Vacancy- Transport Officer — Safety & Planning
About ASCO
ASCO is a 28-year-old Ghanaian logistics company focused on reliable haulage and logistics support services for leading FMCG, industrial, and project clients. We are growing our fleet and strengthening our safety culture across West Africa. Our values are captured in PROGRESS: Proactive, Results, Ownership, Growth, Respect, Ethics, Safety, Service Excellence.
Role Purpose
- Own day-to-day journey planning and safety performance across ASCO’s trucks. You will coordinate trips,
- enforce HSSE standards, drive incident prevention, and deliver accurate transport KPIs for decision making.
- Key Responsibilities
- • Plan daily and weekly journeys, assign trucks and drivers, and optimize routing, turn-around times, and backhauls.
- • Lead safety oversight including pre-trip checks, driver briefings, PPE verification, speed and fatigue management, and post-trip debriefs.
- • Monitor fleet telematics and driver hours to ensure compliance and proactive risk intervention.
- • Conduct toolbox talks, safety drills, near-miss capture, and incident investigations with corrective actions tracked to closure.
- • Maintain statutory and client compliance registers including vehicle documentation, driver licenses, and HSSE records.
- • Prepare and present transport dashboards: utilization, on-time delivery, incident rates, fuel per kilometer, and cost per route.
- • Coordinate with maintenance on defect reporting and downtime planning to improve fleet availability.
- • Engage clients and operations teams to resolve delivery exceptions and ensure customer satisfaction.
- • Champion continuous improvement projects that raise safety and productivity standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Transport, Engineering, or related field. HND with strong experience will be considered.
- 3 to 5 years in transport operations or HSSE within haulage or industrial logistics.
- Working knowledge of Ghana road transport regulations and client HSSE requirements.
- Proficiency with Excel and transport planning tools. Experience with telematics or TMS is an advantage.
- Relevant HSSE certification such as NEBOSH IGC or IOSH Managing Safely is a plus.
- Strong coordination, communication, and report writing skills with high attention to detail.
- Mindset aligned to PROGRESS values with integrity, ownership, and urgency.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation.
- Opportunity to shape a high-performance safety culture.
- A high performance environment .
Location: Tema.
Reports to: General Manager, Operations.
How To Apply
Email your CV and a one-page cover letter to info@apexshipping.net with the subject line Transport Officer
Safety and Planning — Your Name