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Eddie Stobart Logistics Ltd
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Bedford, Bedfordshire
Class 1 Shunter Driver
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Salary: £27,980.16 per annum |
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Overview
Whats the role? Shift: Nights 4 on 4 off As our Shunter you will successfully maintaining an effective and safe operational environment on site. You will be responsible for controlling our daily plans and maximising the potential of our resources. What will I be responsible for? Loading and parking trailer assets; maintaining communication to the traffic office Shunting equipment with care and attention whilst ensuring complete compliance with Safe Systems of Work Liaising with Warehousing departments to ensure the correct equipment is positioned on and off the trailer bays, ensuring the flow is maintained Managing the fleet resources in the yard including Vehicles Off Road Accurately completing all required yard-related administrative checks i.e. fleet checks, yard checks, trailer checks, pre-op vehicle checks and equipment audits Follow site and business Health and Safety / Safe Systems of work policies Reporting on available and unavailable (i.e. defective) fleet assets in the yard Maintaining the yard hygiene and risk management as necessary You must hold a full LGV CE (Class 1) licence with no more than 6 penalty points It is essential for you to hold a valid Driver Qualification Car Carry out any additional office task as required by your line manager What kind of person are you looking for? Due to the nature of the role we are looking for someone with relative experience of shunting articulated vehicles in a transport traffic office. You will be an extremely self-motivated individual who can work with minimal supervision. You will need to be used to problem solving in your previous roles and have experience looking after a transport operation including customer requirements and managing resources. Practical computer experience using Transport Systems and Microsoft Office packages, e.g. Word, Excel and Outlook would be essential.