Road Transport Compliance Coordinator

**The Role**:
We’re seeking someone who’s an expert in fuel & gas, technical, engineering, and transport. Here’s a role that will develop and grow your professional and personal skills, with the chance to make a real difference within a supportive, positive company.

**Where you fit in**

As a Transport Compliance Coordinator, you are responsible to influence internal and external partners (hauliers/contractors/BVOs) & stakeholders to create and practice pro-active HSSE Management and operational excellence through timely engagement, challenge, and continuous improvement activities. You will also support other Distribution Operations locations within South Africa as required.

**What’s the role?**

The purpose of the Transport Compliance Coordinator is to provide functional HSSE, assurance and operational road transport support to the Distribution Operations terminals based within the inland area, including the hauliers, controllers and BVOs operating at the terminal. You will be responsible for implementing and assuring proper execution and adherence to HSSE procedures/standards, drive overall improvement initiatives, road safety procedures, standards and plans aimed proactively to increase the HSSE and operational performance of all road transport activities.

Moreover, you will provide in-depth technical and operational road transport expertise and support in pursuit of operational excellence and continued compliance to Shell and Regulatory statutory rules, policies and standards through behaviour change initiatives and change management tools.

Your further accountabilities will include:

- Working directly with the SA Distribution Operations Road Transport Manager to set and monitor Operational and HSSE performance expectations and address improvement initiatives.
- Ensuring the proper delivery of operational and HSSE strategies, systems, policies, standards.
- Ensuring appropriate tools are in place and functioning to support operational excellence throughout Distribution Operations and haulier businesses.
- Leveraging best practice and implements learning from incidents received from global networks.
- Partnering with regional/business/asset teams to identify, develop and achieve implementation of operational and HSSE improvement programmes with haulier contractors and Bulk Vehicle Operators to achieve continuous improvement.
- Identifying travel and security risks pertinent to the road transport operation and make appropriate risk assessments and provisions, consistent with Group Security policies and practices.
- Implementing and enforce specific operational, HSSE, logistics, and transport requirements at the terminals and within the haulier business.
- Ensuring Behaviour Based HSSE programmes are implemented and working as designed.
- Responsible for HSSE incident management, support to Haulier and investigation of incidents.
- Accountable for accurate and timely Incident Reporting Tool entries and action delivery.
- Participate in HSSE and Compliance audits.
- Participate in the creation of site HSSE committees to ensure they are working correctly and driving the required behaviour change.
- Responsible to ensure compliance towards operational and HSSE contract requirements (incl. monitor/participate in haulier contractual KPI on a monthly and quarterly basis, HSSE Management Standards, contract management plan, annual contract review and Life Saving Rules).
- Implement and execute road transport cost improvement/delivery optimization initiatives with hauliers and terminals as per agreed targets and timelines.
- Close engagement with marketing businesses to plan the fleet requirement, manage ongoing fleet suitability and scope changes as per business needs and overall enterprise requirements.
- Conduct onsite controls of drivers (including Driver Trainers where relevant) / vehicles (incl. vehicle maintenance procedure) to ensure full compliance of all activities fulfilled by the hauliers and drivers to the legal framework and global Shell standards. Immediately intervene and address gaps with BVOs and Hauliers.
- Conduct site risk assessments at retail and commercial customer sites and depots to ensure full compliance with all Shell requirements, drive issue solutions as necessary.
- Manage road transport HSSE activities/programs (including RT HSSE Case, HSSE Programs for hauliers and drivers, etc).
Manage the interface between the Order to Delivery team and the hauliers to ensure a safe and efficient road transport operation.
- Give support to retail and commercial for issues at the interface of Distribution and Customers.
- Establish and maintain relationship with statutory authorities (SANS), industry groups (RFA) and the Road Safety Advisor for South Africa.
- Responsible to address and follow up on constraints logged by hauliers/BVOs and to provide feedback on constraint resolution.
- Provide field support to monitor loading at all gantries, quality and conformance to journey plans a