Plant and Transport Co-Ordinator (Utilities) (Permanent)

Job Title: Plant and Transport Co-Ordinator (Utilities)

Location: Salford

Salary: £25,000 to £30,000 dependent on prior experience

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Excalon is a privately owned company established in 2002. With recent new business wins with multiple major clients adding to our existing portfolio of framework agreements and ongoing Major Projects, this is a particularly exciting time to join our business.

The Role:

We now have a new and exciting opportunity for a Plant and Transport Co-ordinator to provide support to the Plant and Transport department. Reporting to the Plant and Transport Manager you will support a department managing a mixed fleet of 150 vehicles including HGV's, Pick-ups, Vans and cars in addition to multiple plant and operational assets. The successful candidate will work well as part of a team but have the ability to work independently using own initiative.

The Person:

Most importantly, we are looking for a driven and enthusiastic individual who will thrive in a busy and constantly changing environment. You will build rappor easily with colleagues and external suppliers and have strong administrative skills.

Key Accountabilities:

• Monitor and track plant and asset allocation, monitoring breakdowns, change of user, loss or damage
• Check Throneware Plant checks against Live hires and location
• Check and act on Daily vehicle checks
• Act as additional point of contact regarding defects with plant & vehicle defects (Service, Oil changes, etc.)
• Update break down and defect log daily
• Process departmental Invoices querying against wear and tear
• Hire vehicle updates Mileage/Tail lifts updates
• Help with Road Traffic Accident claims by Gathering details, speaking to 3rd parties, extracting vehicle camera footage
• Chase quotes on Road Traffic Accident Damages
• Process fast fit Invoices Daily
• Update Dawsons vehicle hire mileage Weekly
• Allocate vehicle Fines including speeding, parking and bus lane fines
• Add vehicles to the insurance New and Temporary
• Provide general support to the Plant and Transport Manager
• Research and locate other plant companies in and around new job sites - Set up accounts with them to reduce costs
• Any other reasonable tasks required from time to time to meet the needs of the business

Skills and Experience Required:

• Proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite
• Good communication skills both verbal and written
• Excellent administration skills
• Excellent attention to detail and accurate data input skills
• Team working with willingness to help others
• Previous experience working within Transport / Plant Operations desirable

All applicants must reside and have the right to live and work in the UK.

Hours of Work:

You will be required to work 40 hours per week Monday to Friday working within the working window of 8am to 5.00pm during which one hour may be taken for lunch. Specific working times will be driven by the work programme and some weekend work may be required to meet the needs of the business.

Working For Us:

We do not operate a banded salary scale and therefore offer genuinely competitive rates according to skills and experience. Our priority is to find the right person for the role.

We appreciate our people are our greatest asset and reward them accordingly with a competitive salary, range of additional benefits, and the opportunity to grow and develop with us.

All applicants must reside and have the right to live and work in the UK.

We respectfully request no agencies at this time.

Please note that Excalon reserves the right to close its vacancies early should we receive a suitable number of shortlisted applicants and therefore recommend that you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the closing date.

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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Fleet Transport Compliance Officer, Logistics Supervisor, Fleet Operations Coordinator, Logistics Operations Executive, Compliance Officer, Compliance Supervisor, Repairs Assistant, Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Coordinator, Plant and Transport, Fleet, CPC, HGV, Waste, Recycling, Haulage, Facilities Technician, Maintenance Supervisor will all be considered.