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Posting Date:  6 Oct 2025
Location: 

West Thurrock, GB

Entity / company:  Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company

Transport Shift Manager

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Job Title: Transport Shift Manager

Location: West Thurrock, RM20 3LB

Job Length: Fixed Term Contract until 31st December 2025. 

Working Hours: 45 hours per week. Working 9 hours per day, working on a 2 shift rotating pattern. Either starting at 4am or 11am on a Monday to Friday basis. Flexibility required to work outside of these times and to cover other shifts to suit business needs.

Competitive Salary with extensive benefits:

  • Monthly product allowance – alcoholic & non-alcoholic options available
  • Private Medical options
  • Life Assurance
  • Company bonus scheme
  • Access to 24/7 GP services
  • Enhanced pension contribution
  • Generous holiday
  • Access to a range of high street discounts

 

Carlsberg Britvic is the largest multi-beverage supplier in the UK and is home to some of the most iconic and popular beers & soft drinks, including Carlsberg Danish Pilsner, 1664, Poretti and Brooklyn to ale favourites such as Hobgoblin and Wainwright. For soft drinks, Carlsberg Britvic’s brands include J2O, Robinsons, Tango and London Essence along with the licence rights to the Pepsi portfolio in the UK including Pepsi MAX, 7UP, Lipton Iced Tea and Rockstar Energy.

 

With a strong national footprint, the Carlsberg Britvic business includes 6 production facilities and 16 logistics depot’s servicing customers up and down the UK.  As these two historical businesses have come together, the one common goal remains, and that is ensuring our people succeed. 

 

About the role:

This role is about leading a team to deliver safe, compliant, and efficient transport operations every day. You’ll make sure our drivers and vehicles meet all legal requirements while supporting your team to work effectively and provide an excellent customer experience. If you’re a confident leader who understands transport compliance and wants to keep people and processes running smoothly, this is a great opportunity to make an impact.

 

If you are interested in joining our journey, we are now recruiting for a Transport Shift Manager. Reporting to the Transport Manager, this role will play a key part of our succuss journey and you will have the opportunity to be involved in the following:

 

Role Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for compliance of all vehicles and drivers.
  • Providing skills required to deliver to customers on time and in full.
  • Providing high quality services to suit customer needs.
  • Providing support for distribution teams to ensure smooth running of operations.
  • Making sure all site objectives are met whilst not compromising on health and safety.
  • Holding health and safety at the forefront of all processes.
  • Seeing the vehicles and crew out in the morning and overseeing the return of all vehicles and crews.
  • To be the point of contact for all real time delivery issues for the crews and to communicate with customer services.

 

Experience and Key Attributes:

  • Experience supervising or leading within transport or a logistics network.
  • Experience within transport compliance.
  • Customer Service.
  • IT literate.
  • Manual Handling.
  • IOSH certification beneficial however not required.
  • Transport Manager CPC beneficial however not required.

 

This is an exciting time to join our newly formed business – with their incredible individual history’s, innovation of products and some of the UK’s most iconic brands, Carlsberg Britvic strives to deliver the best service to our customers and consumers. We aim to make a difference, bringing together two diverse companies, our global reach enables opportunity, growth and a chance to work with some fantastic people. If you need reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, please reach out to your recruiter, who will be able to advise and support you.

Interested in finding out more? Apply today and a member of the recruitment team will be in touch!

 

Application Process:

We read applications continuously, and vacancies may be filled anytime, so please apply as early as possible.
We look forward to receiving your application.

This is an exciting time to join our newly formed business – with their incredible individual history’s, innovation of products and some of the UK’s most iconic brands, Carlsberg Britvic strives to deliver the best service to our customers and consumers. We aim to make a difference, bringing together two diverse companies, our global reach enables opportunity, growth and a chance to work with some fantastic people.

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