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Transport Planning Recruitment in Barnet

The traffic office talent that keeps Barnet vehicles legal, loaded and on time.

London & the South East

Planners and schedulers in Barnet

Strong planners are rarely out of work, so the search reaches people who are not looking.

Fleets across London & the South East depend on the M25 orbital, the A13 and A406, Heathrow Airport and the deep-water ports at London Gateway and Tilbury. Planners who know those links plan tighter days.

Night planning, early starts and on-call cover suit different people. The hours are one of the first things we ask about.

Planners working at sites such as the London Gateway and Tilbury corridors and the north London depots rarely need to apply for jobs. We approach them directly.

Who we recruit

Transport vacancies we cover in Barnet

Permanent roles across the traffic office, from planners to transport managers.

Why operators choose a specialist

Screened on the fleets they have planned

Matched to the network

Trunking, multi-drop or dedicated contract: we match planners to the kind of work they have planned before.

A shortlist you can use

A short list of people who fit the fleet, with notes on systems, network and results.

Traffic offices for new contracts

For a new contract we can recruit the planners and the manager together, timed to the start date.

Benchmarking the offer

What transport planners and managers earn in Barnet

Indicative permanent salaries in Barnet 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.

How it works

How we find the planner

The search

Planners and managers who are looking and those who are not, approached with the details that matter to them.

The shortlist

A short list with notes on each candidate's fleet, systems and results.

The offer

We help settle salary, hours and start date so the offer is accepted first time.

Your brief

Setting up the search

Interim cover suits a short gap. A permanent hire is the answer when the office needs someone to own the plan.

Strong planners value good systems, a manager who backs their decisions and customers who plan ahead.

A strong transport brief covers:

  • The network: trunking, multi-drop, pallet or dedicated
  • Salary, bonus and on-call pay
  • Who the role reports to and who reports to it
  • The main problem the new hire should fix
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Transport FAQs

Your questions

Do transport managers need a CPC?

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.

How do you check transport candidates?

We confirm qualifications such as the Transport Manager CPC, check right to work and ask about the fleets, networks and systems they have run.

Can you benchmark pay for a transport role?

Yes. We compare salary, bonus and on-call pay with current offers for similar fleets across the region.

Do you also recruit drivers?

Yes. Our driver desk recruits permanent HGV and LGV drivers and our temporary driving desk supplies cover.

What is the difference between an internal and an external transport manager?

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.

Elsewhere in the region

Related transport pages for Barnet

Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in London & the South East:

Other specialisms in Barnet:

See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Barnet.

A traffic office seat to fill?

Brief us on the role

A short brief is enough to start: the fleet, the systems and the start date.