From night planners to network managers, we find permanent transport office people for Barnstaple operations.
Every transport candidate we put forward has been checked on qualifications, systems and the fleets they have run.
Operations at sites such as Falmouth docks and the far-west distribution depots plan around delivery slots, drivers' hours and vehicle availability. We match planners to that reality.
Night planning, early starts and on-call cover suit different people. The hours are one of the first things we ask about.
Across Devon & Cornwall, planners and transport managers are hired by chilled and ambient food distribution, marine services, aggregates and china clay logistics and independent hauliers.
From night planners to heads of transport.
We benchmark salary, on-call pay and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.
A short list of people who fit the fleet, with notes on systems, network and results.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Barnstaple 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.
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.
An empty planning desk costs more than the advert: overtime, missed slots and avoidable empty miles.
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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Yes. We recruit permanent transport planners, schedulers and transport managers for operators across Devon & Cornwall.
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. We compare salary, bonus and on-call pay with current offers for similar fleets across the region.
Yes. We recruit fleet managers and maintenance controllers who look after vehicle compliance and cost.
Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in the South West:
Other specialisms in Barnstaple:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Barnstaple.
Send the vacancy and we will flag anything in the pay, hours or advert likely to slow the search.