Hiring a transport manager in Stonehouse? We check the Transport Manager CPC first, then the experience behind it.
Strong planners are rarely out of work, so the search reaches people who are not looking.
From port handling to regional distribution, employers around Stonehouse compete for experienced permanent logistics people across the South West. We recruit the transport office people who keep that freight moving.
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 South West follows port logistics, retail and grocery DCs, aerospace and defence supply chains and regional 3PLs.
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.
A short list of people who fit the fleet, with notes on systems, network and results.
For a new contract we can recruit the planners and the manager together, timed to the start date.
Indicative permanent salaries in Stonehouse 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 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 empty planning desk costs more than the advert: overtime, missed slots and avoidable empty miles.
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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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.
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 can recruit planners, supervisors and the transport manager together, timed to the contract start.
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 Stonehouse:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Stonehouse.
One brief covers a single planner or a whole traffic office for a new contract.