Route Planner (Last-Mile Deliveries)

You'll plan the loads and watch the trucks for a bus and coach operator in Prospecton, keeping every trip on time. You'll work with a small crew, so being easy to work with matters as much as skill.

You'll be based at a bus and coach operator in Prospecton. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Update customers on delivery times and delays
• Arrange breakdown recovery and replacement vehicles
• Compile daily reports on trips completed and late deliveries
• Book vehicle services, licence renewals and roadworthy tests
• Phone drivers when trucks stop too long or go off-route

• Knowledge of South African road freight regulations
• Calm and decisive when things go wrong
• Able to work shifts in a 24-hour control office
• At least 2 years in transport or logistics

• Transport management system (TMS) experience
• Previous truck driving experience

• Training on the fleet and tracking systems
• Growth to transport manager
• 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.
• If you drove trucks before, say so. Controllers who know the road earn quick respect from drivers.