Logistics Planning Coordinator

Summary:

We are recruiting a 12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave, and a new permanent vacancy as we are growing our team We are seeking two expert Logistics Planning Coordinators to join our team-one for a 12-month fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave, and one for a new permanent vacancy due to team expansion.

Are you the strategist who thrives on pre-planning the perfect route? We need logistical experts to take the helm of our tanker routing and driver coordination. This crucial role in the water industry involves navigating complexity, avoiding pitfalls, and ensuring our fleet operates with clockwork precision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Route Planning: Architect and re-plan HGV routes to ensure drivers use only approved paths, preventing access to restricted areas and maximising efficiency.
• Workforce & Compliance Management: Oversee the driver rota, including hours, breaks, rest periods, holidays, and sickness. You will be the guardian of driver regulations, ensuring no hours are exceeded and all rest requirements are met.
• Operational Documentation: Create comprehensive job packs for drivers. You''ll ensure these are supplied to the Tanker Lead, signed, scanned, and meticulously filed for full audit compliance.
• Fleet Maintenance Oversight: Coordinate MOTs, servicing, and general maintenance. You''ll keep a detailed record of all fleet activity and report directly to the Tanker Lead.
• Cross-Departmental Liaison: Act as the vital link between distribution and production. You will raise all planned and reactive work streams through the company management system, ensuring every action is recorded.
• Emergency & Operational Excellence: Utilise your background in water industry operations to manage scheduling within a fast-paced environment, applying emergency response expertise to handle reactive scenarios with composure.

What You''ll Bring:

• Planning Expertise: Proven experience in a planning and scheduling environment, specifically within a logistics company.
• Industry Knowledge: Solid understanding of the water industry or emergency planning procedures.
• Certification: A valid Water Hygiene Qualification.
• Regulatory Sharpness: A deep understanding of driver hours and transport regulations.
• System Savvy: Ability to navigate complex company management systems to raise work streams.
• Detail Oriented: An eye for compliance, from job pack signatures to maintenance logs.
• Resilience: The ability to pivot plans quickly when reactive work or emergency scenarios arise.

Interviews:

• Interviews will be held face to face in our Morley Road offices week commencing 08th June 2026.

We want to be the water company people want to be supplied by and want to work for.

We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That''s why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment and career progression with South East Water.

Benefits package:

• Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.
• Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.
• Paid volunteering days.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Health cash plan.
• Life assurance.
• Wellbeing related benefits.

What can you expect from your recruitment?

• To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our career''s website.
• It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water.
• Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.

If this sounds like the opportunity you''ve been looking for, apply now!

South East Water kindly asks that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting CVs to our employees or associates without explicit invitation from our HR Resourcing team. CVs sent on a speculative basis will not be acknowledged and will not assume any responsibility for fees or commissions in the event that we hire a candidate who applied directly or subsequently introduced by an instructed agency.

Compensation package:

Up to £33,120 depending on experience

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