National – Road Convoy Leader At CTG

CTG overview:

CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions. With past performance in 17 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia, we have placed more than 20,000 staff all over the world since operations began in 2006.
CTG recruits, deploys and manages the right people with the right skills to implement humanitarian and development projects, from cleaners to obstetricians, and mechanics to infection specialists, we’re skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Key to successful project delivery is the ability to mobilise at speed; CTG can source and deploy anyone, anywhere, in less than 2 weeks and have done so in 48 hours on a number of occasions.
Through our efficient and agile HR, logistical and operational services, CTG saves multilateral organisations time and money. We handle all our clients’ HR related issues, so they are free to focus on their core services.
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Overview of position:

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

Role objectives: 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.

Project reporting:

The incumbent will report to the Logistics Officer.

Key competencies:

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.

Team management:

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

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