Planners who cut empty miles and managers who keep the operator's licence safe, recruited for Preston fleets.
Transport planning is judged on cost per drop, vehicle utilisation and on-time delivery. We recruit people who move those numbers.
Fleets across the North West depend on the M6, M62, M56 and M61, Manchester and Liverpool airports and the Port of Liverpool. Planners who know those links plan tighter days.
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 demand across the North West follows grocery and retail distribution, 3PLs, port and container logistics and air and sea forwarders.
Permanent transport roles matched to fleet size, network and systems.
We ask which routing and scheduling systems candidates use every day, so there is no hidden learning curve.
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 Preston run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.
Transport managers usually earn more than planners and national networks more than local ones. Local competition can move either figure. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
For transport manager roles, the Transport Manager CPC is confirmed before anything else.
We help settle salary, hours and start date so the offer is accepted first time.
We check in during the first months so any early issue is raised and resolved.
A permanent planner learns your customers, your drivers and your routes. That knowledge makes every week's plan better.
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.
Yes. We cover operators across the North West. 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.
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 North West:
Other specialisms in Preston:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Preston.
Tell us what a good planning week looks like and we will find people who deliver it.