The traffic office talent that keeps Grantham vehicles legal, loaded and on time.
A good traffic office is invisible: vehicles leave on time, drivers stay legal and customers get what they were promised.
Grantham sits in the East Midlands — the spiritual home of UK 'big-shed' logistics, with DIRFT and Magna Park among the country's largest distribution clusters. We recruit the transport office people who keep that freight moving.
Trunking networks, multi-drop rounds and dedicated contracts need different planners. We recruit each one differently.
Transport demand across the East Midlands follows national distribution centres, 3PLs, e-commerce fulfilment and rail-connected freight operations.
Permanent roles across the traffic office, from planners to transport managers.
The Transport Manager CPC and any other qualifications the role needs are confirmed before a candidate reaches your shortlist.
We benchmark salary, on-call pay and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Grantham run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.
Salary is only part of the offer. Candidates compare on-call pay, bonus, hybrid working and the size of the fleet they will run. 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.
For Grantham operators with a growing fleet, the right permanent planner can pay for the role in miles saved.
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 recruit permanent transport planners, schedulers and transport managers for operators across the East Midlands.
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.
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 cover operators across the East Midlands. Tell us where the traffic office is and we will search the commute around it.
Upload your CV and tell us the fleet size, network and systems you know. We contact you when a permanent role fits.
Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in the East Midlands:
Other specialisms in Grantham:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Grantham.
A short brief is enough to start: the fleet, the systems and the start date.