Apprentice Transport Planner
Sunbelt Rentals UK
Birmingham (B46 2HH)
Closes in 17 days (Monday 2 March 2026)
Posted on 12 February 2026
Contents
Summary
Our apprentices are the future of our business. On our 15-month apprenticeship programme, you will learn the skills to become a successful Transport Planner with a fantastic range of future career options ahead of you.
- Wage
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£18,491 a year
- Training course
- Transport scheduler (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Become a specialist in transport operations to meet customer expectations and regulatory and legal requirements
- Be responsible for the delivery of effective and efficient transport routes for numerous drivers and vehicles
- Play an active role in the safe operations of our transport network, ensuring our drivers, vehicles and routes meet the highest safety and compliance levels
- Become responsible for route efficiency whilst achieving operational performance to meet business requirements
- Be adaptable and resolve any transport-related issues quickly and effectively, ensuring suitable solutions are implemented
- Become an ambassador for our “Customer First” culture, resolving any issues quickly and keeping your colleagues and customers informed, so they feel truly valued
- Manage vehicle maintenance requirements
- Extract data from various internal systems to generate reports
- Build effective working relationships with third-party suppliers and customers
- Manage multiple tasks and deadlines as part of a varied workday in a fast-paced operational environment
Where you'll work
The Cedars
Unit 5 Coton Road
Coleshill
Birmingham
B46 2HH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LEARNING CURVE GROUP LIMITED
Training course
Transport scheduler (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Respond to sector and organisational specific handover data.
- Carry out and record CPD.
- Create timetables, schedules, rosters or diagrams.
- Revise timetables, schedules, rosters or diagrams.
- Use organisational digital platforms, for example, ATTUne, AIMs, Omnibus. Comply with GDPR and cybersecurity requirements.
- Undertake pre-planning activities to identify considerations to be made in relation to transport services, for example, research country specific medical and visa requirements, review local, national and international events calendars, consider transport service capacity
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure access to travel routes and where required, register timetables, schedules, rosters or diagrams.
- Comply with sector legislation for example union agreements, commercial contracts.
- Monitor and assess the performance of transport services, intervening and providing support when required.
- Respond to prolonged or persistent disruption to transport services, ensuring solutions take into consideration the requirements of internal and external stakeholders.
- Support situations that occur due unforeseen circumstances, contributing where required in line with organisational procedures and industry specific practices, for example, emergency situations, extreme weather conditions, industrial action.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure full support is offered during situations that occur due to unforeseen circumstances, for example, emergency situations, extreme weather conditions, industrial action.
- Identify non-compliance in transport services through monitoring activities.
- Escalate situations to the appropriate person or authority.
- Manage own workload to ensure that contributions to organisational objectives meet all requirements.
- Make operational performance improvements.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Comply with regulations, standards, and guidance, including environmental and sustainability regulations.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, risk assessments, handover documents, work sheets, checklists, and any legal reporting requirements
- Respond to sector and organisational specific handover data.
- Carry out and record CPD.
- Create timetables, schedules, rosters or diagrams.
- Revise timetables, schedules, rosters or diagrams.
- Use organisational digital platforms, for example, ATTUne, AIMs, Omnibus. Comply with GDPR and cybersecurity requirements.
- Undertake pre-planning activities to identify considerations to be made in relation to transport services, for example, research country specific medical and visa requirements, review local, national and international events calendars, consider transport service capacity
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure access to travel routes and where required, register timetables, schedules, rosters or diagrams.
- Comply with sector legislation for example union agreements, commercial contracts.
- Monitor and assess the performance of transport services, intervening and providing support when required.
- Respond to prolonged or persistent disruption to transport services, ensuring solutions take into consideration the requirements of internal and external stakeholders.
- Support situations that occur due unforeseen circumstances, contributing where required in line with organisational procedures and industry specific practices, for example, emergency situations, extreme weather conditions, industrial action.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure full support is offered during situations that occur due to unforeseen circumstances, for example, emergency situations, extreme weather conditions, industrial action.
- Identify non-compliance in transport services through monitoring activities.
- Escalate situations to the appropriate person or authority.
- Manage own workload to ensure that contributions to organisational objectives meet all requirements.
- Make operational performance improvements.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Comply with regulations, standards, and guidance, including environmental and sustainability regulations.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, risk assessments, handover documents, work sheets, checklists, and any legal reporting requirements
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
About this employer
Sunbelt Rentals is the leader in equipment rentals in the UK, Ireland, US and Canada - as well as specialist operations in Europe. We provide a range of solutions to every market and sector, including construction, industrial, energy, infrastructure, government and events. Our teams make the impossible possible and the unthinkable doable. Turning what if into what is. Our people are at the heart of our values and they’re our greatest asset. We rely on you to look after our customers so in return, we take good care of you. We recognise the value and uniqueness of our team-mates and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive Sunbelt Rentals, providing equality of opportunity and a culture of fairness and respect. Your health, safety and wellbeing is really important to us. We’re raising awareness and providing support through initiatives such as our mental health awareness campaign and first-aider programme. You’ll also be able to access a 24-7 employee assistance helpline, counselling services and financial wellbeing support.
After this apprenticeship
We’ll also support your personal growth and development in line with your Sunbelt Rentals career aspirations. You will attend both in-house and supplier courses to expand your product knowledge and skills, and there are opportunities to progress to higher-level or more specialised qualifications in the future.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LEARNING CURVE GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000015283.
Apply now
Closes in 17 days (Monday 2 March 2026)
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