Manager Trainee-1

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. • Camp Hill, PA

4d

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 focuses on ensuring the safe and timely movement of freight, assigning loads, and providing excellent customer service. The employee is trained to ensure compliance with DOT regulations and company requirements while coordinating with internal and external contacts to plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight and loads.

The position includes learning fleet operations, driver and carrier relationships, personnel management, customer reporting, financial analysis, inventory and asset management, administrative functions, yard and equipment oversight, safety practices, and freight planning and monitoring. Travel to account, customer, or company event locations may be needed. Regional relocation may be required depending on account assignment. The role is full-time and is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field; alternatively, a high school diploma/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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing a team.
• Ability to anticipate, recognize, and effectively handle existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation 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, supporting carrier setup, retention, and productivity.
• Cover for absent or unavailable personnel and participate in projects to optimize fleet operations and profitability.
• Learn personnel management, including training and orienting drivers and/or employees and assisting with internal and third-party customer systems.
• Develop proficiency in improving fleet efficiency and profitability, recommending improvements, measuring key performance indicators, and preparing and presenting customer-specific reports and financial analyses.
• Learn to manage inventory, assets, customer pools, and driver assignments to balance equipment in the market.
• Learn administrative duties such as payroll, Net-Revenue budget management, driver counseling, accident reviews, documentation, pay issue resolution, P&L analysis, invoicing, and operational or financial reporting.
• Learn yard and equipment management, including inspections, minor equipment work or repairs, and coordinating scheduled preventive maintenance and repairs of safety-related mechanical issues.
• Work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service, routing, planning, mechanical, and accessorial pay issues, including when on call as necessary.
• Learn to maintain the company safety culture through driver safety messages, briefings, training, annual reviews, and enforcement of company policies and DOT requirements.
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement to provide safe, on-time service, meet customer requirements, manage freight exceptions, and adjust driver ETAs based on schedules and road conditions.

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
• Two weeks of paid parental leave
• Six paid holidays annually
• Potential eligibility for annual bonus and incentives based on profitability or volumes, subject to applicable company plan terms

What This Job Offers

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