Skills
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
