Manager Trainee

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.; West Haven (CT); On-site; USD 46,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transportation company is seeking a Manager Trainee to oversee driver management and freight operations. This role involves learning to ensure compliance with regulations, providing customer service, and performing administrative tasks. Candidates must be open to relocation and working non-traditional shifts, including nights and weekends.

Benefits

Medical benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Short-term and long-term disability coverage

Paid maternity and parental leave

Paid holidays

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED with up to 4 years of experience.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred with ability to work nights/weekends.
• Must be willing to relocate after training.

Responsibilities

• Learn to manage small driver counts and ensure compliance with DOT regulations.
• Build relationships with drivers and outside carriers for seamless operations.
• Perform administrative duties including payroll and financial reporting.

Skills

Effective communication

Problem-solving

Ability to adapt to changing environments

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

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Job Summary

Under general supervision, this position is responsible for learning the management of small driver count and/or non-traditional shifts (including nights and weekends), ensuring safe and timely service 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

• MUST BE OPEN TO RELOCATION AT THE END OF THE 3-6 MONTH PROGRAM
• MUST BE OPEN TO WORKING NIGHTS AND/OR WEEKENDS
  
  

Job Title

Manager Trainee

Department

Supply Chain

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Connecticut

City

West Haven

Full/Part Time

Full time

Job Summary

Under general supervision, this position is responsible for learning the management of small driver count and/or non-traditional shifts (including nights and weekends), ensuring safe and timely service 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

• MUST BE OPEN TO RELOCATION AT THE END OF THE 3-6 MONTH PROGRAM
• MUST BE OPEN TO WORKING NIGHTS AND/OR WEEKENDS
  
  

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
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification:

High School Diploma/GED with up to 4 years of equivalent education, experience, and training AND/currently enrolled and working towards degree program(s) with up to 2 years or equivalent education, experience, and training AND/OR Bachelor’s degree with ability to work across multiple shifts including nights and/or weekends if needed. Must be willing to travel to account, customer, & company event locations when applicable.

• MUST BE OPEN TO RELOCATION AT THE END OF THE 3-6 MONTH PROGRAM
• MUST BE OPEN TO WORKING NIGHTS AND/OR WEEKENDS
  
  

Preferred Qualification

Bachelor’s plus 1 year of or equivalent education, experience and training

Skills & Abilities

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

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

Effective communication skills

Ability to recognize, anticipate, and resolve organizational, operational, or process problems.

This position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.

The expected starting pay range for this position is between $46,200.00 - $63,525.00.

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

Bachelors: Business Administration/Management, Bachelors: Business Communications, GED (Required), High School (Required)

Work Experience

Management-Entry Level, Transportation/Logistics

Certifications

Job Opening ID:

00590887 Manager Trainee (Open)

“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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Internship

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Supply Chain

• Industries

  Truck Transportation

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