Manager Trainee, May 2027

J.B. Hunt • Trenton, MI

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, timely freight movement, load assignment, customer service, and compliance with 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 provides training in driver and carrier relations, personnel management, fleet operations, customer reporting and financial analysis, inventory and asset management, administrative duties, yard and equipment oversight, service issue resolution, safety programs, and freight planning. Travel to account, customer, and company events may be required, as applicable. Regional relocation may be required depending on account assignment. This position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.

Starting pay may vary based on skills, education, experience, geography, and other qualifications. The role may be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives based on profitability or volumes, subject to company plan terms. The company offers benefits to full-time employees, subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing a team.
• Ability to anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with 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 contribute to special projects that optimize fleet operations and profitability.
• Learn personnel management, including training and orienting drivers and employees and assisting with internal and third-party customer systems.
• Learn to maximize fleet efficiency and profitability, recommend continuous improvements, measure key performance indicators, and create, maintain, and present 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, documentation, pay issue resolution, P&L analysis, invoicing, and operational or financial reporting.
• Learn yard and equipment management, including inspections, minor repairs or part replacement, and coordination with maintenance to ensure timely preventive maintenance and repair of safety-related mechanical issues.
• 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's safety culture through driver safety messages, briefings, training, annual reviews, and enforcement of company policies and DOT and company safety requirements.
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight to provide safe, on-time 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 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 plan terms

What This Job Offers

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