Logistics Manager

Role and project

Logistics management

• Manage daily construction logistics and maintain the project logistics plan and procedures.
• Coordinate contractors, work packages, construction teams, and project stakeholders; plan upcoming logistics requirements.
• Manage movement of people, vehicles, materials, and plant, including routes, haul roads, laydown areas, loading zones, holding areas, and compounds.
• Manage delivery schedules and resolve conflicts over shared access and resources.
• Review contractor logistics plans, traffic arrangements, mobilization plans, and proposed site layouts.
• Coordinate road closures, diversions, temporary traffic management, site access, and compliance with controls.
• Identify constraints and implement practical solutions; attend coordination meetings and support contractor mobilization and demobilization.
• Provide updates and reports to senior management; ensure health, safety, and environmental requirements are met and promote continuous improvement.

Qualifications and experience

• Degree, diploma, or recognized qualification in logistics, construction management, engineering, or a related discipline.
• Relevant construction health and safety qualification.
• Relevant construction or site logistics experience, including strong experience on major construction, infrastructure, or large-scale development projects.
• Demonstrable experience coordinating multiple contractors and high volumes of vehicles, materials, and plant.
• Knowledge of site logistics, traffic management, access control, delivery management, logistics plans, and site procedures.
• Strong planning, stakeholder management, communication, reporting, and organizational skills; able to work independently and own issues through resolution.
• Professional-body membership in logistics, construction, or project management is advantageous.
• Construction logistics, delivery management, or planning systems experience is advantageous; AutoCAD is desirable but not essential.

Tools and operational knowledge

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Understanding of haul roads, laydown areas, delivery routes, vehicle holding areas, and construction access requirements.

Work environment

• Hands-on operational work across an active construction environment.