Transport Administrator
Smart Recruit Online
Bolton, NW
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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
£25,000–£26,000 Per Year
JOB TYPE
Full-time, Permanent
SKILLS
Administrative Skills, Communication Skills, Delivery Management, Detail Oriented, Driver's License, Employee Assistance Plan, Fleet Management, Life Insurance, Logistics, Mail Services, Maintain Compliance, Meeting Minutes, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Operations Management, Organizational Skills, Payroll Administration, People Management, Record Keeping, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reports, Regulatory Requirements, Safety Compliance, Safety/Work Safety, Service Delivery, Transportation Regulations, Truck Driver, Vehicle Fleets
LOCATION
Bolton, NW
POSTED
6 days ago
Join our team in Bolton as a Transport Administrator, supporting our Transport Manager and Supervisors in ensuring efficient, cost-effective operations. You'll play a key role in driver coordination, compliance, payroll processing, and fleet record management to help us deliver exceptional service.
Job Opportunity
As a Transport Administrator at Whistl, you will be an integral part of our transportation team, ensuring seamless operations and compliance. Your role will encompass the following key responsibilities:
- Act as the first point of contact for drivers, customers, and internal teams, handling queries effectively.
- Monitor and record driver hours, payroll, holiday, and sickness to ensure compliance.
- Maintain transport compliance records (e.g., tachographs, accident reports, regulatory requirements).
- Assist in recruiting drivers and transport staff alongside management and agencies.
- Support disciplinary meetings, note-taking, and general administrative tasks.
- Ensure Health & Safety and regulatory compliance across transport operations.
- Assist with fleet records and vehicle compliance.
Your meticulous attention to detail and administrative proficiency will be vital in driving our continued success.
Working Hours
Any 5 over 7 days, 11:00 - 19:30.
Benefits
- Annual leave enhanced with long service.
- Access to our prestige benefits and rewards portal.
- Long service rewards: both financial and leave based.
- Health cash plan.
- Life assurance scheme.
- Career development opportunities.
- Access to a well-established Employee Assistance Programme provider.
- And other excellent benefits you'd expect from a market leader.
Essential Skills
Skills and Qualities for Success:
- 2+ years of experience in a transport admin clerk or logistics role.
- Strong communication and organisational skills.
- Ability to work independently and handle confidential information.
- Knowledge of UK & EU driving regulations, tachograph compliance, and working time directives.
- Intermediate MS Office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
- Full UK driving licence (for occasional travel).
- Experience with Isotrak or similar telematics software (preferred).
- Flexible and willing to respond to the needs of a 24-hour operation in terms of working hours.
Join our team as a Transport Administrator and play a pivotal role in the future of our transportation operations; apply today!
About Company
We are the UK's leading delivery management company providing efficient, high-quality and competitively priced services across Business Mail, Parcels, Fulfilment and Doordrop Media both in the UK and internationally. Distributing more than 4 billion items annually, we are market leaders in Downstream Access Mail (DSA) services handling over 50% of bulk business mail in the UK.
We are in the top 100 privately owned companies with 23 locations across the UK. Our success is down to our people and the values we all follow to delivery excellence to our customers.
We think as part of a team, act with a can-do attitude and do the right thing. Following these simple values has resulted in our people delivering and exceeded both our business and personal development goals.
We are a 'family' of uniquely different people with strengths in the areas we work in and always have the opportunity to be curious to enhance ourselves.
We are a disability confident employer and embrace Well Being, EDI and ESG to make ourselves and our environment the best it can be.
About the Company
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Smart Recruit Online
INDUSTRY
Transport and Storage - Materials