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Transport Planning Recruitment in Grangemouth

Permanent transport planners, schedulers and CPC-qualified transport managers for operators in Grangemouth.

Scotland

Traffic office hiring across Grangemouth

We look for planners who have planned your kind of work: trunking, multi-drop, pallet networks or dedicated contracts.

Across Scotland, many transport offices sit at sites such as the M8 corridor parks at Eurocentral and Bellshill, Grangemouth and the Clyde and Forth ports. We search for planners and managers who already know that market.

A transport offer competes with every haulier and 3PL within reach. We help set salary, on-call pay and bonus so it lands first time.

Across Scotland, planners and transport managers are hired by whisky and food and drink distribution, retail and grocery DCs, port and intermodal operators and Scottish 3PLs.

The roles we cover

Permanent roles on the transport desk

Permanent transport roles matched to fleet size, network and systems.

Why a specialist transport desk

People who protect the operator's licence

Matched to the network

Trunking, multi-drop or dedicated contract: we match planners to the kind of work they have planned before.

Pay that lands

We benchmark salary, on-call pay and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.

Through the first months

We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your customers.

Salaries in the area

What transport planners and managers earn in Grangemouth

Indicative permanent salaries in Grangemouth run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.

Our benchmarks use current offers for comparable fleets rather than old salary surveys. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.

How it works

Our recruitment process

Screening

Systems, fleet size, network type, compliance record and right to work checked, then a conversation about your operation.

The shortlist

A short list with notes on each candidate's fleet, systems and results.

The offer

We help settle salary, hours and start date so the offer is accepted first time.

Your brief

Your hiring brief

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:

  • The number and type of vehicles planned
  • Hours, nights and on-call expectations
  • Who the role reports to and who reports to it
  • The main problem the new hire should fix
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Transport FAQs

Questions, answered

Do you recruit transport planners in Grangemouth?

Yes. We recruit permanent transport planners, schedulers and transport managers for operators across Scotland.

Do transport managers need a CPC?

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.

Can you recruit night planners?

Yes. Tell us the hours and the network so we approach planners who want night work and have done it before.

Can you benchmark pay for a transport role?

Yes. We compare salary, bonus and on-call pay with current offers for similar fleets across the region.

Can you recruit a traffic office for a new contract?

Yes. We can recruit planners, supervisors and the transport manager together, timed to the contract start.

More transport pages

Related transport pages for Grangemouth

Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in Scotland:

Other specialisms in Grangemouth:

See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Grangemouth.

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Let's recruit your next transport manager

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