Manager Trainee

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.; Monroe (NJ); On-site; USD 50,700 - 63,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefit

Dental benefit

Vision benefit

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Short-term & long-term disability

Paid time off

Job summary

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is seeking a Manager Trainee to learn every facet of fleet operations, including load planning, route optimization, and customer service.

You will develop skills in driver management, compliance with DOT regulations, and coordination with drivers and carriers to ensure timely freight movement. You will participate in a structured program that may require working nights and weekends, with relocation encouraged after completing the initial 1–6 month period.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field.
• Willingness to travel to account, customer, and company event locations.
• Ability to work across multiple shifts including nights and/or weekends if needed.
• Willingness to regionally relocate dependent on account assignment.

Responsibilities

• Learn to build and maintain relationships with drivers and carriers to ensure carrier setup and productivity.
• Fill in for absent personnel and support special projects to optimize fleet operations and profitability.
• Learn to train and orient drivers and staff, including internal and third-party systems.
• Analyze and report on KPIs, provide customer reporting and financial analysis at customer locations.
• Gain knowledge of inventory, assets, and driver assignments to balance equipment in market.
• Perform administrative duties including payroll, budgeting, driver counseling, and invoicing.
• Learn to manage yard operations and coordinate with maintenance for preventive services and safety fixes.
• Resolve service issues with drivers, customers, and company staff as they occur.
• Maintain the company's safety culture and DOT compliance through training and safety communications.
• Plan loads and routes to meet on-time service targets and customer requirements.

Education

Bachelor's in Business Administration/Management

Bachelor's in Supply Chain Management

Bachelor's in Transportation Logistics

GED

Job description

Job Summary

Under general supervision, this position is responsible for learning the management of a small driver count and/or non‑traditional shifts (including nights and weekends), ensuring safe and timely movement of freight, load assignment, and providing best‑in‑class customer service. This position will be trained to ensure compliance with DOT regulations. They are responsible for all drivers’ compliance and company regulations while working with internal and external contacts to ensure the accurate planning, routing, monitoring, and delivery of freight and loads.

Job Description

Key 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 achieving profitability
• Learn to utilize personnel management including training and orientation of drivers and/or employees including the training and assistance with internal and third‑party (customer) systems
• Become proficient in maximizing efficiency of fleet operations and profitability and making recommendations for continuous improvement, measuring key performance indicators, and creating, maintaining and presenting customer specific reporting and financial analysis through face‑to‑face interactions at customer location
• Gain knowledge on how to manage inventory, assets, customer pools and/or assignment of drivers to balance equipment in market
• Learn to perform administrative duties such as payroll, management of the Net‑Revenue budget, driver counseling, accident reviews, filing and documenting, resolving pay issues, analyzing P&L statements, invoicing and/or creating operational or financial reports
• Learn to manage yard including checking/inspecting equipment, replacing parts (like mud flaps), completing repairs, etc., and coordinating with maintenance to ensure all regular preventative maintenance services are scheduled on time and all safety related mechanical issues are fixed for account equipment (as required)
• Learn to work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service issues, routing and/or planning, mechanical problems, accessorial pay related issues, etc., as they occur throughout the day and, where necessary, when on call
• Learn to maintain the Company’s safety culture to include daily driver safety messages, monthly driver safety briefings, quarterly driver training, annual reviews, and enforce company policies to ensure DOT compliance and company safety requirements are being met
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement to provide safe, on‑time service and meet customer requirements, including managing freight exceptions and driver ETA adjustments based on pick‑up and delivery schedules, and other environmental factors on the road
• MUST BE OPEN TO WORKING NIGHTS AND/OR WEEKENDS
• RELOCATION IS ENCOURAGED, BUT NOT REQUIRED, FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE 1–6 MONTH PROGRAM (PROGRAM LENGTH MAY VARY)

Qualifications

Minimum 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing a team
• Anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level
• Ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment
• Ability to adapt to changing environments
• Ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers
• Ability to meet or exceed team/driver needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner
• Ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas through various mediums
• Ability to recognize, anticipate, and resolve organizational, operational, or process problems

Salary

Expected starting pay range: $50,700.00 – $63,400 per year. This position is not eligible for employment‑based sponsorship.

Compensation

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include skills, education, experience, geography, and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position may be eligible for annual bonus and incentives based on profitability or volumes in accordance with the terms of the Company’s bonus and incentive plans, as applicable and in effect from time to time.

Benefits

The Company offers the following benefits for full‑time positions, subject to applicable eligibility requirements, as may be in effect from time to time: medical benefit, dental benefit, vision benefit, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, paid time off commensurate with tenure (includes vacation and sick time), six weeks of paid maternity leave along with two weeks of paid parental leave, and six paid holidays annually.

Education

Bachelor's: Business Administration/Management, Bachelor's: Supply Chain Management, Bachelor's: Transportation Logistics, GED (Required), High School (Required)

Work Experience

Management‑Entry Level, Transportation/Logistics

Certifications

None specified.

Job Opening ID

00625123 Manager Trainee (Open)

Equal Employment Opportunity

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. is committed to basing employment decisions on the principles of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, persons with disabilities, protected veterans or other bases by applicable law.