Planners who cut empty miles and managers who keep the operator's licence safe, recruited for Oakham fleets.
A good traffic office is invisible: vehicles leave on time, drivers stay legal and customers get what they were promised.
Logistics around Oakham is anchored by the Golden Triangle's national distribution centres and the air-freight hub at East Midlands Airport. Across the East Midlands, transport offices at sites such as the M1 and A14 corridors and the East Midlands Airport freight hub need planners who know the roads and the customers.
Trunking networks, multi-drop rounds and dedicated contracts need different planners. We recruit each one differently.
Across the East Midlands, planners and transport managers are hired by big-shed national DCs, 3PLs, e-commerce fulfilment and air and rail freight operations.
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 ask which routing and scheduling systems candidates use every day, so there is no hidden learning curve.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Oakham 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.
For transport manager roles, the Transport Manager CPC is confirmed before anything else.
We arrange interviews and any planning exercise, then brief each candidate beforehand.
We check in during the first months so any early issue is raised and resolved.
An operator with a standard licence needs a transport manager. Continuity in that role keeps compliance steady.
When a transport role is proving hard to fill, we work out whether the hours, the pay or the systems are the obstacle. Then we tell you.
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.
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.
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.
Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in the East Midlands:
Other specialisms in Oakham:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Oakham.
Tell us what a good planning week looks like and we will find people who deliver it.