The traffic office talent that keeps Hertford vehicles legal, loaded and on time.
Transport planning is judged on cost per drop, vehicle utilisation and on-time delivery. We recruit people who move those numbers.
Transport vacancies across the East of England come from container and forwarding operators, agri-food and cold-chain distribution, e-commerce fulfilment and regional 3PLs. Each needs people who can plan for cost and compliance at once.
When the Hertford market is thin for transport talent, we look further along the commute and give you an honest view of the likely shortlist.
With the A14, M11, A1(M) and A12, the Port of Felixstowe and London Stansted Airport running through the region, transport planners across the East of England 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.
For a new contract we can recruit the planners and the manager together, timed to the start date.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Hertford 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.
Fleet size, network, systems, hours and the problem the new hire needs to solve.
A short list with notes on each candidate's fleet, systems and results.
We arrange interviews and any planning exercise, then brief each candidate beforehand.
Good planners become transport managers. Hiring well now builds the succession plan.
We ask candidates why they left their last traffic office. The answer tells us whether yours will keep them.
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.
Yes. We cover operators across the East of England. Tell us where the traffic office is and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. We can recruit planners, supervisors and the transport manager together, timed to the contract start.
Yes. Our driver desk recruits permanent HGV and LGV drivers and our temporary driving desk supplies cover.
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 East of England:
Other specialisms in Hertford:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Hertford.
Give us the role and we will shortlist people who have already planned a fleet like yours.