Location: Luton Salary: 45,000.00 - 50,000.00Summary: We are recruiting for an experienced Transport Manager to lead the transport operation at a busy Luton depot. Working an early shift starting at 5.00am, Monday to Friday, you will take ownership of daily transport activity, driver management, fleet compliance and service performance, ensuring routes leave on time and all operational standards are consistently achieved.Key Responsibilities: As Transport Manager, you will be responsible for leading the depot transport team, maintaining full operator compliance and supporting a safe, efficient and customer-focused delivery operation.Manage drivers and daily transport activity, ensuring sufficient resource is in place for the delivery requirement.Monitor vehicle roadworthiness, driver walk-round checks, defects, PMI schedules and all aspects of operator compliance.Ensure drivers'' hours, tachograph downloads and infringement reports are managed in line with current regulations.Maintain and update the transport management system, daily run sheets, usage reports and weekly transport overview reporting.Brief and debrief crews, manage service failures and communicate performance updates clearly across the business.Recruit, train, coach and develop transport colleagues, including performance reviews, probation reviews and disciplinary investigations where required.Coordinate vehicle maintenance, accident and incident reporting, PDA management, depot costs and agency driver ..... full job details .....