Just Temps seeks a Van Driver with a clean UK driving licence to join a busy company based in Northwich.

This is an immediate start role!

Hours: Monday to Friday. 8am to 5pm.

Main duties to include:

• Van driving—collections and deliveries.
• Picking and loading.
• Handballing.
• Working in a clean environment.
• General warehouse duties.

Just Recruitment is delighted to support a growing organisation based on the outskirts of Colchester that is looking for an experienced and motivated Account Handler to join its dynamic team.

To be considered for this role, you will ideally have had some exposure to a client-focused role—this is not a targeted sales role!

You must offer a solid understanding of coordinating clients’ journey through a business.

The key purpose of the role is to grow and service existing clients, working with the team to provide excellent service to ensure repeat business and dealing with incoming enquiries. You will also assist with sourcing new business, via researching new potential projects.

Key duties include:

• Manage a portfolio of accounts, upselling and cross-selling—with a client-centred approach.
• Securing new business opportunities as they arise as well as dealing with all incoming enquiries—using your commercial focus, ensuring revenue growth.
• Review and negotiate bids offered by suppliers and subcontractors.
• Maximise the turnover and profitability of all projects allocated.
• Gather information for the design and estimate to complete the project—working with a team to the client’s budgets and timeframes.

Qualifications and skills required:

• Ideally at least 2-3 years of relevant experience in a client-focused role.
• Excellent customer skills.
• Positive ‘can do’ attitude with a client-focused, commercial approach.
• Full driving licence.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a great team that offers excellent benefits and a competitive package.

Just Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent roles.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

An opportunity to join Just Temps, an established market-leading company and to kick-start your career in Payroll Management.

We are looking for a detail-oriented Payroll Assistant to join our team based at our Ipswich office. We are the region's longest-established, independent agency with over 40 years of experience supplying temporary workers.

You will report to and work alongside, our Finance Manager. Ideally, you will have prior experience in payroll tasks and be adept at handling high volumes efficiently, with accuracy and attention to detail.

Responsibilities include:

• Processing payroll information accurately and to strict timelines.
• Inputting and verifying payroll entries against relevant documentation.
• Facilitating approval processes for payroll submissions.
• Resolving payroll-related queries with employees and internal teams.
• Monitoring payroll reconciliations.
• Checking pay reports.
• Processing weekly payroll.
• Assisting with ad hoc tasks as needed.

Requirements:

• Must be proficient in Word and Excel.
• Strong attention to details and accuracy in data entry.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Benefits: 20 days holiday per year, increasing to 25 after 2nd year, plus 8 public holidays.

Just Temps is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Just Recruitment Group Ltd.

Just Recruitment is working with a growing Transport and Logistics business that is seeking a Transport Operations Manager to join its team.

The key purpose of this role is to:

• Manage, monitor and control all responsibilities of the business operating licence, ensuring that the company is always compliant with all undertakings.
• Manage the day-to-day operation of general haulage, pallet networks, ensuring the company maximise its backload potential and is maximising revenue per vehicle per day.
• Ensuring the firm deliver customer satisfaction and meets customer SLA’s.
• Managing operational costs of the business to ensure financial goals and targets are achieved.
• Managing a fleet in excess of 80 trucks and 100 trailers, managing 65 drivers as well as with the planning and customer service teams, reporting directly to the GM.

Key duties include:

• Fully utilise all IT systems and platforms to ensure the fleet remains legal and compliant and to improve and maximise the efficiency and smooth running of the operation, providing maximum fleet availability at all times.
• Build, grow and maintain effective working relationships with key stake holders within the business to promote partnership working and improving operational efficiency.
• Create, promote and implement, clear communication channels with internal departments and external customers to improve KPI’s and the profitability of the business.
• Manage all information to ensure it is up-to-date and held in a secure location in order to comply with GDPR legislation.
• Manage driver hours and tachographs and forward data to the relevant internal departments to ensure accurate records are kept, securely stored and readily available on request and Drivers' workloads can be compiled in accordance with legislation.
• Lead on the implementation and management of safe working practices, general housekeeping and manage audits from both external and internal clients to ensure the company is compliant.
• Oversee and manage the maintenance of all fleet vehicles and trailers, including rented ones. This involves keeping detailed and accurate records of all driver-reported defects, safety inspections, routine maintenance, and repairs. These records must be maintained for a period of 15 months and be readily available upon request to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Monitor Driver behaviours, including, but not limited to vehicles and trailers not being overloaded, vehicles operating within speed limits, defects promptly reported and investigate any infringements with the individual drivers and record any remedial action taken.
• Manage the compliance of the operating centre specified including the laws relating to the driving and operation of vehicles used and report any changes to the traffic commissioner to ensure compliance.
• Manage customer service levels.
• On-boarding new customers to ensure smooth start-up.
• Ensuring we have enough sub-contractors to cover operational needs.

Role requirements:

• Logistics qualification would be desirable.
• A Transport Manager's Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) is essential. TM CPC International essential.
• Working knowledge of the Highway Code, EU tachograph requirements, Working Time Regulations, Road Transport Regulations.
• Commercial and Financial awareness.
• Working knowledge of transport operation systems.
• Geography of UK and road networks.
• Health and Safety regulations.
• Relevant transport management experience.
• Analysing and solving logistic problems.
• Transport operation systems.
• Managing a busy successful traffic office.

The role offers an attractive benefits package and presents an excellent opportunity to join an organisation that supports further development and career progression.

Just Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent roles.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.