Night Transport Planner, Braintree

Streamline Recruitment have partnered with a fantastic client to support their recruitment drives and are now looking to appoint a Transport & Contracts Logistics Planner (Night Shift) to join their operations team.

This position plays a key role in coordinating transport across a mix of commercial and utility-based work, ensuring service delivery is maintained to a high standard, particularly within time-sensitive and reactive environments.

Working within a fast-paced operation, you’ll be responsible for planning vehicle and driver activity, managing real-time changes, and liaising with both internal teams and external providers to keep services running efficiently.

The role will involve:

• Coordinating daily transport plans across multiple contracts
• Allocating drivers and vehicles in line with availability and driver hours regulations
• Managing live changes to schedules, particularly during incidents or disruptions
• Working with third-party logistics providers and monitoring service delivery
• Maintaining clear communication with drivers, clients and internal teams
• Supporting out-of-hours and emergency response activity when required
• Ensuring all activity is compliant with transport and health & safety regulations

This role would suit someone who is organised, confident making decisions under pressure, and comfortable working in a reactive environment.

Previous experience within transport planning or logistics is important, along with strong communication and IT skills.

Package & Working Hours:

£36,400 during initial training period, increasing to £40,000 once completed

4 on / 4 off night shift pattern (20:00 – 08:00)

Initial 8-week training period working Monday to Friday, 08:00 – 18:00

Office-based training, followed by flexibility to work from either of two sites.

Benefits include:

• 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare (post-probation)
• Life assurance
• Electric vehicle scheme (post-probation)

If you’re looking for a role where no two days are the same and you can really make an impact within a critical operation please apply today!