Transport planning recruitment for Sandwich 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.
Logistics operations around Sandwich serve one of the UK's wealthiest consumer regions, with the Channel ports and Gatwick within the region. Across the South East, transport offices at sites such as the Solent ports and the M27 corridor estates need planners who know the roads and the customers.
Taking on a new contract? We can recruit the planners and the transport manager together so the traffic office is ready on day one.
With the M25, M3, M4, M20 and M23, Gatwick Airport and the ports at Southampton, Portsmouth and Dover running through the region, transport planners across the South East often plan national as well as local work.
Permanent transport roles matched to fleet size, network and systems.
We look for managers who treat drivers' hours, maintenance and loading rules as part of the job, not paperwork.
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 Sandwich run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.
Where an offer is likely to fall short of the local market, we say so before interviews are booked. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
For transport manager roles, the Transport Manager CPC is confirmed before anything else.
A short list with notes on each candidate's fleet, systems and results.
We help settle salary, hours and start date so the offer is accepted first time.
An operator with a standard licence needs a transport manager. Continuity in that role keeps compliance steady.
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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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.
Yes. We can recruit planners, supervisors and the transport manager together, timed to the contract start.
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 Sandwich:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Sandwich.
One brief covers a single planner or a whole traffic office for a new contract.