The traffic office talent that keeps Croydon vehicles legal, loaded and on time.
The transport manager is responsible for the operator's compliance. That is why we check the qualification before anything else.
Operations at sites such as London Gateway and the Thames Gateway, Park Royal, Enfield and the Heathrow airfreight belt plan around delivery slots, drivers' hours and vehicle availability. We match planners to that reality.
We ask candidates which routing software they use, how many vehicles they plan and what they have done about empty miles.
Transport demand across London & the South East follows last-mile and parcel carriers, grocery and e-commerce fulfilment, airfreight forwarders and national 3PLs.
Permanent roles across the traffic office, from planners to transport managers.
Trunking, multi-drop or dedicated contract: we match planners to the kind of work they have planned before.
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 Croydon run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.
Candidates weigh the whole package: salary, hours, on-call, holiday and the culture of the traffic office. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
For transport manager roles, the Transport Manager CPC is confirmed before anything else.
Planners and managers who are looking and those who are not, approached with the details that matter to them.
We check in during the first months so any early issue is raised and resolved.
An operator with a standard licence needs a transport manager. Continuity in that role keeps compliance steady.
We ask candidates why they left their last traffic office. The answer tells us whether yours will keep them.
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.
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.
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. We compare salary, bonus and on-call pay with current offers for similar fleets across the region.
Yes. We cover operators across London & the South East. Tell us where the traffic office is and we will search the commute around it.
Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in London & the South East:
Other specialisms in Croydon:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Croydon.
Give us the role and we will shortlist people who have already planned a fleet like yours.