Transport planning recruitment for East Grinstead operators who need a traffic office that plans ahead rather than firefights.
We look for planners who have planned your kind of work: trunking, multi-drop, pallet networks or dedicated contracts.
Logistics operations around East Grinstead serve one of the UK's wealthiest consumer regions, with the Channel ports and Gatwick within the region. Across the South East, transport offices at sites such as the parks along the M25, M20 and M23 and the Solent ports need planners who know the roads and the customers.
A planner who leaves after a few months takes the knowledge of your routes and customers with them. Getting the hire right protects both.
Across the South East, planners and transport managers are hired by retail and grocery distribution, port and Channel logistics, aerospace and FMCG supply chains and regional 3PLs.
The people who plan the work and the people who keep it legal.
We ask which routing and scheduling systems candidates use every day, so there is no hidden learning curve.
Night planning, on-call and weekend cover are discussed up front, so the candidate knows the job they are taking.
We benchmark salary, on-call pay and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.
Indicative permanent salaries in East Grinstead 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.
For transport manager roles, the Transport Manager CPC is confirmed before anything else.
A short list with notes on each candidate's fleet, systems and results.
We check in during the first months so any early issue is raised and resolved.
A permanent planner learns your customers, your drivers and your routes. That knowledge makes every week's plan better.
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. 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 recruit fleet managers and maintenance controllers who look after vehicle compliance and cost.
Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in the South East:
Other specialisms in East Grinstead:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in East Grinstead.
Share the fleet, the network and the role and we will give you a view of the East Grinstead market before the search starts.