Hiring a transport manager in Kettering? We check the Transport Manager CPC first, then the experience behind it.
We look for planners who have planned your kind of work: trunking, multi-drop, pallet networks or dedicated contracts.
Transport employers across the East Midlands include big-shed national DCs, 3PLs, e-commerce fulfilment and air and rail freight operations. Each plans a different kind of work, so we recruit to the network rather than the title.
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.
Transport office roles across the East Midlands are spread across operators at sites such as DIRFT (Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal), Magna Park and the big-shed parks on the M1 and A14.
The people who plan the work and the people who keep it legal.
We look for managers who treat drivers' hours, maintenance and loading rules as part of the job, not paperwork.
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 Kettering 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.
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.
We help settle salary, hours and start date so the offer is accepted first time.
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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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 cover operators across the East Midlands. Tell us where the traffic office is and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. Our driver desk recruits permanent HGV and LGV drivers and our temporary driving desk supplies cover.
Good systems, sensible hours, a manager who trusts the plan and pay in line with the market.
Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in the East Midlands:
Other specialisms in Kettering:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Kettering.
Share the fleet, the network and the role and we will give you a view of the Kettering market before the search starts.