Transport Team Manager

Staffline is recruiting for a Transport Team Manager to join our client's Distribution Centre in Emerald Park, Bristol. If you're looking to utilise your transport leadership experience and showcase drive,…

Pay rate £16.01 – £19.13/hour
Job type Temporary
Posted 24 August 2026

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About this job

Staffline is recruiting for a Transport Team Manager to join our client's Distribution Centre in Emerald Park, Bristol.

If you're looking to utilise your transport leadership experience and showcase drive, determination, and enthusiasm, we want to hear from you!

You will possess a passion for colleague safety and wellbeing, employee engagement and development, customer relationships and growth and operational improvement and innovation. Also, a great opportunity to progress your transport career for the right candidate. Temp to perm opportunity available.

Shift pattern: Any 5 from 7- 22:00 to 0600

PAYE pay rates for the first 12 weeks are as follows:

Monday to Friday: £16.01 per hour
Saturday & Sunday: £19.13 per hour

Your Time at Work
Key Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Transport Shift Manager with the responsibility for a team of Transport Clerks & Drivers
Proactively motivating the team to achieve planned targets and deadlines by providing guidance and encouragement.
To ensure the operation achieves targeted daily and weekly KPI's, through effective use of the customer's computerised Integrated Transport Management System.
To ensure the department provides a quality first class service to the customer and stores.
To ensure the department operates within the legal constraints of the site operator's licence.
Ensure the operation is fully compliant with legislation.

Our Perfect Worker

Experience of working within a transport environment.
Experience of a Unionised Environment an advantage
Knowledge of computerised scheduling and driver management packages an advantage.
Knowledge and understanding of transport driver targets and transport legislation
Excellent interpersonal skills and team management
Succeeds in building effective stakeholder relationships with the ability to influence management team's thinking to deliver high performance through a culture of accountability and ownership

Interviews are available immediately.

Key Information and Benefits
This is a temp-to-perm role offering genuine opportunities for career progression.
Full training will be provided.

About Staffline
Staffline is the UK's largest recruitment solutions partner, enabling over 35,000 people into good work every week. We operate at more than 420 customer sites across England, Scotland and Wales.

As one of the most established recruitment agencies in Nottingham with operations across the UK, we specialise in connecting businesses with temporary and permanent jobs across warehouse & logistics, food and drink, aviation, driving, technical & engineering, manufacturing & automotive and security.
Important Information

- Staffline and its subsidiaries do not charge any recruitment or job‑seeking fees at any stage of the hiring process.
- This job advert may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, by third-party websites, without prior written consent from Staffline.
- Our job adverts are correct at the time of publication, but some details and job responsibilities are subject to change

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