Transport Supervisor

To plan, direct, or coordinate the transportation operations within the Corporation.

1.1. Principal Responsibilities and Accountabilities (Key Performance Areas)

• Cost Control

• Identifies and implements cost containment measures and projects for the Section

• Service Excellence

• Maintains effective working relationships with customers, contractors, suppliers and service providers by ensuring adherence to service legal agreements and contractual requirements.

• Transport Scheduling and Allocation

• Receives transport requests from the entire Corporation and priorities based on perceived business production priorities. Allocates vehicles and Drivers accordingly, to meet the requests and the needs of the Corporation.

• Driver Testing

• Examines all employee drivers/operators for competency yearly to ensure and determine consistent standards of operation, and issues certificates to authorize successful candidates to drive/operate company vehicles

   

• Arranges for testing of vehicles (passenger and freight) at Central Transport Organisation for road-worthiness, for re-licensing and issues of required permits, completing appropriate forms and following laid down procedures

   

• Maintains records of all company employee drivers, and vehicle testing results, and updates as necessary.

• Administration

• Monitors usage and fuel consumption for each vehicle and maintains records thereof

   

• Monitors files of all vehicles, their users and verifies that accurate records of service carried out are kept.

   

• Monitors vehicle mileage for purposes of routine service as per manufacturer's instructions and arranges for vehicles to be serviced by the dealers.

   

• Keeps track of vehicle licenses expiry, renews licenses and sticks licenses onto vehicles.

• People effectiveness

• Overseas work in progress, checking quality, compliance with laid down operational procedures and timelines

   

• Monitors staff behaviour and enforces implementation of Air Botswana's disciplinary code, including taking appropriate action in line with laid down policies and procedures.