DSM Contract Lifting Services Ltd is looking for an organised and proactive Plant Movement Coordinator to join our Benfleet office.
You will work closely with the Plant Movement Divisional Director, Hire Desk Manager, and Transport Manager, providing administrative support and helping coordinate the division’s daily workload. You will ensure jobs, site visits, staff, vehicles, and paperwork are properly organised and efficiently managed.
Main responsibilities:
- Coordinating plant movement and machinery relocation jobs
- Providing administrative support to the Transport Manager
- Managing diaries, meetings, site surveys, and follow-up actions
- Confirming job dates, addresses, site contacts, access details, and equipment requirements
- Liaising with customers, drivers, operatives, subcontractors, and site teams
- Updating job allocations and information within our operational systems
- Preparing job files, purchase orders, and supporting paperwork
- Collating information required for RAMS and job planning
- Chasing timesheets, delivery notes, photographs, and completed paperwork
- Monitoring emails and calls and ensuring actions are followed through
- Identifying scheduling clashes or missing information before they affect a job
- Supporting the wider administration, compliance, and accounts teams when required
The ideal candidate will have:
- Previous administration or coordination experience
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
- A confident and professional telephone manner
- Good written communication skills
- The ability to manage several tasks and remain calm when plans change
- Good working knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel
- A practical approach and willingness to take ownership of tasks
Experience within plant hire, transport, logistics, construction, or a similar operational environment would be advantageous, but full training will be provided.
This is a permanent, office-based position in Benfleet.
Salary: £24,000–£25,000 per year, depending on experience
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm, with a 30 minutes unpaid lunch
Benefits include enrolment into the government workplace pension scheme and training within the specialist lifting and plant movement industry.
Pay: £24,000.00-£26,000.00 per year
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Benfleet SS7 5SF: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:
- Administration : 1 year (preferred)
Language:
Work Location: In person
