Manager Trainee Spring 2027

J.B. Hunt • Lowell, AR

6d

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 and timely freight movement, load assignment, and high-quality customer service. The trainee learns to ensure compliance with Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and company policies, and works with internal and external contacts to plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight and loads accurately.

The position develops skills in driver and carrier relations, fleet operations, personnel management, customer service, financial and administrative duties, equipment and yard management, and safety. It may require travel to account, customer, and company event locations, work across multiple shifts, and regional relocation depending on account assignment. The role 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 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 communication 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, supporting carrier setup, retention, and productivity.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and participate in special projects focused on fleet optimization and profitability.
• Learn personnel management tasks, including training and orientation of drivers or employees and supporting the use of internal and 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 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, documentation, resolving pay issues, analyzing P&L statements, invoicing, and preparing operational or financial reports.
• Learn yard and equipment management, including inspections, minor repairs or part replacement, and coordination of scheduled preventive maintenance and repairs to 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's safety culture through daily 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 for safe, on-time service; 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 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