At Lineage, helping to feed the world is more than a job – it’s a purpose we live every day. Lineage is the world’s largest and most innovative provider of temperature-controlled logistics solutions with +20,000 colleagues globally. 

We’re looking for an organised and proactive Transport Supervisor to support our Transport Manager in ensuring the smooth and efficient running of our operations. You will join our Transport team at our Heywood depot on a year fixed term contract. 

Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday 10:30 - 19:00 / 06:00 - 14:30 Rotating Shift

In this hands-on role, you'll play a key part in driver management, compliance, and customer service, while helping maintain high operational standards.

Duties & Responsibilities include:

Driver & Daily Operations

• Allocate drivers to routes and manage daily driver activity

• Monitor driving behaviour, including unauthorised stops and accurate paperwork completion

• Handle driver wage and holiday records

• Support with agency driver bookings, spend tracking, and documentation

Compliance & Reporting

• Print, review and file driver infringements and agency licence checks

• Report vehicle defects, accidents (RTAs), and near misses

• Ensure training on driver electronic pads is delivered effectively

• Upload relevant documents to the Aquarius system

Communication & Coordination

• Provide ETAs to drop points and liaise with customers professionally

• Complete and send customer trackers and internal handovers

• Coordinate vehicle breakdowns out of hours

Support & Admin

• Order site fuel and assist with various admin tasks as required by the Transport Manager

• Collaborate with peers across the transport network to ensure excellent service delivery

What We’re Looking For

• Previous experience in a transport supervisory or coordination role

• Strong attention to detail with good knowledge of driver hours and transport legislation

• Solid IT skills — Excel, Word, and Outlook especially

• Clear communication skills and a confident, team-focused attitude

• Comfortable working to tight deadlines with a proactive, can-do mindset

• Experience with transport management systems (desirable – training provided)

What's in it for me? 

• A permanent opportunity with a direct employer; we will not employ you through an agency. 

• Opportunity to develop a career within an industry leading global company. 

• Free onsite car park 

Job Reference: INDUK

Why Lineage?

We are a global company with more than 22,000 employees spanning 20 countries and more than 400 locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America.

At Lineage Logistics, we have a shared purpose; we are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world. This means working at Lineage is not just a job – it’s an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of our team, you will be a critical link in the food supply chain.

Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organisation, from the warehouse floor to the office. Our team members are passionate about the impact they make every single day.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from persons regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. At Lineage we also recognise that Ex-Military, veterans, and military families have great experience with transferable skills and core values that can add significant value to our organisation.

Benefits

As a Lineage team member, we aim to provide everything you and your family need to thrive. That’s why we offer competitive rates of pay, paid time off, skills training, and development opportunities to grow a long and fulfilling career with us – plus generous financial rewards when you successfully refer new employees. This is enhanced by recognition schemes (so that your hard work won’t go unnoticed), plus the chance to make your salary go even further with our cycle-to-work scheme and preferential rates for loans and savings courtesy of a leading credit union.

Your everyday wellbeing is also important to us, so we will provide you with all the protective equipment you need to be safe and comfortable at work, and you will have access to a free 24/7 employee assistance phone line, which offers confidential counselling and advice. With all of this offered against the backdrop of a fun and social environment in which you will be supported by a team who enjoy helping each other in achieving their goals, we are confident you will excel with us.