Planners who cut empty miles and managers who keep the operator's licence safe, recruited for Margate fleets.
A good traffic office is invisible: vehicles leave on time, drivers stay legal and customers get what they were promised.
Transport employers across the South East include retail and grocery distribution, port and Channel logistics, aerospace and FMCG supply chains and regional 3PLs. Each plans a different kind of work, so we recruit to the network rather than the title.
Night planning, early starts and on-call cover suit different people. The hours are one of the first things we ask about.
The strongest transport candidates across the South East are usually already planning for operators at sites such as the parks along the M25, M20 and M23 and the Solent ports.
Permanent transport roles matched to fleet size, network and systems.
Trunking, multi-drop or dedicated contract: we match planners to the kind of work they have planned before.
We look for managers who treat drivers' hours, maintenance and loading rules as part of the job, not paperwork.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Margate run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.
Candidates weigh the whole package: salary, hours, on-call, holiday and the culture of the traffic office. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
For transport manager roles, the Transport Manager CPC is confirmed before anything else.
Planners and managers who are looking and those who are not, approached with the details that matter to them.
We check in during the first months so any early issue is raised and resolved.
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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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. Tell us the hours and the network so we approach planners who want night work and have done it before.
Yes. We cover operators across the South East. Tell us where the traffic office is and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. We recruit fleet managers and maintenance controllers who look after vehicle compliance and cost.
Good systems, sensible hours, a manager who trusts the plan and pay in line with the market.
Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in the South East:
Other specialisms in Margate:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Margate.
Share the fleet, the network and the role and we will give you a view of the Margate market before the search starts.