Permanent transport planning and management recruitment across Devon & Cornwall.
A permanent transport hire should make the operation cheaper to run and easier to keep compliant.
Employers around Falmouth recruit for chilled and ambient distribution, marine and port work and the summer demand peak. We recruit the transport office people who keep that freight moving.
When the Falmouth market is thin for transport talent, we look further along the commute and give you an honest view of the likely shortlist.
Across Devon & Cornwall, planners and transport managers are hired by chilled and ambient food distribution, marine services, aggregates and china clay logistics and independent hauliers.
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.
For a new contract we can recruit the planners and the manager together, timed to the start date.
Indicative permanent salaries in Falmouth 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.
Planners and managers who are looking and those who are not, approached with the details that matter to them.
Systems, fleet size, network type, compliance record and right to work checked, then a conversation about your operation.
We help settle salary, hours and start date so the offer is accepted first time.
An operator with a standard licence needs a transport manager. Continuity in that role keeps compliance steady.
When a transport role is proving hard to fill, we work out whether the hours, the pay or the systems are the obstacle. Then we tell you.
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. We compare salary, bonus and on-call pay with current offers for similar fleets across the region.
Yes. Our driver desk recruits permanent HGV and LGV drivers and our temporary driving desk supplies cover.
Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in the South West:
Other specialisms in Falmouth:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Falmouth.
Send the vacancy and we will flag anything in the pay, hours or advert likely to slow the search.