Senior Transport Controller

TRANSPORT CONTROLLER-TRUCKING COMPANY Key Responsibilities: Supervising Transportation Staff: This includes hiring, training, and performance management of drivers and dispatchers. Managing Daily Operations: This involves scheduling routes, dispatching vehicles, and coordinating deliveries to ensure timely and efficient transportation. Ensuring Compliance: A key responsibility is to ensure all operations adhere to relevant transportation laws, regulations, and company policies. Maintaining Vehicles and Equipment: Supervisors oversee the maintenance and repair of vehicles and equipment to ensure they are safe and in good working order. Managing Costs and Budgets: Monitoring transportation costs and identifying opportunities for cost savings are important aspects of the role. Resolving Issues: Supervisors are responsible for addressing and resolving any transportation-related issues or conflicts that arise, including accidents or delays. Maintaining Records: This includes tracking driver hours, vehicle maintenance, and other relevant data kpl of vehicles, income and expenditure of vehicle utilization. Customer Service: In some cases, supervisors may interact with customers to address their needs and ensure customer satisfaction. Camera footage and downloading same for incidents and reports from drivers. Communicating with Insurance brokers on all relevant matters. Cross border movement knowledge and experience including the application of cross border permits. Skills: Strong Leadership and Communication Skills: Effective communication with drivers, dispatchers, and other staff is essential. Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Abilities: Supervisors need to be able to quickly and effectively resolve any issues that arise. Organizational and Time Management Skills: Managing multiple tasks and priorities is crucial in a fast-paced environment. Knowledge of Transportation Regulations: A solid understanding of relevant laws and regulations is necessary. Familiarity with Transportation Management Systems: Experience with dispatching software, GPS tracking, and other relevant tools is often required. Safety Consciousness: Ensuring a safe working environment for all staff is paramount. Working Conditions: May work extended hours and weekends is mandatory, and every alternate public holiday. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and manage a team of drivers and dispatchers efficiently. Spends most of the workday in an office or transportation yard. Qualifications: Matric Minimum of 5 years experience in transportation management Experience and knowledge of Telematics, extracting reports and monitoringdriver performance and communicating same to management in the form of weekly reports, and counselling drivers. Only those candidates with the relevant experience and knowledge of this position can apply as any other CVs that do not have contain the relevant experience will not be considered. Position is available immediately in Prospecton, Durban.

Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

Posted Date: 8/22/2025