Manager Trainee – Fleet Operations

Job Description

Manager Trainee | J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

The Tone:
This is a full-time Manager Trainee position at J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., potentially requiring regional relocation and travel. J.B. Hunt is a leading transportation and logistics company dedicated to ensuring the safe and timely movement of freight across North America. This role is crucial for learning the foundational management skills necessary to optimize fleet operations, maintain compliance, and deliver best-in-class service to customers and drivers. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting daily operations and contributing to the company’s overall efficiency and profitability.

The TL;DR
• Role: Manager Trainee
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Variable, potentially requiring regional relocation and travel

• Mission: Learn to manage driver operations, freight movement, and customer service to ensure safe, timely, and compliant transportation services.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Driver Relationship Management: Learn to build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and carriers to minimize turnover and maximize productivity.
• Operational Oversight and Support: Fill in for absent personnel, assist with special projects, and learn to train and orient drivers and employees on various systems.
• Fleet Optimization and Reporting: Become proficient in maximizing fleet efficiency and profitability, making recommendations for improvement, and presenting customer-specific reports.
• Administrative and Financial Management: Learn to perform administrative duties such as payroll, budget management, driver counseling, accident reviews, and analyzing P&L statements.
• Compliance and Safety Enforcement: Learn to maintain the Company’s safety culture, including daily messages, briefings, and training, and enforce policies to ensure DOT compliance.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Entry-Level management professional with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• Experience: A High School Diploma/GED combined with at least 1 year of experience in management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management, or equivalent military experience may substitute for a Bachelor’s degree.
• Skills: Ability to analyze situations and make productive decisions; strong communication skills to interact with drivers, customers, and internal personnel; a commitment to meeting team/driver needs and providing excellent service; and the capacity to anticipate, recognize, and resolve operational problems.
• Bonus: Prior experience managing a team; demonstrated ability to adapt to changing environments; and the capacity to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.