Planners who cut empty miles and managers who keep the operator's licence safe, recruited for Burton upon Trent fleets.
A good traffic office is invisible: vehicles leave on time, drivers stay legal and customers get what they were promised.
Transport vacancies across the West Midlands come from automotive and component supply chains, national retail DCs, contract logistics providers and rail-linked operators. Each needs people who can plan for cost and compliance at once.
A planner who leaves after a few months takes the knowledge of your routes and customers with them. Getting the hire right protects both.
With the M6, M5, M42 and M40, Birmingham Airport and strong rail-freight connections running through the region, transport planners across the West Midlands often plan national as well as local work.
Permanent transport roles matched to fleet size, network and systems.
The Transport Manager CPC and any other qualifications the role needs are confirmed before a candidate reaches your shortlist.
Night planning, on-call and weekend cover are discussed up front, so the candidate knows the job they are taking.
We look for managers who treat drivers' hours, maintenance and loading rules as part of the job, not paperwork.
Indicative permanent salaries in Burton upon Trent 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.
Planners and managers who are looking and those who are not, approached with the details that matter to them.
We arrange interviews and any planning exercise, then brief each candidate beforehand.
We check in during the first months so any early issue is raised and resolved.
An empty planning desk costs more than the advert: overtime, missed slots and avoidable empty miles.
Planners who leave early often cite the hours, on-call demands or an office that never plans ahead. We raise all three first.
A strong transport brief covers:
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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 cover operators across the West Midlands. Tell us where the traffic office is and we will search the commute around it.
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 West Midlands:
Other specialisms in Burton upon Trent:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Burton upon Trent.
One brief covers a single planner or a whole traffic office for a new contract.