Manager Trainee – Transportation Operations

Job Description

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

The Tone:
This is a full-time training position at J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., a leading company in transport services committed to the safe and timely movement of freight. The Manager Trainee role is pivotal for learning the management of small driver counts and non-traditional shifts, including nights and weekends. This position is responsible for ensuring best-in-class customer service and strict compliance with DOT regulations, actively working with internal and external contacts to accurately plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight and loads across various operations.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Regional Relocation Required

• Mission: To learn and ensure the safe and timely movement of freight and loads, deliver best-in-class customer service, and uphold compliance with DOT and company regulations.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Relationship Building: Learn to build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and reliable outside carriers to ensure seamless new carrier set-up, minimize turnover, and maximize ongoing productivity.
• Operational Management: Become proficient in maximizing the efficiency and profitability of fleet operations, including making recommendations for continuous improvement, measuring key performance indicators, and presenting customer-specific reporting and financial analysis.
• Asset and Driver Assignment: Gain knowledge on how to manage inventory, assets, customer pools, and the assignment of drivers to effectively balance equipment within the market.
• Administrative Oversight: Learn to perform administrative duties such as payroll processing, managing the Net-Revenue budget, driver counseling, accident reviews, filing and documenting, resolving pay issues, analyzing P&L statements, and creating operational or financial reports.
• Freight Planning and Compliance: Learn to assign loads, plan, route, and monitor freight movement to provide safe, on-time service, meet customer requirements, and maintain the Company’s safety culture through regular driver safety messages and training to ensure DOT compliance.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Entry-Level, requiring a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field; OR a High School Diploma/GED combined with at least one year of experience in management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management, or equivalent military experience.
• 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; and a willingness to regionally relocate dependent on account assignment.
• Skills: Ability to anticipate, recognize, and effectively deal with existing or potential conflicts at the individual or group level; proven capability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment; strong adaptability to changing environments; and the capacity to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
• Bonus: Prior experience managing a team.