Required to transport cargo in the form of both food & NFI in accordance to the procedures & normative guidelines, as establish by our client.

Under the direct supervision of the access / logistics units the incumbent shall perform the following duties:

• Perform the identical duties as Driver.

• Carry responsibility for convoy, Drivers, provide leadership & guidance to those vehicles under the convoy.

• Responsible for telecommunications, usage of HF, VHF radio & Thurayya communications to inform Traffic Officer of progress & position on an hourly basis.

• Ensure that all Drivers carry out their tasks & responsibilities in accordance to their job descriptions.

• Responsible for all security issues that may arise & always decide safest option for convoy & use careful judgement to ensure safe passage, in case of incident employee / employer shall be accountable.

• In the event of breakdown or recovery, decide upon best course of action to recover vehicle in the safest & quickest manner without potential damage being caused by in this exercise.

• Ensure that correct quantities are offloaded at the actual destination & direct the issue of payments to logistics unit.

• Perform a daily inspection of the vehicle & ensure that it is mechanically sound & to report any problems or defects to immediate supervisor.

• Ensure that the vehicle under direct responsibility is thoroughly cleaned & maintained in a good mechanical condition.

• Ensure that the vehicle logbook is duly completed on a daily & timely basis free from errors to maintain good records.

• Ensure that the vehicle is always fuelled on time & make sure that the fuel consumption figures are maintained within the established parameters as set by our client.

• Responsible to ensure that the cargo loaded at origin is safely transported to the destination free from contamination, losses or damage & held accountable by the employee / employer.

• While cargo offloading will witness loading together with Tally Clerk, ensure signing & endorsing of way bill at destination.

• Held responsible, accountable for vehicle & any tools or equipment given to the Driver (& signed for) & ensure that it remains in good condition.

• Ensure that the vehicle is loaded (metric tonnes) in accordance to the established payload of the vehicle & under no circumstances to exceed this limit. Cargo must be loaded uniformly & equally distributed for safety reasons.

• Drive always in a safe & responsible manner with due respect & attention for other vehicles, property.

• Whilst the vehicle is in the workshop the Driver shall assist in repairs & maintenance activities as required.

• Any accident that may occur must be immediately reported to supervisor & or other parties concerned.

• Driver will only travel to authorised destination & only load authorised cargo, under no circumstance shall deviate from this unless authorised by immediate supervisor.

• Will perform any other duties as requested by immediate supervisor.

The incumbent will report to the Logistics Officer.

• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrable relevant transport experience & / or minimum of 3 years of demonstrable relevant fleet management experience.

• Must be high school graduate.

• Must be fluent in English & working knowledge of Arabic is desirable.

• Ensure that established route turn around-times (expressed in days / hours) & distances (expressed in kms) are within parameters set as well as respecting the established standard night out allowances, notwithstanding abnormal circumstances, such as security.

• Fuel consumption figures maintained within parameters set.

• Vehicle maintained in good mechanical condition, limited tyre wear free from any breakages in accordance to standards set by the organisation.

• Cargo loaded, securely & safely, transported from origin to destination in a secure dry environment & duly received in a good sound condition at the receiving location.

• Complete all vehicle administrative documents (vehicle log books, way bills) accurately, correctly & in turn, hand them over to Traffic Manager on a timely basis.

• Required to report on time for duty as per establish established working hours & sign the time sheet prepared for this purpose.

• Ensure that both loading / unloading times are kept to a minimum acceptable level & to report any abnormal waiting times.

Will liaise & cooperate with all other employees & cooperating partners & persons reporting will include, Drivers, Logistic Associate & Traffic Monitors.

To be advised.