Manager Trainee
The Manager Trainee at Confidential Client is responsible for learning to manage a small fleet of drivers and non-traditional shifts, ensuring safe and timely freight movement while maintaining compliance with DOT regulations. This role involves developing skills in driver and fleet management, customer service, operational and financial reporting, and safety enforcement to optimize fleet operations and profitability.
About Careertakes
👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Logistics & Warehouse.
Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.
What You’ll Do
Under general supervision, learn essential operations and people-management responsibilities that keep regional freight, drivers, and customer accounts moving safely and on time. This is an entry-level management role built for hands-on development in a logistics environment.
- Learn to manage a small driver count and/or non-traditional shifts (including nights and weekends).
- Assign loads, plan and route freight, monitor movements and ETA adjustments to meet customer requirements.
- Build and maintain positive, professional relationships with drivers and reliable outside carriers; support new carrier set-up and reduce turnover.
- Support DOT compliance and safety processes; reinforce company policies and deliver driver safety messages and training.
- Assist with personnel management tasks including training, orientation, driver counseling, and on-call support.
- Perform administrative duties such as payroll support, invoicing, resolving pay issues, maintaining documentation, and assisting with P&L and financial reporting.
- Support yard operations—inspect equipment, coordinate repairs and preventative maintenance with maintenance teams.
- Learn to measure and report key performance indicators; participate in continuous improvement and customer-facing reporting and analysis.
- Fill in for absent staff and contribute to special projects that optimize fleet operations and profitability.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications (required)
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field OR High School Diploma/GED plus 1 year of related experience (management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management), or equivalent military experience.
- Ability to work flexible shifts, including nights and weekends when needed.
- Willingness to travel to customer, account, and company events and to regionally relocate depending on account assignment.
- This position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience managing or supervising a team.
- Familiarity with DOT regulations, fleet operations, routing, or load planning.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze situations and make informed decisions.
- Clear communication skills and ability to build productive working relationships with drivers, customers, and vendors.
- Adaptability to changing environments and capacity to manage competing priorities.
Compensation & Benefits
- Estimated compensation: $57,292 per year (estimated).
- This role may be eligible for annual bonus and incentive programs based on profitability or volume, subject to program terms.
- Benefits for eligible full-time employees typically include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid time off (vacation and sick), paid parental leave, and paid holidays. Actual benefit eligibility and plan details are determined by the hiring organization and applicable policies.
Work Environment & Additional Info
- Employment type: Full-time (entry-level / trainee). Internship opportunities may also be offered in some programs.
- Location: Dorchester, TX — on-site work with required travel to account/customer locations as needed.
- This position requires working across shifts and may include on-call responsibilities.
- Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified applicants with disabilities to enable performance of essential functions.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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