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Transport Support Assistant - Day Shift (12 Month Secondment)

Chester-le-Street

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Job ID 1071559 Job Category Logistics and Supply Chain Hours per Week 37.5 Closing Date 15-09-2026 Salary 1£3.34 per hour

Transport Support Assistant - Day Shift (12 Month Secondment)
£13.34 - £15.35 hourly rate plus great benefits (£13.34/hr base rate plus £2.01/hr weekend shift allowance)
Day shift (6am – 2pm)
Temporary, 12 Month Secondment
37.5 hour per week, full time
5 over 7 days, including weekends
Birtley CDC, Unit 2 Drum Park, Drum Industrial Estate, Chester-le-Street, DH2 1AE

We’re looking for a transport support assistant to join our team in the Birtley depot.

Working in a close-knit team, you’ll help support and make sure that our deliveries to stores run perfectly, so our customers and members can always get their hands on the products they love most. If you can bring the administrative skills and attention to detail we’re looking for, we can offer you a great opportunity with a business that puts people at the heart of its strategy.

What you’ll do

• organise and produce paperwork, including collection information, delivery notes and store information

• confirm dispatch routes, making sure drivers can easily navigate their way to stores

• arrange driver cover for absences

• double check roadwork issues that could prevent delivery

• co-ordinate vehicles so that they’re assigned a docking station and stock can be loaded on time

• hand over cab keys and paperwork to docking base staff

• responsible for compliance including licence check and agency worker regulations

What you'll bring

• strong administration skills

• experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel etc)

• great organisation skills

• attention to detail and can easily spot gaps, errors and mistakes

• a clear passion for work and a keen eye for continuous improvement

• experience from a logistics background, but this isn’t essential

Why Co-op?

At Co-op, we’re owned by our members. And because we’re owned by you, we can do right by you. So when you join us, you’re not just taking a job, you’re joining a movement. We’re an organisation that puts people and communities first, and we’re powered by purpose. We want this to be a place where you can thrive, so you’ll also receive:

Competitive pay including additional shift allowances
Holidays starting from 30 days per year (including bank holidays)
30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores
A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
Stream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
Free employee assistance programme with extensive health, financial and wellbeing support
Access to credit unions for loans and savings, plus rental deposit loans and season ticket loans
Free eye tests every 2 years
On-site facilities including a subsidised canteen and free parking

A place you’ll belong

We're building diverse and inclusive teams that reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and are committed to creating a workplace where colleagues can feel like they belong, supported by our inclusive policies and the ways we work.

We're proud to be part of the Disability Confident scheme and offer interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for a job. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, we'll support you.

Learn more about our recruitment process at Your Co-op Application Journey and our inclusion commitments at Diversity and inclusion at Co-op

We welcome applications from veterans, reservists, and military families. We’re proud to support meaningful careers, not just jobs, for those with Armed Forces

We reserve the right to remove a vacancy before the scheduled closing date.

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