From night planners to network managers, we find permanent transport office people for Crediton operations.
A permanent transport hire should make the operation cheaper to run and easier to keep compliant.
Transport vacancies across Devon & Cornwall come from chilled and ambient food distribution, marine services, aggregates and china clay logistics and independent hauliers. Each needs people who can plan for cost and compliance at once.
We ask candidates which routing software they use, how many vehicles they plan and what they have done about empty miles.
With the A30, the A38, the A390, the M5 as far as Exeter and the ports at Plymouth and Falmouth running through the region, transport planners across Devon & Cornwall often plan national as well as local work.
Planning, scheduling, compliance and fleet roles.
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 Crediton run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.
Transport office pay in the South West 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.
Fleet size, network, systems, hours and the problem the new hire needs to solve.
We arrange interviews and any planning exercise, then brief each candidate beforehand.
We help settle salary, hours and start date so the offer is accepted first time.
For Crediton 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:
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Yes. We recruit permanent transport planners, schedulers and transport managers for operators across Devon & Cornwall.
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.
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. Our driver desk recruits permanent HGV and LGV drivers and our temporary driving desk supplies cover.
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 Crediton:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Crediton.
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