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Advance Yard Planner

Full time at CARE in Saudi Arabia
Posted on February 19, 2025

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JOB PURPOSE

  • To provide comprehensive yard planning services to ensure productivity, efficiency, quality of work, safety, and time management.
  • To monitor, control, and align with yard equipment requirements as per operational demand.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
  • Understand the manual and automatic yard planning process, SOPs, and work instructions, ensuring that vessel discharge is accommodated within the same range of outbound visits according to the defined Yard Strategy.
  • Allocate locations for transshipment containers considering the following factors:
    • Berthing plan of outbound vessel and details about Port of Destination.
    • Historic data in case details of outbound vessel are not available.
    • Distance covered from the point of discharge to assigned location and point of loading.
    • Line operator and weight.
    • Type of container.
  • Identify a range nearest to the berth and check if the identified range has sufficient space to accommodate import containers and assign locations to import containers.
  • Plan discharge of empty containers according to MTY segregation, instructions, and demands.
  • Plan yard activities well in advance before the vessel berths by consistently following the yard strategy, analyzing system filters, and allocation range to maintain inbound containers in the yard with zero “NAP” and minimum unproductive moves.
  • Ensure that exception filters are created well in advance and allocate special containers received from the vessel to avoid any yard delays.
  • Ensure that housekeeping activities are completed before the vessel berths alongside with compliance to the set terminal KPIs.
  • Handover all information to the relieving planner during shift change, highlighting critical cases in the system.
  • Discuss with the yard strategist for improvement of the vessel discharge planning process and any concerns related to it.
  • Attend all requests from line operators via email and discuss ITT related plans with the yard strategist to ensure hassle-free transportation.
  • Based on the daily game plan and gate movement, plan all gate cargo according to the yard strategy to achieve optimal external truck turnaround time.
  • Follow all SOPs and WIs, including separate stacking requests, HAZ, OOG, and special container planning requirements.
  • Ensure all discharge cargo is distributed between yard locations equally.
  • Ensure all special cargo is planned and executed in the yard as per the SOPs and WIs.
  • Report to management about any incorrect updates by the yard equipment operator during live vessel discharge operations.
  • Provide yard status reports to management daily or upon request.
  • Provide yard inventory reports to customers daily or upon request.
  • Report to management about incorrect yard location updates by the yard equipment operators.
  • Fill and archive yard planning-related papers in accordance with standard operating procedures.
  • Perform other duties assigned from time to time by management.
  • Optimize quay and yard operations to achieve set KPIs.
  • Responsible for safety and discipline in the work area.
  • Ensure compliance with Fatal Risk Standards, Safe Work Practices, and HSE policy.
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS
  • Experience in container terminal operations: 3 - 5 years.
  • Work experience in container terminal operating systems.
  • Education: Diploma/Graduate.
  • Excellent computer operating skills.
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