We recruit the people who plan the routes, run the traffic office and keep Chesterfield and the East Midlands fleets compliant.
Strong planners are rarely out of work, so the search reaches people who are not looking.
Chesterfield draws on the East Midlands' deep warehousing and distribution labour market, centred on the M1 and A14. Across the East Midlands, transport offices at sites such as Magna Park, DIRFT and the East Midlands Gateway beside East Midlands Airport need planners who know the roads and the customers.
We ask candidates which routing software they use, how many vehicles they plan and what they have done about empty miles.
With the M1, A14, A42 and A50, East Midlands Airport's major air-freight hub and DIRFT's rail terminal running through the region, transport planners across the East Midlands often plan national as well as local work.
Permanent roles across the traffic office, from planners to transport managers.
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.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Chesterfield run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.
Transport office pay in the East Midlands moves with the size of the fleet, the network and the hours: night planning and on-call usually pay more. 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.
A short list with notes on each candidate's fleet, systems and results.
Good planners become transport managers. Hiring well now builds the succession plan.
Notice periods for transport managers can be long, so we plan the handover from the first call.
A strong transport brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit permanent transport planners, schedulers and transport managers for operators across the East Midlands.
On GOV.UK's list, a transport manager makes sure drivers have a valid licence, vehicles are taxed, insured, properly maintained and have a valid MOT, vehicles are loaded safely and not overloaded, drivers do not speed or break the drivers' hours rules and the operator does not break safety rules.
Yes. We compare salary, bonus and on-call pay with current offers for similar fleets across the region.
Yes. We cover operators across the East 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 East Midlands:
Other specialisms in Chesterfield:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Chesterfield.
Give us the role and we will shortlist people who have already planned a fleet like yours.