The traffic office talent that keeps Dover vehicles legal, loaded and on time.
A permanent transport hire should make the operation cheaper to run and easier to keep compliant.
Transport vacancies across the South East come from Channel-port and customs operators, chilled grocery distribution, aerospace supply chains and regional carriers. Each needs people who can plan for cost and compliance at once.
Night planning, early starts and on-call cover suit different people. The hours are one of the first things we ask about.
With the M25, M3, M4, M20 and M23, Gatwick Airport and the ports at Southampton, Portsmouth and Dover running through the region, transport planners across the South East often plan national as well as local work.
From night planners to heads of transport.
We benchmark salary, on-call pay and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.
A short list of people who fit the fleet, with notes on systems, network and results.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Dover 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.
Fleet size, network, systems, hours and the problem the new hire needs to solve.
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.
An empty planning desk costs more than the advert: overtime, missed slots and avoidable empty miles.
A realistic job description helps retention. We describe the planning day as it really runs, not its quietest shift.
A strong transport brief covers:
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Yes. We can recruit planners, supervisors and the transport manager together, timed to the contract start.
Yes. We recruit fleet managers and maintenance controllers who look after vehicle compliance and cost.
Yes. Our driver desk recruits permanent HGV and LGV drivers and our temporary driving desk supplies cover.
Upload your CV and tell us the fleet size, network and systems you know. We contact you when a permanent role fits.
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 South East:
Other specialisms in Dover:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Dover.
Give us the role and we will shortlist people who have already planned a fleet like yours.