Load Planner (Road Freight) – Immediate Start

You'll plan the loads and watch the trucks for a distribution depot in Brackenfell, keeping every trip on time. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

Location: Brackenfell, Western Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Update customers on delivery times and delays
• Check driver hours so nobody drives too long without rest
• Compile daily reports on trips completed and late deliveries
• Phone drivers when trucks stop too long or go off-route
• Assign trucks and drivers to routes and track them on telematics

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

• Knowledge of cross-border documentation
• Experience on a vehicle telematics platform
• Transport management system (TMS) experience

• Cellphone allowance for standby shifts
• Training on the fleet and tracking systems
• Growth to transport manager

• 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.