Transport Planner
Job Description & Overview
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Pall-Ex Dorset have an opportunity for a Transport Planner to join the team at our depot in Christchurch.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">The hours for this role are:</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">45 hours per week Monday to Friday 4am or 5am till 2pm or 3pm</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Why choose Pall-Ex?</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Want to work for an award winning, market leading and successful business? We are an ambitious, innovative and growing Pallet Network providing excellent service to our customers. We have a unrelenting focus on being an employer of choice, to ensure our employees love coming to work and enjoy</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">competitive pay rates</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">range of useful benefits</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">pension</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">enhanced annual leave – increased with length of service milestones</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">life cover</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">supportive employee assistance programs</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">We want you to stay with us long term, so we surround you with a friendly supportive team, award winning training and upskilling opportunities. We listen, continuously improve and provide benefits that grow with your length of service and dedication .</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">About the role:</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Create efficient and compliant daily delivery plan to maximise the vehicle productivity of our Pall-Ex multi drop collection and delivery fleet</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Report daily the PPV across the full delivery operation</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Promote changes in operations to promote further efficiency or cost saving opportunities</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Liaise with the Collections (Input Customers) and Trunking Co-Ordinator to ensure that the delivery plan fully supports the customer collection plan each day</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Ensure Service performance and ETA targets are achieved daily</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Oversee morning operation and ensure the Transport team are all engaged with the daily plan</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">The ideal candidate will have:</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Transport Knowledge/experience</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Attention to detail</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Local Geographical Knowledge</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Proactive Team Player</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Good people management skills</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Excellent communication skills</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Highly organised and excellent time management</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Your career development</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">We take every employee's career and development seriously. If you want to be the very best long term, or you have a vision to progress to other roles over time, we have dedicated learning and development pathways that are open to every employee. All employees are offered career discussions, so there is always opportunities to plan your next career move within Pall-Ex.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Diversity and Inclusion</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">We believe the diversity of our employees as critical to our on-going success. By our employees feeling that they can bring their authentic selves to work every day will ensure we achieve excellence.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Proud to support</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Awarded the Gold Armed Forces Covenant and therefore we encourage veterans to apply for our roles and if the essential criteria is met then we will endeavour to offer an interview</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">We are a Disability Confident Employer</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">What will you need to do next?</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">If you meet the</p>
<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">requirements for this role please apply with your CV</h5>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Job Types: Full-time, Permanent</p>
<p class="text-muted mb-3">Benefits:</p>
<ul class="list-unstyled job-desc-list mb-3">
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Company pension</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Life insurance</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>On-site parking</span></li>
<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Referral programme</span></li>
</ul>
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Key Details
- Date Posted: 05 Oct 2026
- Location: BH23, East Parley, Dorset
- Employment Type: Permanent
- Category: Distribution
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