Manager Trainee

Job Description

Manager Trainee, May 2027 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., located in regionally flexible assignments. J.B. Hunt is a leading transportation services company focused on safe and timely freight movement. This Manager Trainee position is crucial for developing future leaders who will manage critical operational aspects, ensuring compliance with regulations, and providing excellent customer service within a vital part of the supply chain.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Regionally Flexible

• Team: Fleet Operations, reporting to an experienced manager
• Mission: Learn to effectively manage driver operations, ensure safe and timely freight movement, and deliver best-in-class customer service while maintaining regulatory compliance.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Freight & Driver Management: Learn to assign loads, plan, route, and monitor freight movement to provide safe, on-time service and meet customer requirements, including managing freight exceptions and driver ETA adjustments, while also managing small driver counts and non-traditional shifts.
• Fleet & Relationship Optimization: Become proficient in building and maintaining positive professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers, utilizing personnel management for training and orientation, and supporting special projects related to optimizing fleet operations and profitability.
• Financial & Administrative Operations: Develop skills in performing administrative duties such as payroll, managing the Net-Revenue budget, driver counseling, accident reviews, analyzing P&L statements, invoicing, and creating various operational or financial reports.
• Asset & Yard Management: Gain knowledge on how to manage inventory, assets, customer pools, and the assignment of drivers to balance equipment, along with learning yard management including equipment checks, minor repairs, and coordinating maintenance for preventative services and safety fixes.
• Safety & Customer Service: Learn to maintain the Company’s safety culture through daily messages and briefings, enforce company policies for DOT compliance, and work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service issues, routing, mechanical problems, and pay-related concerns.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field. This is an early career position focused on management training.
• Experience: A Bachelor’s degree, OR 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.
• Skills: Willingness to travel to account, customer, and company event locations; ability to work across multiple shifts including nights and/or weekends; willingness to regionally relocate dependent on account assignment; adaptability to changing environments; and the ability to effectively communicate and establish healthy working relationships.
• Bonus: Prior experience managing a team; demonstrated ability to anticipate, analyze, and resolve conflicts or operational problems; strong analytical skills for informed decision-making; and a proven track record of providing excellent service to meet team or driver needs and expectations.