Manager Trainee-1

J.B. Hunt • Camp Hill, PA

2d

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Manager Trainee-1 learns to manage a small driver count and/or non-traditional shifts, including nights and weekends. The role supports safe and timely freight movement, load assignment, and high-quality customer service, while learning to ensure compliance with DOT regulations and company requirements. The position works with internal and external contacts to plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight and loads accurately.

The trainee develops skills in driver and carrier relations, fleet operations, personnel management, customer service, administrative and financial processes, yard and equipment management, safety, and freight planning. Travel to account, customer, and company event locations may be required, and regional relocation may be required depending on account assignment. The position is based in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field; alternatively, a high school diploma or GED plus one year of experience in management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management, or a related field, and/or equivalent military experience.
• Willingness 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 relocate regionally depending on account assignment.
• This position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing a team.
• Ability to anticipate, recognize, and effectively address existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situational level.
• Ability to analyze situations accurately and make 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 and driver needs and expectations and provide excellent service directly or indirectly.
• Ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas through various mediums.
• Ability to recognize, anticipate, and resolve organizational, operational, or process problems.

Responsibilities

• Learn to build and maintain professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers to support carrier setup, retention, and productivity.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and assist with projects to optimize fleet operations and profitability.
• Learn personnel management tasks, including training and orienting drivers or employees and assisting with internal and third-party customer systems.
• Develop proficiency in improving fleet efficiency and profitability, recommending continuous improvement, measuring key performance indicators, and preparing and presenting customer-specific reports and financial analysis.
• Learn to manage inventory, assets, customer pools, and driver assignments to balance equipment in the market.
• Learn administrative duties, including payroll, Net-Revenue budget management, driver counseling, accident reviews, filing and documentation, resolving pay issues, analyzing P&L statements, invoicing, and preparing operational or financial reports.
• Learn yard management, including inspecting equipment, replacing parts, completing repairs, and coordinating preventative maintenance and resolution of safety-related mechanical issues as required.
• Work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service, routing, planning, mechanical, and accessorial-pay issues, including when on call where necessary.
• Learn to maintain the company’s safety culture through daily driver safety messages, monthly briefings, quarterly training, annual reviews, and enforcement of company policies and DOT and safety requirements.
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement for safe, on-time service; manage freight exceptions and driver ETA adjustments based on schedules and road conditions or other environmental factors.

Benefits

• 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, including vacation and sick time
• Six weeks of paid maternity leave and two weeks of paid parental leave
• Six paid holidays annually
• May be eligible for annual bonus and incentives based on profitability or volumes, subject to company plan terms

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level