Dispatch Controller (Distribution Depot)

You'll plan the loads and watch the trucks for a distribution depot in Tzaneen, keeping every trip on time. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

The work is in Tzaneen, Limpopo, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Phone drivers when trucks stop too long or go off-route
• Assign trucks and drivers to routes and track them on telematics
• Keep a register of PrDP and licence expiry dates for all drivers
• Book vehicle services, licence renewals and roadworthy tests
• Check driver hours so nobody drives too long without rest
• Plan daily loads to use full truck capacity

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

• Knowledge of cross-border documentation
• Logistics or supply chain certificate

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

• Give the fleet size and route types you handled, for example "40 trucks, long-haul and local". Hiring managers want scale.
• If you drove trucks before, say so. Controllers who know the road earn quick respect from drivers.