Hiring a transport manager in Salford? We check the Transport Manager CPC first, then the experience behind it.
A good traffic office is invisible: vehicles leave on time, drivers stay legal and customers get what they were promised.
Operations at sites such as the M6/M62 distribution parks, Trafford Park and the Liverpool2 container terminal plan around delivery slots, drivers' hours and vehicle availability. We match planners to that reality.
Night planning, early starts and on-call cover suit different people. The hours are one of the first things we ask about.
Transport demand across the North West follows retail and grocery DCs, national 3PLs, e-commerce fulfilment and port and container logistics.
The people who plan the work and the people who keep it legal.
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 look for managers who treat drivers' hours, maintenance and loading rules as part of the job, not paperwork.
Indicative permanent salaries in Salford 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.
Planners and managers who are looking and those who are not, approached with the details that matter to them.
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.
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 compare salary, bonus and on-call pay with current offers for similar fleets across the region.
Yes. Our driver desk recruits permanent HGV and LGV drivers and our temporary driving desk supplies cover.
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 Salford:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Salford.
Tell us what a good planning week looks like and we will find people who deliver it.