Transport Administrator

Purpose: Support the Transport Team with meeting strict deadlines and general administrative support

As a key influencer across the Lynch team this role will help implement and embed the company vision and behaviours across all that we do. Our vision is about 'being the best' at all that we do and enabling our great people to be the best they can be. To achieve this, we need to focus on delivering the highest service and focusing on getting things 'right first time', to support this we need to attract the best people who share our values for success and our passion for making an impact on tomorrows future.

This role is vital for ensuring our behaviours become real and are prioritised to enable our success:

CAN DO - It's our positive attitude that achieves our can-do approach. We work together as one team to deliver solutions to our challenges.

PASSION - We achieve right first time by having pride and enthusiasm. Being passionate empowers us to deliver an industry leading service to our customers.

ONE TEAM - We put the success of the team ahead of any personal gain. By communicating effectively, we also support our colleagues and exceed our customers' expectations.

RESPECT - We trust and respect our colleagues, and our customers. We have integrity and create inclusive environments creating a healthy, safe, and fun workplace.

Reporting Lines

You will report into the Transport Manager

Focus areas of the role

The success of the role will be measured against the effective implementation of the following focus areas:

• Effectively plan and distribute work as required.
• Raise all movement orders for Plant machinery, ensuring movement orders are in place prior to delivery of the products that fall within STGO.
• Keep systems updated with driver holidays and sickness.
• Raise order numbers for parts / labour to local suppliers, under authority from Transport Manager, Depot Manager or Head of Transport.
• Assist the Transport Manager to plan all vehicle inspections, or compliance events.
• Ensure that the department administration is completed, checked and filed as required.
• Improve the standards across the transport department.
• Ensure health and safety requirements are met across the department with improvement where possible.
• Identify and report potential department savings where possible.
• Supply Payroll with weekly timesheets for all drivers within your department.
• HS2 site bookings
• Daily ETA phone calls to customers

Success enablers

To be successful in this role you will need the following skills, behaviours, and abilities:

• Be a team player with the willingness to succeed
• Have good organisational skills
• Be able to build relationships with work colleagues, customers and suppliers
• Excellent attention to detail, friendly and helpful nature
• Proactive and enthusiastic
• Strong PC Literacy including Word & Excel
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Basic knowledge of Plant preferred, however not essential.

Flexible Working

You are welcome to ask about flexibility at interview stage.

Reasonable Adjustments

Please contact us if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.