Greg Burnett

• Responsible for overall management of haulage business, including hiring of staff, vehicle procurement, daily, weekly monthly work planning, customer relations, regulatory oversight and legal compliance.
• Ongoing reporting to companies new parent group.
• Identifying and setting up potential new customers/ business streams as well as maintaining good relations and service levels with existing customer base. Recent example would be setting up a new transport base in south east England to provide haulage services to Sizewell C construction project. This involved gaining a new operators licence for the business, sourcing of new operating base, drivers, maintenance provider's and organising induction training of new driver pool.
• Maintaining ongoing compliance with transport and pressure equipment regulations to ensure high safety standards are met at all times. Creating schedules for statutory inspection and arranging all inspection testing and any subsequent follow up work.
• Created and management of ongoing vehicle maintenance schedules, reducing breakdown incidents. Development of maintenance/compliance schedules and arrangement of all fleet maintenance as well as annual MOT, mobile powder tanker pressure vessel testing (as per pressure systems safety regulations 2000), and vehicle servicing to ensure mechanical integrity of fleet.
• Identifying and resolving vehicle and equipment issues to ensure compliance, optimal fleet uptime and safe operation.
• Coordinated logistics operations, ensuring on-time, efficient delivery of customers goods
• Optimised fleet efficiency by implementing innovative scheduling and route planning.
• Promptly resolving customer or public complaints/issues to reinforce strong client relationships.
• Effectively handling emergencies, minimising service disruption and downtime.
• Cultivated and maintaining positive work environment to boost employee morale and retention rates.
• Steering business post take over into its new role as part of a larger multi national corporation. Maintaining existing staff morale at a period of change for the business as well as attracting new staff and custom to the business.
• Mitigated risk by enforcing strict adherence to health and safety guidelines within the team. recent example being organisation of working at height and harness training for all driving staff as well as sourcing and provision of correct equipment.

• Oversaw all operations of haulage business, ensuring efficiency, compliance and high levels of customer satifaction.
• Coordinated all logistics operations to guarantee timely delivery of customer goods.
• Identified new customer opportunities while maintaining relationships with existing clients.
• Diversified business portfolio from traditional construction base into recycling, animal feed and energy sectors reducing business risk and expanding customer base
• Transitioned partnership into limited company, appointing and liaising with advisors throughout sale to SBG group process.
• Developed specifications, procured and arranged maintenance of all vehicles and trailers to enhance fleet performance. Appointed and liaised with PSSR inspectors during creation of new Written Scheme of Examination for powder tanker fleet for PSSR compliance.
• Managed sales of used vehicles and trailers, maximising revenue potential.
• Established and oversaw construction of a new vehicle workshop in 2018, hiring staff and refining maintenance processes. Responsible for all aspects of build and workshop fit out.
• Ensured punctuality of customer deliveries with stringent time management practices.
• Maintained vehicle and mobile powder tanker pressure vessel fleet with precise coordination of preventive maintenance, ongoing testing, and functional repairs.
• Kept all required company logs and records updated, recording daily details of work performed.
• Selected, trained and performance-managed staff to build results-focused team.
• Coordinated dispatching of transport vehicles distributing goods across UK ensuring adherence to all transportation legislation in the process.

Operation and maintenance of agricultural tractors, trailers, forklifts and sugar beet harvesters during 2006/07 sugar beet campaign as required by employer. Contracting to various farms across Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex.

• Operation of agricultural machinery during 2005 harvest as required by employer in Cambridgeshire
• Operation of agricultural machinery during 2005 silage harvest as required by employer in New Zealand North island.
• Operation of agricultural machinery during 2006 grain harvest as required by employer in New Zealand South island.
• Operation of agricultural machinery during 2006 cotton harvest as required by employer in New South wales, Australia.