Manager Trainee January Start

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. • Rancho Cucamonga, CA

5d • $50,700 - $63,400

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Manager Trainee learns to manage a small number of drivers and/or non-traditional shifts, including nights and weekends. The role supports safe and timely freight movement, load assignment, and high-quality customer service, and provides training in DOT compliance. The trainee helps ensure drivers follow company regulations and works with internal and external contacts to plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight accurately.

The position develops skills in fleet operations, driver and employee management, customer service, reporting, financial analysis, administrative work, equipment and yard management, and safety. The role may require travel to account, customer, or company event locations, work across shifts, and regional relocation depending on account assignment. The position is full-time and based in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The expected starting pay is $50,700 to $63,400. The role is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship and may be eligible for annual bonus and incentives based on profitability or volumes.

For full-time positions, the company offers medical, dental, and vision benefits; a 401(k) retirement plan; life insurance; short- and long-term disability coverage; paid time off commensurate with tenure; six weeks of paid maternity leave; two weeks of paid parental leave; and six paid holidays annually, subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field; OR high school diploma/GED and 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 situational 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.
• Prior internship experience.

Responsibilities

• Learn to build and maintain 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 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 continuous improvements, measuring key performance indicators, and preparing and presenting customer-specific reports and financial analyses, 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, complete repairs, and coordinate preventative maintenance and resolution 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.
• Learn to maintain the company safety culture through daily driver safety messages, monthly safety 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 to provide safe, on-time service and meet customer requirements, managing freight exceptions and driver ETA adjustments 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