State Transport Manager

Vacancy no: 518389
Work type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: YATALA
State: QLD
Categories: Drivers & Operators, Management

About us

Cleanaway is Australia's largest waste management company, providing sustainable waste management solutions where we collaborate with joint venture partners and regulators to serve millions of customers across all market sectors.

Our goal is to be recognised by our customers as the most innovative and sustainable waste management company with industry-leading HSE performance. Blueprint 2030 is the evolution to our Footprint 2025 strategy, built on a foundation of zero harm to people and the environment, with three key pillars of focus. This is done through integrating and extending our leading network of infrastructure assets to provide high-circularity, low-carbon solutions, seamless solutions, and value for money for our customers.

Our Benefits:

• Competitive Salary Package
• Career development opportunities
• Scope for growth within the business
• Join a culture that gives you a sense of purpose and belonging
• Be part of Australia’s leading sustainable resources business
• Support from a strong network of professionals 
• Employee share program
• Great staff benefits program, including novated car leasing, salary sacrificing on work-related purchases, discounts on private health insurance, and more

What the opportunity involves:

Our Health Business, Cleanaway Daniels, is Australia’s leading provider of medical waste services, making a safer, sustainable future possible for the healthcare sector.

We are approaching an exciting time with positive growth and EBIT and an exciting opportunity for an experienced State Transport Manager to join our Health Services Business Unit based on-site at Yatala. You will lead the transport Driver Operations, and Administration Team to achieve objectives aligned with Cleanaway’s high standards.

Your days will be one of high visibility within the transport and logistics department to maintain safety, compliance, service, cost efficiency, and continuous improvements.

Responsibilities:

Manage fleet safety, and allocation systems, and ensure all services are up to date.

Meet objectives that are aligned with both customer and internal standards, and management of the fleet to ensure that the service provided to the customers meets or exceeds their expectations.

Continuous management and review of transport activity, the scheduling of the drivers and vehicles, ensuring that all transport is conducted in line with statutory requirements and completed in line with the fatigue management plan.

Ensure all permits are kept up to date as required, and that any maintenance, training, and other critical needs are being met.

Maximise fleet utilisation, fleet routing, and delivery schedules with truck drivers.

Apply continuous improvement methodologies for matters such as cost and improved transport.

Achievement of operational and financial key performance targets.

Build and lead a cohesive team of transport staff, to ensure optimal performance and a proactive approach that consistently delivers high performance outcomes to our clients.

About you:

You will have a minimum of 5 years of transport experience, either in a management or supervision capacity.

Demonstrated Technical and analytical ability to identify and define problems, extract key information from data to identify patterns or trends, test and verify the cause of the problem, and develop solutions to resolve the problems.

You will have demonstrated skills in relationship management coupled with a high level of communication both written and verbal.

You lead from the front and have a track record of exceptional people management skills in building rapport, change strategies and setting the pace, coaching, mentoring, succession planning, people development, and performance management. 

You are tech-savvy and can pick things up quickly, proficient in using Microsoft Office suite, CRM software, and GPS systems. 

Why join us?

Building a sustainable and inclusive future together. At Cleanaway, our employees come from diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills, and needs. This gives us a deep appreciation of the competitiveness, flexibility, and resilience that diversity brings. Where it’s a different background or a different way of thinking, we see how our business is stronger with those perspectives being heard.

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