Permanent transport planning and management recruitment across the North West.
Transport planning is judged on cost per drop, vehicle utilisation and on-time delivery. We recruit people who move those numbers.
Across the North West, many transport offices sit at sites such as the Trafford Park and Salford estates and the Manchester Ship Canal. We search for planners and managers who already know that market.
Trunking networks, multi-drop rounds and dedicated contracts need different planners. We recruit each one differently.
With the M6, M62, M56 and M61, Manchester and Liverpool airports and the Port of Liverpool running through the region, transport planners across the North West often plan national as well as local work.
Planning, scheduling, compliance and fleet roles.
The Transport Manager CPC and any other qualifications the role needs are confirmed before a candidate reaches your shortlist.
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 Kirkby run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.
Where an offer is likely to fall short of the local market, we say so before interviews are booked. 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.
Many transport managers started as planners. We recruit for both steps of that career.
A strong transport brief covers:
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Yes. Tell us the hours and the network so we approach planners who want night work and have done it before.
Yes. We compare salary, bonus and on-call pay with current offers for similar fleets across the region.
Upload your CV and tell us the fleet size, network and systems you know. We contact you when a permanent role fits.
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.
Good systems, sensible hours, a manager who trusts the plan and pay in line with the market.
Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in the North West:
Other specialisms in Kirkby:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Kirkby.
Give us the role and we will shortlist people who have already planned a fleet like yours.