Logistics & Fleet Operations Trainee

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.; Leetsdale (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefit

Dental benefit

Vision benefit

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability

Paid time off

Job summary

J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. is seeking a Manager Trainee to learn and manage a small driver count and non-traditional shifts, including nights and weekends. You will ensure safe, timely freight movement, load assignment, and exceptional customer service, while training for DOT compliance and driver regulations.

The role involves coordination with drivers, carriers, and internal teams to plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight, and to optimize fleet operations for profitability across locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field OR High School Diploma/GED with 1 year of experience in management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management, or related field, and/or equivalent military experience
• Willing to travel to account, customer, and company event locations when applicable
• Ability to work across multiple shifts including nights and/or weekends if needed
• Willingness to regionally relocate dependent on account assignment
• Experience managing a team (preferred)
• Anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level (preferred)
• Ability to analyze situations and make informed decisions (preferred)
• Ability to adapt to changing environments (preferred)
• Ability to establish healthy relationships with clients, vendors, and peers (preferred)
• Ability to meet or exceed team/driver needs and provide excellent service (preferred)
• Ability to communicate ideas effectively (preferred)
• Ability to recognize and resolve organizational or process problems (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Learn to build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers to ensure seamless new carrier set-up, minimize turnover, and maximize ongoing productivity
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and on special projects related to optimizing fleet operations and profitability
• Learn to utilize personnel management including training and orientation of drivers and/or employees including training and assistance with internal and third party systems
• Become proficient in maximizing efficiency of fleet operations and profitability and making recommendations for continuous improvement, measuring KPIs, and presenting customer reports and financial analysis
• Gain knowledge on managing inventory, assets, customer pools and driver assignments to balance equipment in market
• Learn to perform administrative duties such as payroll, Net-Revenue budget management, driver counseling, accident reviews, invoicing and financial reports
• Learn to manage yard including equipment checks, repairs, maintenance scheduling, and safety issues for account equipment
• Learn to work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service issues, routing, and on-call scenarios
• Maintain the Company's safety culture with driver safety messages, trainings, and DOT compliance requirements
• Assign loads and plan routes to meet on-time service and customer requirements, adjusting for delays and other factors

Skills

Team management

Conflict resolution

Customer service excellence

Adaptability

Multitasking across shifts

Education

Bachelor's in Business Administration

Bachelor's in Transportation/Logistics

Bachelor's in Supply Chain

GED/High School Diploma

Job description

J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. is seeking a Manager Trainee to learn and manage a small driver count and non-traditional shifts, including nights and weekends. You will ensure safe, timely freight movement, load assignment, and exceptional customer service, while training for DOT compliance and driver regulations.

The role involves coordination with drivers, carriers, and internal teams to plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight, and to optimize fleet operations for profitability across locations.