Terry

About me:

Candidate Info :
I am a transport professional with over 30 years experience from MC driving to operations to sales and customer service.
I am looking for permanent work.
Knowing the industry I understand that hours are flexible and I am flexible also regarding start and finish times.

Thank you.

Experience :
Worked As Owner driver/Subcontractor at Les Hart Transport from March 2020 to till now
Brisbane Local B Double Pickups and Deliveries
Changeover and Linehaul Duties both B Double and Single Trailer
Loading and Restraining loads for Linehaul

Worked As Semi Trailer Driver based at Woolworths
I was promoted to Shift Supervisor at the Coles Myer Contract at Heathwood allocating work to 10 Company Drivers and 15 Sub Contract Drivers.
I was further promoted to Supervisor at Woolworths Contract at Acacia Ridge managing 40 Company Drivers and 40 Sub Contract Drivers.

Previous position Workplace Health and Safety Officer (McPhee Transport)

Dates 1998 – 1999
Duties WHS legislative compliance and coordination duties as the company merged with TNT.

Worked at Auditing of Harker Transport
systems and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry accreditations held by the Company.
Ensuring all fleet vehicles were compliant with insurance, registration and
machinery inspections current at all times.
Reporting to National Operations Manager of any incidents of non compliance and keeping records of these non compliances in a detailed database.
Counselling employees with regards to non compliance issues and kept
accurate records of the counselling in the appropriate driver file.
Attending and recording of meetings with Senior Management.
All of the above duties required detailed and accurate filing of the records so
they could be accessed by Senior Management when they wished.
Casual Linehaul driving when needed during peak periods.

Previous position Driver / Shift Supervisor / Contract Supervisor (Linfox Australia)

Worked As Transport Trainee at Allocation of produce loads for Woolworths
stores across NSW out of the Homebush Site.
Organised back loading for drivers doing runs into country NSW.
I took a voluntary redundancy package and returned to Brisbane after 10
years service.

Previous position Transport Trainee / Driver / Operations Supervisor (TOLL IPEC Transport)

Worked As Logistics Planner/Yard at Super Retail Group from November 2019 to March 2020
Safe and Compliant allocation of freight to local and regional stores within the Super Retail Group which includes BCF, Supercheap and Rebel Sport stores throughout Queensland and Northern NSW from a state of the art Distribution Centre in Brendale Q.
Input driver run sheets daily to ensure driving hours and breaks are managed in accordance with National Heavy Vehicle Driving Regulations.
Identify breaches of non compliance and counsel drivers and staff where a breach has occurred and file a record of the breach and action taken with driver or staff member.
Communication with all levels of the business regarding transport issues to ensure Safe, Compliant and Cost Effective use of the fleet.
Relocation of the trucks off the dock. Allocate the trucks for next days etc

Worked at Transport Planner Super Retail Group from October 2019 to March 2020
Input driver run sheets daily to ensure driving hours and breaks are managed in accordance with National Heavy Vehicle Driving Regulations.
Identify breaches of non compliance and counsel drivers and staff where a
breach has occurred and file a record of the breach and action taken with driver or
staff member.
Communication with all levels of the business regarding transport issues to ensure
Safe, Compliant and Cost-Effective use of the fleet.

Worked As Hook Truck Owner driver at SUEZ Environmental C&i from December 2010 to October 2019
Engaged by Suez to collect and transport waste and materials for recycling;
Own, operate and maintain an Iveco Stralis 8 Wheel truck
Communicate and liaise with customers and operations staff to ensure
efficient completion of allocated workload
Adhering to Safety Quality and Environment Policies and Procedures
Transportation of Quarantine and Hazardous Waste
Admistration duties including Invoicing, Daily Vehicle Checks, Runsheets
Fatigue Management, Hazard Identification Reporting.
Identified business development for Suez Product Disposal.

Worked As Compliance Officer Linehaul Controller at TOLL Refrigerated Roadways from February 2010 to December 2010
Duties: Planning the safe allocation of loads for Interstate Heavy Vehicle Contractors and Rail Containers on a daily basis (up to 30 loads per day over a 7 day period).
I maximise fleet available daily both Road and Rail.
I forward plan the use of Contractor Drivers to enable the Management of their driving Hours.
Daily planning and issuing Safe Drive Plans where required for routes Inter and Intrastate.
I conduct Site and Procedure Inductions for new contractors and employees.
Entering load information into a “Live” National excel spreadsheet sheet to inform other Depots of what freight is allocated to each load departing Brisbane.
Driver Handover prior to departing the Depot to ensure the Driver knows exactly what his role is with regards to C.O.R and Company Policy.
Driver De-Briefing at the end of the planned trip to enable a better understanding of what occurred and how improvements can be made to future trip plans.
Attending Weekly Compliance meetings with Senior Management to audit Safe Drive Plans issued for the previous week and to review any other issues that may have occurred.
I complete a Daily Self Audit of my own work daily to ensure total compliance with both Company Policy and relevant legislation.
Daily interaction with both Internal and External customers of Toll Refrigerated with regards to freight volume estimates, special requirements for time slotted freight and notification of service failures by Interstate Depots whenever necessary.

Worked at Weeknight (B Double) Shuttle Service to February 2010
local area deliveries and pickups
Loading of Linehaul and Local vehicles as required
Linehaul operations when required – Followmont Transport

‘ Weeknight (B Double) Shuttle Service (Brisbane – Macksville – Brisbane)
Loading and unloading of Local and Linehaul vehicles – Hills Transport

Container / Supermarket / Refrigerated and General Freight towing
company vehicles

Previous position Quality & Compliance Supervisor (Harker Transport)

Worked As Compliance / Quality Assurance Manager at Harker Transport from January 2003 to January 2004
systems and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry accreditations held by the Company.
Ensuring all fleet vehicles were compliant with insurance, registration and machinery inspections current at all times.
Reporting to National Operations Manager of any incidents of non compliance and keeping records of these non compliances in a detailed database.
I counselled employees with regards to non compliance issues and kept accurate records of the counselling in the appropriate driver file.
Attending and recording of meetings with Senior Management.
All of the above duties required detailed and accurate filing of the records so they could be accessed by Senior Management when they wished.
Casual Linehaul driving when needed during peak periods.

Previous position Driver / Shift Supervisor / Supervisor (Linfox Australia)

Worked As Driver / Shift Supervisor / Contract Supervisor at linfox from January 1999 to January 2004
I was promoted to Shift Supervisor at the Coles Myer Contract at Heathwood allocating work to 10 Company Drivers and 15 Sub Contract Drivers.
I was further promoted to Supervisor at Woolworths Contract at Acacia Ridge managing 40 Company Drivers and 40 Sub Contract Drivers.

Previous position Workplace Health and Safety Officer (McPhee Transport)

Worked As Service, Operations Supervisor and Sales at IPEC from December 1988 to January 1999
During my time at IPEC I held various positions including Driver, Customer Service, Operations Supervisor and Sales.
I applied for and was internally promoted interstate to country depots in New South Wales (Lismore / Coffs Harbour) and the Sydney depot at Villawood as a PM Shift Supervisor.
I applied and transferred through TOLL to Refrigerated Roadways NSW.