Manager Trainee

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

13d

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

The position includes learning driver and carrier relations, fleet operations, personnel management, customer reporting and financial analysis, inventory and asset management, administrative and budget responsibilities, yard and equipment management, service issue resolution, safety program administration, and freight planning and monitoring. Travel to account, customer, and company events may be required when applicable, and regional relocation may be necessary depending on account assignment. The role may involve working across multiple shifts, including nights or weekends, if needed. 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/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 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; support carrier setup, minimize turnover, and maximize productivity.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and participate in special projects related to fleet optimization 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 improvements, measuring key performance indicators, and preparing and presenting customer-specific reporting and financial analysis.
• Learn to manage inventory, assets, customer pools, and driver assignments to balance equipment in the market.
• Learn administrative duties such as payroll, Net-Revenue budget management, 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 scheduled preventive maintenance and repairs of 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 safety culture through driver safety messages, briefings, 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 an annual bonus and incentives based on profitability or volumes, subject to applicable company plan terms

What This Job Offers

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