Transport Routing Scheduler Employment Contract UK

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

• Build and optimise daily routes.
• Validate access restrictions and timing.
• Match routes to vehicle capacity.
• Publish changes and driver notes.
• Analyse route performance and errors.

A realistic working scenario

Software proposes a low bridge route for a tall vehicle, so the scheduler corrects it before dispatch release.

Outputs to agree

• safe efficient stop sequences
• credible mileage and time plans
• clear routing exceptions

Records and evidence

• Route stops and source data.
• Vehicle dimensions capacity and restriction.
• Time distance service and break assumptions.
• Route change exception and outcome.
• Work records.
• Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

• The scheduler cannot ignore access restrictions, omit required time, allocate unsuitable vehicles, overwrite verified customer notes or publish unreviewed unsafe routes.
• Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

• Vehicles.
• Route systems.
• Vehicle.
• Vehicle check records.
• Risk assessment records.

Workplace context

• Depot, route, warehouse or customer delivery locations.

Training and certification

• Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

• services depots horizons and systems
• stops windows maps and access
• vehicles capacity hours and breaks
• mileage changes notes and analysis

Information the employer should prepare

• the route types and service areas
• the routing platform and source data
• the vehicle and road restriction records
• the publication and change authority
• the planning dispatch and driver feedback routes