About Veolia

Veolia Australia & New Zealand is the only global company to provide a full range of environmental services in the fields of water, waste management and energy solutions. With the global expertise gained from serving the environment for more than 170 years, Veolia operates in more than 57 countries around the world, with well over a hundred sites and approximately 6500 employees in Australia & New Zealand.

The Opportunity

Veolia ANZ is seeking a positive and energetic Vehicle Logistics Officer (VLO) to join our operations team at our Arndell Park facility in NSW (2148).

As the VLO, you'll be the first point of contact for our confidential drivers, coordinating waste collection services across Sydney. You'll play a crucial role in ensuring all drivers perform their duties safely, with no compromise on health, safety, quality, or environmental standards.

Reporting to the Liquid and Hazardous Manager, you'll manage driver scheduling, route planning, and run generation. You'll also work closely with stakeholders and drivers to provide support and assistance wherever needed.

What's on offer

• Fast paced role with career progression available

• Opportunity to work in a high performing and collaborative team

• Competitive salary package

• Monday to Friday work

What you'll be responsible for

• Scheduling, coordinating and monitoring of waste collection pantechs

• Proactively review route performance to identify optimisation and improvement opportunities for efficiency

• Meet Services delivery KPIs

• Communicate with both drivers and customers

• Ensuring all paperwork and runsheets are correct and accurate

• Problem solve by responding to customer issues that are of immediate operational concern with a solutions focus

• Respond to any operational queries raised by the Customer Services Team/Sales Team and/or customer

• Conduct daily end of shift driver debrief meetings, discuss run efficiencies and capture any incidents or compliance issues

What you'll need to be successful

• Experience in Waste Management, Transport, Logistics, or Service Industries

• Proven track record in scheduling, allocations, and planning

• Solid understanding of heavy vehicle transport regulations

• Strong leadership abilities to inspire and motivate your team

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills

• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders

• Commitment to fostering a positive workplace culture

• Exceptional time management and organisational skills

• Advanced problem-solving capabilities to resolve issues quickly and effectively

• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence

• Intermediate computer proficiency with expertise in Excel, Google Suite, and Salesforce

• Unwavering focus on health and safety standards and practices

Veolia’s AlwaysSafe culture means that we care about the safety of people on our sites. We operate a zero tolerance drug and alcohol approach and shortlisted candidates must be prepared to undertake a full pre-employment medical check which includes drug and alcohol screening. Shortlisted candidates must also be willing to undergo a National Police Clearance

Why Veolia?

At Veolia Australia and New Zealand, you'll join a team of over 6500 passionate innovators... and good humans. Our environmental solutions help customers preserve and renew our natural resources, creating a better future for our planet. Here, you'll have the opportunity to build your career, and resource the world.
If you can tick most of the boxes and are keen to contribute to Veolia's ecological transformation, then hit the apply button now!

Fairness, Diversity & Inclusion

At Veolia we value diversity, equality and inclusion, we are committed to providing working environments where everyone is included and treated fairly and with respect. We welcome applications from Maori and Pasifika, Veterans, people with disability, mature age and early careers, members of the LGBTI+ community and people from all cultural backgrounds.