Manager Trainee

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Under general supervision, this position is responsible for learning the management of a small driver count and/or non‑traditional shifts (including nights and weekends). The role ensures safe and timely movement of freight, load assignment, and provides best‑in‑class customer service. You will be trained to ensure compliance with DOT regulations, oversee drivers’ compliance with company regulations, and collaborate with internal and external contacts to plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight.

• MUST BE OPEN TO RELOCATION AT THE END OF THE 3–6‑MONTH PROGRAM
• MUST BE OPEN TO WORKING NIGHTS AND/OR WEEKENDS

• Build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and outside carriers to ensure seamless carrier set‑up, minimize turnover, and maximize productivity.
• Fill in for absent personnel and participate in special projects related to fleet operations and profitability.
• Develop personnel management skills, including training and orientation of drivers and/or employees, and assistance with internal and third‑party systems.
• Identify and recommend continuous improvements, measure key performance indicators, and present customer‑specific reporting and financial analysis at customer locations.
• Manage inventory, assets, customer pools, and driver assignments to balance equipment in market.
• Perform administrative duties such as payroll, net‑revenue budget management, driver counseling, accident reviews, documentation, pay issue resolution, analysis of P&L statements, invoicing, and operational or financial reporting.
• Oversee yard operations, including equipment inspection, part replacement, repairs, and coordination with maintenance for preventive maintenance and safety‑related repairs.
• Resolve service issues involving drivers, customers, and company personnel, addressing routing/planning, mechanical problems, accessorial pay, etc., including on‑call duties when necessary.
• Maintain the company’s safety culture through daily driver safety messages, monthly briefings, quarterly training, annual reviews, and enforcement of DOT compliance and company safety policies.
• Assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight to provide safe, on‑time service, manage freight exceptions, and adjust driver ETA based on schedules and road conditions.

Minimum Qualification:

• High School Diploma/GED with up to 4 years of equivalent education, experience, and training AND/OR currently enrolled in a degree program with up to 2 years of education, experience, and training, AND/OR Bachelor’s degree with ability to work multiple shifts including nights and/or weekends if needed. Must be willing to travel to account, customer, and company event locations when applicable.

Preferred

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree plus 1 year of or equivalent education, experience, and training.

• Anticipate, recognize, and effectively address conflicts at individual, group, or situational levels.
• Accurately analyze situations and make productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Adapt to changing environments.
• Establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
• Meet or exceed team/driver needs and expectations while providing excellent service.
• Effective communication skills.
• Recognize, anticipate, and resolve organizational, operational, or process problems.

The expected starting pay range for this position is between $42,000.00 and $63,000.00.

This position is not eligible for employment‑based sponsorship.

Medical, dental, and vision benefits; 401(k) retirement plan; life insurance; short‑term and long‑term disability coverage; paid time off (vacation and sick time); six weeks of paid maternity leave; two weeks of paid parental leave; and six paid holidays annually.

Job Opening :  Manager Trainee (Open)

“This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.”

J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. is committed to basing employment decisions on the principles of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, persons with disabilities, protected veterans or other bases by applicable law.