Transport planning recruitment for Ottery St Mary operators who need a traffic office that plans ahead rather than firefights.
Strong planners are rarely out of work, so the search reaches people who are not looking.
Transport vacancies across Devon & Cornwall come from food and drink and agri-food processing, marine and port logistics, tourism-driven retail distribution and regional hauliers. Each needs people who can plan for cost and compliance at once.
When the Ottery St Mary market is thin for transport talent, we look further along the commute and give you an honest view of the likely shortlist.
The strongest transport candidates across Devon & Cornwall are usually already planning for operators at sites such as the Cornwall A30 corridor and the Pool, Redruth and St Austell estates.
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.
A short list of people who fit the fleet, with notes on systems, network and results.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Ottery St Mary 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.
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.
Systems, fleet size, network type, compliance record and right to work checked, then a conversation about your operation.
Good planners become transport managers. Hiring well now builds the succession plan.
Planners who leave early often cite the hours, on-call demands or an office that never plans ahead. We raise all three first.
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. Our driver desk recruits permanent HGV and LGV drivers and our temporary driving desk supplies cover.
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.
Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in the South West:
Other specialisms in Ottery St Mary:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Ottery St Mary.
Share the fleet, the network and the role and we will give you a view of the Ottery St Mary market before the search starts.