We recruit the people who plan the routes, run the traffic office and keep Bournemouth and the South West fleets compliant.
A good traffic office is invisible: vehicles leave on time, drivers stay legal and customers get what they were promised.
Across the South West, many transport offices sit at sites such as Avonmouth and Severnside, the M5 corridor and the Western Approach parks. We search for planners and managers who already know that market.
We ask candidates which routing software they use, how many vehicles they plan and what they have done about empty miles.
With the M5, M4 and A38, Bristol Airport and the Port of Bristol at Avonmouth and Royal Portbury running through the region, transport planners across the South West often plan national as well as local work.
Planning, scheduling, compliance and fleet roles.
Trunking, multi-drop or dedicated contract: we match planners to the kind of work they have planned before.
We ask which routing and scheduling systems candidates use every day, so there is no hidden learning curve.
We look for managers who treat drivers' hours, maintenance and loading rules as part of the job, not paperwork.
Indicative permanent salaries in Bournemouth run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.
Salary is only part of the offer. Candidates compare on-call pay, bonus, hybrid working and the size of the fleet they will run. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
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.
We arrange interviews and any planning exercise, then brief each candidate beforehand.
Good planners become transport managers. Hiring well now builds the succession plan.
A realistic job description helps retention. We describe the planning day as it really runs, not its quietest shift.
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.
Yes. We compare salary, bonus and on-call pay with current offers for similar fleets across the region.
Yes. We cover operators across the South West. Tell us where the traffic office is and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. We recruit fleet managers and maintenance controllers who look after vehicle compliance and cost.
Good systems, sensible hours, a manager who trusts the plan and pay in line with the market.
Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in the South West:
Other specialisms in Bournemouth:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Bournemouth.
Send the vacancy and we will flag anything in the pay, hours or advert likely to slow the search.