Fleet Tracking Controller (Night Shift)

Trucks, drivers, loads and deadlines all meet on your screen at a courier operations centre in Isando. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

Home base is a courier operations centre on the Isando side of Gauteng. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Book vehicle services, licence renewals and roadworthy tests
• Update customers on delivery times and delays
• Phone drivers when trucks stop too long or go off-route
• Compile daily reports on trips completed and late deliveries
• Check driver hours so nobody drives too long without rest
• Arrange breakdown recovery and replacement vehicles
• Capture trip sheets, fuel and toll costs on the system

• Matric
• Good with Excel and email
• Clear on the phone with drivers and customers
• Knowledge of South African road freight regulations
• Calm and decisive when things go wrong

• Previous truck driving experience
• Knowledge of cross-border documentation

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

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