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Transport Planning Recruitment in Crail

Permanent transport planners, schedulers and CPC-qualified transport managers for operators in Crail.

Tayside & Fife

Hiring transport people for good in Crail

Strong planners are rarely out of work, so the search reaches people who are not looking.

Across Tayside & Fife, many transport offices sit at sites such as the Port of Dundee and the Dundee and Perth industrial estates. We search for planners and managers who already know that market.

Night planning, early starts and on-call cover suit different people. The hours are one of the first things we ask about.

With the A90, M90 and A9, the Port of Dundee and Rosyth running through the region, transport planners across Tayside & Fife often plan national as well as local work.

The jobs we work

The permanent traffic office seats we fill

Permanent transport roles matched to fleet size, network and systems.

Our approach in Crail

Right planner, right network, right systems

Matched to the network

Trunking, multi-drop or dedicated contract: we match planners to the kind of work they have planned before.

Systems experience

We ask which routing and scheduling systems candidates use every day, so there is no hidden learning curve.

Pay that lands

We benchmark salary, on-call pay and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.

Pay, clearly

What transport planners and managers earn in Crail

Indicative permanent salaries in Crail run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.

A clear offer shortens the search. We give you a current read on pay for the role before it goes live. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.

How it works

Brief, search, shortlist

Screening

Systems, fleet size, network type, compliance record and right to work checked, then a conversation about your operation.

The offer

We help settle salary, hours and start date so the offer is accepted first time.

Settling in

We check in during the first months so any early issue is raised and resolved.

Your brief

The brief that works

For Crail operators with a growing fleet, the right permanent planner can pay for the role in miles saved.

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:

  • Hours, nights and on-call expectations
  • Whether the role is the nominated transport manager
  • The measures that matter: cost per drop, utilisation and on-time delivery
  • Salary, bonus and on-call pay
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Transport FAQs

Before you ask

Do you recruit transport planners in Crail?

Yes. We recruit permanent transport planners, schedulers and transport managers for operators across Tayside & Fife.

Do transport managers need a CPC?

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.

What does a transport manager do?

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.

Can you benchmark pay for a transport role?

Yes. We compare salary, bonus and on-call pay with current offers for similar fleets across the region.

Do you recruit for operators outside Crail?

Yes. We cover operators across Scotland. Tell us where the traffic office is and we will search the commute around it.

Around the region

Related transport pages for Crail

Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in Scotland:

Other specialisms in Crail:

See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Crail.

Growing the fleet?

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One brief covers a single planner or a whole traffic office for a new contract.