Ian James
Transport Manager – Enviroclear Site Services
Wrexham
07541 678 217

WORK EXPERIENCE

Transport Manager
Enviroclear Site Services – 2013-05 – Present
• Managing a mixed fleet of vehicles, from light commercial vans to heavy goods tankers. Ensuring servicing, MOT’s, Pet Reg test etc. are all adhered to within the dates.
• Managing 19 drivers, monitoring sickness, holidays. Sourcing sub-contractors when required.
• Managing the Skip Division as well as the Tanker Division.
• On 24/7 call for the both skip & tanker division
• Ensuring tachograph reports are signed and that any infringments are dealt with and monitored.
• Taking bookings from customers, invoicing and raising quotations for new customers or jobs.
• Liaising with customers, disposal sites, drivers and colleagues regularly through means of telephone and email.
• Managing budget control for vehicles maintenance, PPE and other equipment and ensuring turnover is kept up in order to make a profit.
• Dealing with emergency call outs and providing vehicles within a target response time.
• Ensuring new starters are inducted, suitably trained on the jobs carried out by the company and have all the correct equipment, PPE to carry out the jobs.
• Scheduling the work for the drivers for the following day, ensuring that all the information required for the driver was input onto the system. Making sure that times requested by the customer
are adhered to as well as ensuring that hazardous loads were carried by the correct vehicles and drivers for example ADR Pet Reg etc.
• Using Microsoft Office as well as Lotus 123 on a daily basis.
• Ensuring that drivers required to work on sites are inducted and that these are refreshed annually, making sure that the company holds its reputation and that it does get any points from site
e.g. Airbus, Shell.
• Ensuring that targets are met on a daily basis as well as other KPI’s on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Carrying out site visits to customer sites.
• Making sure that loads are carried with the appropriate paperwork required by law and the environment agency, such as section 62’s, duty of care and ensuring that they are completed correctly.
• Monitoring Tacho’ hours & Working Time Directive.
• Also carrying out other adhoc duties as and when required.

Reactive Administrator
Enviroclear Site Services – 2013-02 – 2013-05
* Reactive Administrator on Enterprise Severn Trent Water contract
* Supervising approx 14 crew members.
* Scheduling jobs out to crews
* Assisting with the employment of new starters
* Completing paperwork correctly and submitting to client for payment
* Chasing missing documents from crews.
* Invoicing of jobs and passing to accounts department
* Covering on call for over a 4 on – 4 off basis
* Dealing with site agents and contract managers on a regular basis for various requirements.
* Compilation of timesheets and inputting of hours worked for the accounts officer.
* Liasing with other departments such as transport in relation to additional works required for jobs such as tankers and labour
* Dealing with enquiries from crews
* Assisting MD and other colleagues with any queries
* General admin duties
* Using Microsoft Office and other in house systems on a daily basis.
* Reason for moving – working on 8 week temporary contract.

Warehouse Operative
Sharp UK Manufacturing through GAP Personnel Recruitment Agency – 2012-06 – 2012-08
* Use of electric pedestrian trucks and forklift truck on a daily basis.
* Emptying recycling bins, general waste bins off production lines and within the warehouses.
* Issue pallets to the production line ensuring pallet count wad correct on issue.
* Removing and replacing pallets from the palletiser at the end of the production line.
* Scanning panels on pallets onto SAP.
* Wrap full pallets using wrap machine an in line with procedures all ready in place.
* Ensure pallets of finished goods were placed in loads and were issued with load numbers, ensuring that loads were not mixed, i.e. different models were not mixed.
* Issue parts to the production lines
* Ensure all issued parts were recorded and signed for by production
* General upkeep of warehouse making sure health and safety procedures were followed.
* Movement of stock from other parts of the site.
* Assisting with any requirements for items moved within the production area.
* Any other duties as required by management.
* Reason for leaving – Reduction in staffing levels.

Car Leasing Assistant
Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust – 2012-02 – 2012-06
* Carrying out general administration duties
* Issuing of application forms and related documents to lease car applicants
* Issuing tax discs, MOT reminders
* Using the internal NHS online system to retrieve quotes for vehicles users are looking into leasing
* Collating documents and information from applicants regarding new lease vehicles such as application forms, driving licence details
* Arranging the delivery and collection of vehicles
* Maintaining pool vehicles e.g. vehicle check lists, MOT, tax and repairs
* Requesting details from drivers for any accidents e.g. claim form, estimate
* Authorising repairs of up to £1000 for any accident claim
* Liaise with insurers and solicitors regarding any information they required
* Updating in house database with vehicle/driver details and further information required
* Arranging deductions from salaries for lease car users
* Deal with lease vehicle users, managers, directors, vehicle dealerships, lease companies on a daily basis and building a good working relationship
* Reason for seeking work – On a short term temporary contract.

Fleet Administrator
PH Jones Group – 2009-01 – 2011-10

* Planning of metering engineers on contracts for the utilities division taking into consideration distance to nearest engineer, travel and time.
* Contacting customers to arrange convenient appointments for engineers visits and contact engineers during the day to request updates on schedule and keep customers up to date.
* Supervising vehicle yard ensuring health and safety procedures were followed.
* Understanding that any resource spare needed to be allocated work in order to reduce down time and to be cost effective.
* Dealing with the tracking of vehicles, updating drivers and ensuring trackers are updating correcting and not lost signal. Liaising with other staff throughout the company with queries regarding
vehicles and drivers. Updating spreadsheets and databases with any changes that occur. Checking Vehicle Safety Checklists and checking mileage recorded on the form. Compiling information using
Microsoft Office, for branch/contract managers and company directors.
* Ordering and issuing of fuel cards for new starters and replacements and checking fuel records provided through an online system. Ensure driving licence checks are being done and that we have no
errors on the system with regards to company drivers.
* Arranging for vehicles to be returned to the leasing company and arranging for new vehicles to be delivered. Updating drivers and managers with regards to vehicle servicing and MOT’ when due and
ensuring that they are completed. Arranging replacement vehicles if required. To ensure that any vehicles involved in road traffic collisions are reported to the insurance and our accident
services company to ensure they are repaired and our insurance company are informed in a timely manner.
* Deal with any complaints that are received with regards to our employees driving or parking either through direct contact with members of the public or complaints received through the Customer
Care department and other authorities.
* Involved in the mobilisation and de-mobilisation of contracts throughout the country, travelling to the relevant areas, taking part in client meetings with regards to their vehicle requirements.
* Reason for leaving – Redundancy

Clerical Assistant
Transportation & Asset Management Department – 2006-09 – 2009-01
* Opening, sort and distribute mail throughout the department and collate and frank external mail ready for collection,
* Record all monies received into the department and ensure authority cash office within a timely manner,
* Dealing with the payment and raising of invoices and general administration duties, liaising with internal staff and external companies and the general public with complaints and queries.
Ordering stationery and office furniture within set budgets and timelines adhering to financial regulations and audit procedures.

Modern Apprenticeship Scheme
Wrexham County Borough Council – 2004-09 – 2006-09
* The first 6 weeks was in house training and Key Skills at Wrexham ITeC.
* My initial Modern Apprenticeship placement was within Environment Department, Transport Depot. There I dealt with Refuse, Parks & Gardens and Fleet Vehicles. This included inputting information
regarding vehicle defects and ensuring all information is filed accurately. Ensuring keys for vehicles are handed in to the office by the end of the day and locked away securely.
* Working along side the Public Protection department with regards to the Taxi licensing, driver licensing and MOT of private hire vehicles.
* I was given a new placement within the Finance & Performance Department, within a general office dealing with staff and the general public.
* I was also a part time temporary clerical assistant within the Payroll Section of Wrexham County Borough Council dealing with paying salaries of over 6,000 employees.

References

References are available upon request

EDUCATION

Yale College of Wrexham – Gwersyllt, Wrexham, UK

SKILLS

Transport Managment

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES

Operator CPC Road Haulage – National & International
2016-01 – Present

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

English GCSE C Mathematics GCSE D
English Literature GCSE C
Science (Double Award) GCSE CC
History GCSE C
French GCSE C
Business Studies GCSE D
Information Technology GCSE C

Other Qualifications

Road Haulage Operator CPC – National & International
Wrexham ITeC – Wrexham County Borough Council Modern Apprenticeship
ECDL Qualification
NVQ Level 2 – Information Technology
Wrexham ITeC – Key Skills: Level 2 – Numeracy, Information Technology, Working with Others, Improve Own
Learning and Communications.