From night planners to network managers, we find permanent transport office people for Bradford operations.
Transport planning is judged on cost per drop, vehicle utilisation and on-time delivery. We recruit people who move those numbers.
Bradford sits in Yorkshire's M62 logistics belt — a magnet for retail and e-commerce distribution serving the whole of the North of England. Across Yorkshire, transport offices at sites such as the M62 corridor parks and the iPort rail terminal at Doncaster 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 Yorkshire follows retail and grocery distribution, rail-linked intermodal operators, manufacturing supply chains and regional 3PLs.
From night planners to heads of transport.
Trunking, multi-drop or dedicated contract: we match planners to the kind of work they have planned before.
We benchmark salary, on-call pay and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Bradford 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.
Fleet size, network, systems, hours and the problem the new hire needs to solve.
Planners and managers who are looking and those who are not, approached with the details that matter to them.
We help settle salary, hours and start date so the offer is accepted first time.
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. Tell us the hours and the network so we approach planners who want night work and have done it before.
Yes. We can recruit planners, supervisors and the transport manager together, timed to the contract start.
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 Yorkshire & the Humber:
Other specialisms in Bradford:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Bradford.
Give us the role and we will shortlist people who have already planned a fleet like yours.