Permanent transport planners, schedulers and CPC-qualified transport managers for operators in Bideford.
Every transport candidate we put forward has been checked on qualifications, systems and the fleets they have run.
Logistics around Bideford 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 A30 and A38 trunk corridors and the Exeter distribution parks need planners who know the roads and the customers.
When the Bideford market is thin for transport talent, we look further along the commute and give you an honest view of the likely shortlist.
Across Devon & Cornwall, planners and transport managers are hired by 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.
We ask which routing and scheduling systems candidates use every day, so there is no hidden learning curve.
We benchmark salary, on-call pay and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.
For a new contract we can recruit the planners and the manager together, timed to the start date.
Indicative permanent salaries in Bideford run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.
Candidates weigh the whole package: salary, hours, on-call, holiday and the culture of the traffic office. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Fleet size, network, systems, hours and the problem the new hire needs to solve.
For transport manager roles, the Transport Manager CPC is confirmed before anything else.
A short list with notes on each candidate's fleet, systems and results.
An empty planning desk costs more than the advert: overtime, missed slots and avoidable empty miles.
We ask candidates why they left their last traffic office. The answer tells us whether yours will keep them.
A strong transport brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit permanent transport planners, schedulers and transport managers for operators across Devon & Cornwall.
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 can recruit planners, supervisors and the transport manager together, timed to the contract start.
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 Bideford:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Bideford.
One brief covers a single planner or a whole traffic office for a new contract.