Manager Trainee

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. • Atlanta, GA

14d

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 position supports the safe and timely movement of freight through load assignment and planning, routing, and monitoring freight and loads, while providing best-in-class customer service. The trainee learns to ensure compliance with Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and company requirements, coordinating with internal and external contacts to support accurate freight operations and delivery.

The role includes training in driver and employee management, fleet efficiency and profitability, customer reporting and financial analysis, inventory and equipment balancing, administrative and financial duties, yard and equipment oversight, service issue resolution, and the maintenance of a company safety culture. The position may involve travel to account, customer, and company event locations and regional relocation depending on account assignment. It 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 with 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.
• This position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.

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 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 communicate, 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, reduce turnover, and improve productivity.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and assist with 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 analysis 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, resolving pay issues, P&L analysis, invoicing, and operational or financial reporting.
• Learn yard and equipment management, including inspecting equipment, replacing parts, making repairs, and coordinating timely preventive maintenance and 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.
• 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 safety requirements.
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight to provide safe, on-time service and meet customer requirements, including managing 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 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, subject to company plans and terms in effect

What This Job Offers

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