Manager Trainee

J.B. Hunt • Modesto, CA

18d

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, while ensuring safe and timely freight movement, load assignment, and best-in-class customer service. The role includes training in DOT compliance and company regulations, and working with internal and external contacts to plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight and loads accurately.

The position involves developing fleet-management, customer-service, personnel-management, administrative, safety, and operational skills. The trainee may fill in for absent personnel and participate in projects to optimize fleet operations and profitability. The expected starting pay is $48,400–$60,500. Starting pay may vary based on skills, education, experience, geography, and other qualifications. The position may also be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives based on profitability or volumes under applicable company plans. The position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED with up to four years of equivalent education, experience, and training; and/or currently enrolled in and working toward a degree program with up to two years of equivalent education, experience, and training; and/or a bachelor’s degree.
• Ability to work across multiple shifts, including nights and/or weekends, if needed.
• Willingness to travel to account, customer, and company event locations when applicable.
• Ability to anticipate, recognize, and effectively address actual or potential conflicts at individual, group, or situational levels.
• 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.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to recognize, anticipate, and resolve organizational, operational, or process problems.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree plus one year of equivalent education, experience, and training.

Responsibilities

• Learn to build and maintain professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers; support new-carrier setup, minimize turnover, and maximize ongoing productivity.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and work on special projects related to fleet optimization and profitability.
• Learn personnel management, including training and orientation of drivers or employees and helping them use internal and third-party customer systems.
• Develop proficiency in improving fleet efficiency and profitability, recommending continuous improvements, measuring key performance indicators, and preparing and presenting customer-specific reporting and financial analysis, including through face-to-face interactions at customer locations.
• Learn to manage inventory, assets, customer pools, and driver assignments to balance equipment in the market.
• Learn administrative duties such as payroll, managing the Net-Revenue budget, driver counseling, accident reviews, filing and documentation, resolving pay issues, analyzing P&L statements, invoicing, and preparing operational or financial reports.
• Learn to manage the yard, inspect equipment, replace parts such as mud flaps, complete repairs, and coordinate scheduled preventive maintenance and the repair of safety-related mechanical issues for account equipment as required.
• Work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service, routing, planning, mechanical, and accessorial-pay issues as they arise, including when on call where necessary.
• Help maintain the company’s safety culture through daily driver safety messages, monthly safety briefings, quarterly driver training, annual reviews, and enforcement of company policies and DOT and company safety requirements.
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight to provide safe, on-time service and meet customer requirements, including handling freight exceptions and adjusting driver ETAs based on pickup and delivery 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
• 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
• Education Level: High school or GED