Night Traffic Manager

XPO Logistics, Inc.; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company is seeking an experienced Night Traffic Manager to oversee transport operations at their Bury St Edmunds site. This full-time, permanent position requires flexibility for night shifts and expertise in next day multidrop planning. Key responsibilities include managing the transport team, ensuring compliance with regulations, and planning fleet utilization. The role offers a salary up to £34,000 per annum plus a 25% night shift premium and various employee benefits, including holiday options and discounts.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

25% night shift premium

High street discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Workplace pension

Qualifications

• Must have experience and knowledge of next day multidrop planning and optimising fleet utilisation.
• Experience in people management is required.
• Transport CPC is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate transport operations to meet network and customer expectations.
• Ensure compliance with working time directives and investigate incidents.
• Plan fleet vehicle usage effectively to minimize costs.
• Cover holidays and absences across the team.
• Manage the night transport team and drivers.

Skills

Experience with next day multidrop planning

Flexibility to manage full nightshift

Experience in people management

Job description

How would you like to work for a company that can accelerate your career? Do you feel that sometimes you have more to give, but no room to progress? How does constant training and development sound? Here at XPO, we take our people seriously.

We’re looking for a talented Night Traffic Manager to join us on a full-time, permanent basis at our Bury St Edmunds site.

Working Monday to Friday night shift; 20:00 to 05:00 however some flexibility needed to manage and cover the full night shift if needed.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £34,000 per annum in addition to this you will receive a 25% premium for working nights. We offer 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days. You’ll have access to a variety of high street discounts, cycle to work scheme, a workplace pension and many other perks.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Co‑ordinate the transport operations on site to meet both network and customer expectations.
• Ensure that all drivers are compliant with the working time directive regulations and that any accidents/incidents are investigated in a timely manner.
• Responsible for the effective planning of all own fleet vehicle across multiple separate aspects of the business, including the use of hire vehicles / subcontractors minimising the cost impact to the business.
• Coordinating and covering holidays and absences across the team.
• Ensure the overall smooth delivery of the operation overnight, managing the night transport team and drivers.
• Be involved in HR & health & safety cases – recruitment, investigations, disciplinaries, absences & return to works.

What you need to succeed at XPO:

• Must have experience and knowledge of next day multidrop planning and optimising fleet utilisation.
• Must be flexible to manage and cover a full nightshift.
• Experience in people management
• Transport CPC desirable but not essential.

Be part of something big.

We strive to create an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, where everyone feels welcomed, empowered and where you can bring your true self to work. You may not feel you tick all of the boxes we have written above, so even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description but you feel you have the skills needed, please feel free to reach out to our recruitment team for an initial discussion. Your skills and passion set you apart and we welcome diverse people and perspectives at XPO. We encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds and identities. To empower you to do as well as possible during the recruitment process, if you require any changes or amendments to our application and interviews, please don’t hesitate to let us know.

XPO is a leading provider of cutting‑edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make XPO a great place to work.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.