Manager Trainee

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. • Hagerstown, MD

7d • $46,100 - $57,600

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Manager Trainee learns to manage a small driver count and/or non-traditional shifts, including nights and weekends. The role supports the safe and timely movement of freight through load assignment and planning, routing, monitoring, and delivery, while providing best-in-class customer service. The trainee learns to ensure compliance with DOT regulations and company requirements, working with internal and external contacts to support accurate freight operations.

This position is scheduled for the night shift, with a start time between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Candidates must be available to work nights, weekends, and other scheduled hours as business needs require. Day-shift opportunities are not available at this location. Regional relocation may be required depending on account assignment, and travel to account, customer, and company event locations may be needed.

The expected starting pay range is $46,100 to $57,600. Starting pay may vary based on skills, education, experience, geography, and other qualifications. The position may be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives based on profitability or volumes, subject to applicable company plan terms. The role is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field; or a high school diploma/GED plus one year of experience in management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management, or a related field; equivalent military experience may also qualify.
• Willingness to travel to account, customer, and company event locations when applicable.
• Ability to work across multiple shifts, including nights and/or weekends, as needed.
• Willingness to relocate regionally depending on account assignment.
• Availability for a night-shift schedule starting between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM, including nights, weekends, and other scheduled hours as business needs require.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing a team.
• Ability to anticipate, recognize, and effectively address existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level.
• Ability to analyze situations accurately and make productive decisions using 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 communicate, 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 positive professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers to support carrier setup, reduce turnover, and maximize productivity.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and participate in special projects related to fleet optimization and profitability.
• Learn personnel management, including training and orienting drivers or employees and assisting with internal and third-party customer systems.
• Learn to improve fleet efficiency and profitability, recommend continuous improvement, measure key performance indicators, and prepare and present customer-specific reports and financial analyses.
• Gain knowledge of managing 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, pay issue resolution, P&L analysis, invoicing, and operational or financial reporting.
• Learn to manage the yard, inspect equipment, replace parts, complete repairs, and coordinate scheduled preventative maintenance and repairs to safety-related mechanical issues.
• Learn to 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's safety culture through daily safety messages, monthly driver safety briefings, quarterly driver 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 and meet customer requirements, including managing freight exceptions and adjusting 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, including vacation and sick time, commensurate with tenure
• Six weeks of paid maternity leave
• Two weeks of paid parental leave
• Six paid holidays annually
• May be eligible for annual bonus and incentives based on profitability or volumes

What This Job Offers

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