We recruit the people who plan the routes, run the traffic office and keep Widnes and the North West fleets compliant.
A permanent transport hire should make the operation cheaper to run and easier to keep compliant.
Transport vacancies across the North West come from grocery and retail distribution, 3PLs, port and container logistics and air and sea forwarders. Each needs people who can plan for cost and compliance at once.
A planner who leaves after a few months takes the knowledge of your routes and customers with them. Getting the hire right protects both.
With the M6, M62, M56 and M61, Manchester and Liverpool airports and the Port of Liverpool running through the region, transport planners across the North West often plan national as well as local work.
Permanent roles across the traffic office, from planners to transport managers.
Trunking, multi-drop or dedicated contract: we match planners to the kind of work they have planned before.
We benchmark salary, on-call pay and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Widnes run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.
Transport office pay in the North West moves with the size of the fleet, the network and the hours: night planning and on-call usually pay more. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Fleet size, network, systems, hours and the problem the new hire needs to solve.
For transport manager roles, the Transport Manager CPC is confirmed before anything else.
We check in during the first months so any early issue is raised and resolved.
An operator with a standard licence needs a transport manager. Continuity in that role keeps compliance steady.
Notice periods for transport managers can be long, so we plan the handover from the first call.
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.
Yes. Tell us the hours and the network so we approach planners who want night work and have done it before.
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 Widnes:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Widnes.
Give us the role and we will shortlist people who have already planned a fleet like yours.