Permanent transport planning and management recruitment across the Highlands & Islands.
A permanent transport hire should make the operation cheaper to run and easier to keep compliant.
Transport employers across the Highlands & Islands include distillery and agri-food supply chains, marine and renewables logistics plus multi-modal operators serving the islands. Each plans a different kind of work, so we recruit to the network rather than the title.
A planner who leaves after a few months takes the knowledge of your routes and customers with them. Getting the hire right protects both.
Planners working at sites such as the Inverness Airport Business Park and the Cromarty Firth ports at Invergordon and Nisbet rarely need to apply for jobs. We approach them directly.
Permanent roles across the traffic office, from planners to transport managers.
The Transport Manager CPC and any other qualifications the role needs are confirmed before a candidate reaches your shortlist.
A short list of people who fit the fleet, with notes on systems, network and results.
For a new contract we can recruit the planners and the manager together, timed to the start date.
Indicative permanent salaries in Alness run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.
Our benchmarks use current offers for comparable fleets rather than old salary surveys. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Systems, fleet size, network type, compliance record and right to work checked, then a conversation about your operation.
We arrange interviews and any planning exercise, then brief each candidate beforehand.
We help settle salary, hours and start date so the offer is accepted first time.
For Alness operators with a growing fleet, the right permanent planner can pay for the role in miles saved.
Many transport managers started as planners. We recruit for both steps of that career.
A strong transport brief covers:
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Yes. GOV.UK says you need the Transport Manager Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) to become a transport manager. Operators with a standard national or international operator's licence need a transport manager.
On GOV.UK's list, a transport manager makes sure drivers have a valid licence, vehicles are taxed, insured, properly maintained and have a valid MOT, vehicles are loaded safely and not overloaded, drivers do not speed or break the drivers' hours rules and the operator does not break safety rules.
Yes. We recruit fleet managers and maintenance controllers who look after vehicle compliance and cost.
GOV.UK describes an internal transport manager as employed by a single operator and an external transport manager as a freelance manager working for more than one operator.
Good systems, sensible hours, a manager who trusts the plan and pay in line with the market.
Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in Scotland:
Other specialisms in Alness:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Alness.
A short brief is enough to start: the fleet, the systems and the start date.