Manager Trainee

J.B. Hunt • Gunter, TX

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. The role supports safe and timely freight movement, load assignment, and excellent customer service, while learning to ensure compliance with Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and company requirements. The trainee works with internal and external contacts to plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight and loads accurately.

The position includes training in fleet operations, driver and employee management, customer service, operational and financial administration, equipment and yard oversight, safety practices, and freight planning. The role may require travel to account, customer, and company event locations, work across multiple shifts, and regional relocation depending on account assignment. The position 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 or 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 handle existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level.
• Ability to accurately analyze situations 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, supporting carrier setup, retention, and productivity.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and support special projects to optimize fleet operations 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 improvements, measure key performance indicators, and prepare and present 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, 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, perform repairs, and coordinate regular preventative maintenance and resolution of safety-related mechanical issues 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'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 movement to provide safe, timely service and meet customer requirements, including handling 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
• The position 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