Route Planner (Last-Mile Deliveries)

Behind every truck on the road is a controller; at a courier operations centre in Pretoria West, that could be you. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in Pretoria West (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Capture trip sheets, fuel and toll costs on the system
• Book vehicle services, licence renewals and roadworthy tests
• Plan daily loads to use full truck capacity
• Compile daily reports on trips completed and late deliveries
• Arrange breakdown recovery and replacement vehicles
• Phone drivers when trucks stop too long or go off-route

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

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

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