Dispatch Controller (Distribution Depot)

Get off the road and into the control office at a courier operations centre in Epping. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

Home base is a courier operations centre on the Epping side of Western Cape.

• Assign trucks and drivers to routes and track them on telematics
• Compile daily reports on trips completed and late deliveries
• Book vehicle services, licence renewals and roadworthy tests
• Update customers on delivery times and delays
• Capture trip sheets, fuel and toll costs on the system
• Phone drivers when trucks stop too long or go off-route
• Plan daily loads to use full truck capacity

• Able to work shifts in a 24-hour control office
• Good with Excel and email
• Matric
• Clear on the phone with drivers and customers
• At least 2 years in transport or logistics

• Experience on a vehicle telematics platform
• Knowledge of cross-border documentation

• Training on the fleet and tracking systems
• Growth to transport manager
• Office-based work with a steady roster
• Cellphone allowance for standby shifts

• Mention the tracking and Excel skills you have. Bring an example report if you are allowed to share one.
• Give the fleet size and route types you handled, for example "40 trucks, long-haul and local". Hiring managers want scale.