Permanent freight forwarding and customs recruitment across Devon & Cornwall.
Experienced customs people rarely need to look for work. We approach them with the details that would make them move.
Truro sits in the far South West, beyond the end of the M5 at Exeter, where the A30 and A38 carry the freight and distances change how operations are run. Across Devon & Cornwall, forwarders serve importers and exporters shipping through the A30, the A38, the A390, the M5 as far as Exeter and the ports at Plymouth and Falmouth.
Air freight, ocean freight, road groupage and customs brokerage need different specialists. We recruit each one differently.
The strongest forwarding candidates across Devon & Cornwall are usually already running desks for businesses such as chilled and ambient food distribution, marine services, aggregates and china clay logistics and independent hauliers.
From junior operators to branch and business development managers.
We confirm the declarations and compliance work candidates have done before they reach your shortlist.
Good forwarders keep customers booking. We ask how they handled a delayed or held shipment.
A short list with notes on each candidate's modes, lanes and systems.
Indicative permanent salaries in Truro run from around £26k for clerks up to £55k+ for branch managers.
Forwarding pay in the South West moves with mode, seniority and customs responsibility: customs specialists and branch managers usually earn more. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Modes, lanes, systems, customers and the gap the new hire needs to fill.
Modes, declarations, systems and right to work checked before the first interview.
We ask about any restrictions in a candidate's current contract before an offer is made.
Customers notice when their forwarder keeps changing. Continuity keeps them booking.
Forwarders who leave early often cite workload, weak systems or no route to account management. We raise all three first.
A strong forwarding brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit customs compliance specialists and declarations agents for importers, exporters and brokers.
Yes. We compare salary, commission and bonus with current offers for similar roles across the region.
Yes. We cover businesses across the South West. Tell us where the office is and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. We can recruit the branch manager and the operators together so the branch trades from day one.
Yes. Tell us the port or airport and we will look for people who know its routines.
Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the South West:
Other specialisms in Truro:
See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Truro.
Send the vacancy and we will flag anything in the pay, hours or advert likely to slow the search.