Transport Manager

Maritime Transport; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company in the East Midlands is looking for a Transport Manager to join their dynamic team. You will oversee day-to-day operations, ensuring compliance with driving regulations and managing driver administration. Ideal candidates will have a strong operations management background, excellent communication, and people management skills. The position offers a competitive salary, annual reviews, and a variety of benefits including life assurance and holiday entitlement.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual salary review (discretionary)

Annual bonus (discretionary)

25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Life assurance cover

Employee assistance programme

Discounts on MSC cruises

Qualifications

• Proven track record in operations management or exceeding performance targets.
• Hands-on, flexible leadership with compliance knowledge.
• Experience in driver administration and recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Manage vehicle and trailer inspection and defect control.
• Ensure compliance with driving regulations.
• Oversee driver recruitment and induction.

Skills

Operations management

Knowledge of driving hours and regulations

IT skills

Communication skills

People management

Job description

Overview

Join a winning team at Maritime Transport. Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding career with a market leader? Maritime Transport is one of the fastest growing transport companies in the UK. We offer the most dynamic working environment and prospects to progress within the industry. We’re looking for a Transport Manager to be based at our East Midlands Gateway Depot to help us develop our ambitious plans.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual salary review (discretionary)
• Annual bonus (discretionary)
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays on top from day 1
• Life assurance cover x3 from day 1
• Maritime weekly lottery (chance to win one thousand pounds every week)
• Group personal pension
• Employee assistance programme
• Big discounts on MSC cruises for yourself, family and friends
• You’ll be working for one of the market leaders

Responsibilities and qualifications

If you can demonstrate an exceptional track record in day-to-day operations management or an equivalent in exceeding performance targets, you will be a hands-on, flexible leader with a thorough knowledge of driving hours and regulations, good IT skills and excellent communication skills. You will be responsible for a number of important areas of driver administration and compliance including: vehicle and trailer inspection and defect control, infringement control, and driver recruitment and induction.

If you are commercially astute, capable and extremely well organised, and your people management skills are based on developing your team of drivers to achieve success, we would like to hear from you.

The Company

Founded in 2001 by Executive Chairman John Williams, Maritime Transport has evolved from small beginnings into a leading logistics company with a turnover exceeding 400m.

To date the company employs 3000 personnel across 40 sites including a network of strategic rail freight terminals with a cutting-edge fleet of 1300 Euro-6 trucks and over 50 container handlers servicing a number of trains daily. Maritime has a proven track record as an intermodal operator developing and delivering low carbon container logistics solutions for first and final miles and pioneering the modal shift of UK domestic distribution from road to rail.

In 2024 the company was acquired by Swiss-based global logistics and supply chain provider MEDLOG S.A., supporting Maritime’s growth strategy and strengthening its market position as the UK’s leading provider of integrated road and rail freight logistics.

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Applicants and details

Required Experience : Manager

Key Skills : Endpoint Security, Fitness, Accommodation, ABAP, Import & Export, Data Analysis

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1