Transport Supervisor
Are transport compliance, safety and colleague engagement your core leadership values? Do you thrive in a people and performance focused transport operation? Are you looking to accelerate our customer delivery and service levels as a Transport Supervisor?
Join our GXO team in Stockton-on-Tee (TS16 0PS) for our customer Marshalls as Transport Supervisor. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Transport Supervisor to play a key role in ensuring our GXO Marshalls' transport operation runs safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with transport legislation. Working closely with the Transport Operations Manager, you'll lead transport administration activities, support driver and fleet compliance, oversee vehicle maintenance schedules and legal checks, and help deliver outstanding customer service through on-time, accurate deliveries.
This is a full time, permanent opportunity with contracted hours of 40 per week. Core hours of Monday to Friday between 08:00 to 17:00 (flexibility required for business needs).
Pay, benefits and more
We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £37,975 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, life assurance and access to our benefits platform, including retail discounts.
What you’ll do on a typical day
- Champion health, safety and transport compliance, ensuring all operations adhere to legal requirements, company standards, and safe operating procedures
- Lead and develop our team of 25, driving performance, engagement, communication, and a culture of continuous improvement
- Oversee fleet compliance and maintenance, including vehicle servicing, MOTs, inspections, tachograph downloads, and defect management
- Support operational efficiency and customer service excellence, ensuring effective planning, on-time deliveries, and strong driver communication
- Provide day-to-day management support, including colleague welfare, attendance, training, performance management, and deputising for the Transport Operations Manager when required
What you need to succeed at GXO
- Transport industry experience with a strong understanding of Health & Safety, driver hours, and Working Time Directive regulations (building, construction or bulk hugely beneficial)
- Proven leadership skills with experience managing, motivating, and developing teams within a transport environment
- Fleet compliance knowledge, including managing vehicle servicing schedules, inspections, and legal requirements
- Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to present information, build relationships, and engage teams effectively
- Highly organised and self-motivated, with strong administration skills, attention to detail, and proficiency in Microsoft Office application
We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.
GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer.
We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.
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