Transport planning recruitment for Axminster operators who need a traffic office that plans ahead rather than firefights.
Strong planners are rarely out of work, so the search reaches people who are not looking.
Logistics around Axminster is defined by trunk-road distance from the national network, strong seasonal peaks and a large food and drink base. Across Devon & Cornwall, transport offices at sites such as the Cornwall A30 corridor and the Pool, Redruth and St Austell estates need planners who know the roads and the customers.
A transport offer competes with every haulier and 3PL within reach. We help set salary, on-call pay and bonus so it lands first time.
Transport demand across Devon & Cornwall follows food and drink and agri-food processing, marine and port logistics, tourism-driven retail distribution and regional hauliers.
Permanent transport roles matched to fleet size, network and systems.
Night planning, on-call and weekend cover are discussed up front, so the candidate knows the job they are taking.
For a new contract we can recruit the planners and the manager together, timed to the start date.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Axminster run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.
Where an offer is likely to fall short of the local market, we say so before interviews are booked. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
For transport manager roles, the Transport Manager CPC is confirmed before anything else.
Planners and managers who are looking and those who are not, approached with the details that matter to them.
We arrange interviews and any planning exercise, then brief each candidate beforehand.
A transport manager who knows the fleet's history spots maintenance and compliance risks earlier.
When a transport role is proving hard to fill, we work out whether the hours, the pay or the systems are the obstacle. Then we tell you.
A strong transport brief covers:
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We confirm qualifications such as the Transport Manager CPC, check right to work and ask about the fleets, networks and systems they have run.
Yes. Tell us the hours and the network so we approach planners who want night work and have done it before.
Yes. Our driver desk recruits permanent HGV and LGV drivers and our temporary driving desk supplies cover.
Upload your CV and tell us the fleet size, network and systems you know. We contact you when a permanent role fits.
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.
Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in the South West:
Other specialisms in Axminster:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Axminster.
Tell us what a good planning week looks like and we will find people who deliver it.