Manager Trainee

J.B. Hunt • Windsor Locks, CT

11d

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 safe, timely freight movement, load assignment, and high-quality customer service while learning to ensure compliance with Department of Transportation (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 knowledge of fleet operations, driver and carrier relationships, personnel management, customer reporting, inventory and asset management, administrative and financial processes, yard and equipment management, service issue resolution, and safety programs. The role may require travel to account, customer, and company event locations; regional relocation depending on account assignment; and work across non-traditional shifts, including nights, weekends, and overnight hours.

The expected starting pay range is $50,700–$63,400. 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 plan terms. This position 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 if needed.
• Willingness to relocate regionally depending on account assignment.

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 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, minimize turnover, and maximize productivity.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and participate in special projects to optimize fleet operations and profitability.
• Learn personnel management, including training and orienting drivers and employees, and assisting with 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 reports and financial analyses.
• 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, 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 preventive maintenance and correction of safety-related mechanical issues for account equipment as required.
• Learn to 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 safety culture through driver safety messages, monthly safety briefings, quarterly training, annual reviews, and enforcement of company policies and DOT and company safety requirements.
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement for safe, on-time service, managing freight exceptions and driver ETA adjustments according to 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
• Position may be eligible for annual bonus and incentives based on profitability or volumes, subject to applicable plan terms.

What This Job Offers

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