Logistics Manager
14 hours ago
Leatherhead
About the Contractor Our client is a well-established international construction business with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality residential, commercial, healthcare, education, and mixed-use developments. The Role The successful candidate will take ownership of all site logistics operations, ensuring the safe, efficient, and organised movement of labour, materials, plant, and deliveries across a busy live construction project. This role requires a proactive individual with strong coordination skills and previous experience working on large RC frame or high-rise construction developments. Key Responsibilities • Managing all site deliveries using the Smartsheet booking system, • Coordinating crane and hoist bookings with the site crane team, • Checking deliveries against paperwork and delivery dockets, • Managing driver inductions and ensuring full site compliance, • Verifying HIAB/lifting certification and lifting equipment compliance, • Monitoring material stock levels including block and brick supplies, • Managing contractor laydown areas and material storage, • Supervising traffic marshals and forklift drivers, • Coordinating daily logistics with crane supervisors and scaffolding teams, • Ensuring forklifts, hoists, and plant are maintained and inspected, • Managing walkways, access routes, and overall site logistics compliance, • Coordinating waste management, skips, compactors, and collections, • Attending daily coordination meetings with management and subcontractors, • Assisting project/site management teams with operational planning, • Completing weekly meter readings, environmental checks, and records, • Managing Saturday loading-out operations and logistics planning Requirements • Previous experience as a Logistics Manager on major construction projects, • Strong understanding of site logistics, lifting operations, and traffic management, • Experience working on RC frame, residential, or high-rise developments preferred, • Excellent organisational and communication skills, • Ability to coordinate multiple subcontractors and deliveries simultaneously, • Strong awareness of health & safety and lifting compliance, • CSCS, SMSTS/SSSTS preferred, • Experience using digital booking/logistics systems advantageous