Company Overview
We're a fourth-generation, family-run logistics business with over 90 years of history and a reputation for doing things the right way. From our depots across Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire we run a fleet of around 70 HGVs and over 100,000 ft² of warehousing, serving customers nationwide with everything from general haulage and pallet distribution to contract logistics and specialist movements.
What sets us apart is where we sit in the industry. While most hauliers talk about going green and getting smarter, we're actually doing it, and the rest of the sector watches. We're recognised nationally as one of the leading voices on decarbonising road freight, running electric trucks on real customer work rather than just for the photos, and we're equally serious about digitalising how a modern haulier plans, communicates and runs its operation. If you want to learn this trade in a business that's shaping where the industry is going, rather than waiting to be told, you're in the right place.
Above all, we're a family business with a friendly, supportive culture, and many of our team have been with us for decades.
Why this role matters
Every load that leaves our yard has been planned, booked and chased by the traffic office. It's the engine room of the business and it's where the next generation of transport managers, planners and operators come from. This apprenticeship is the way in.
You'll be based at our Duxford (Cambridge) depot, sitting alongside our Customer Service, Operations and Planning teams, learning how a real haulage operation actually works. Not from a textbook, from the people doing it. Once you've embedded in the business and we've worked out where your strengths sit, we'll align you to the right apprenticeship framework, so your qualification reflects the work you're actually doing rather than a generic course off the shelf.
We're also active supporters of Generation Logistics, the national campaign opening up the industry to young people who've never thought of it as a career. Logistics has a serious image problem with school and college leavers, and we want to change that. If you're the right candidate, we'd love to promote your journey, not just internally but out in the local community and schools, to show others what a career in this industry actually looks like.
What you'll do
To begin with, you'll be alongside the team, watching, asking questions and picking up the rhythm of a busy traffic office. The phones ring, drivers come and go, the plan shifts, and you'll learn how each part of the machine fits together. As your knowledge grows, so will your responsibility. You might be speaking to drivers, booking jobs through the pallet networks, helping plan the next day's loads, or dealing with customers directly. You'll also get out into the yard, the warehouse and onto the trucks, because you can't plan transport properly if you've never stood in a loading bay.
You won't be doing it alone, either. We've got a number of apprentices across the Group at any one time, in the workshop, on the trucks and in the office, so there's a built-in peer group of people learning the trade alongside you.
What we're looking for
We're not too fussed about GCSE grades or what you studied. We care about whether you turn up on time, every day, and bring your full attention with you. The traffic office is a fast-moving place, and reliability and punctuality aren't optional extras, they're the foundation. Beyond that, we want someone who's curious, asks questions, isn't afraid to pick up the phone, and gets a kick out of solving puzzles under pressure.
A driving licence is preferred given the industry we're in, but it isn't essential. The right attitude is.
The deal
You'll earn from day one, not the apprentice minimum rate. Once you're embedded and we've worked out the right path together, we'll fund and support you through a relevant apprenticeship qualification. There's a clear route from here into planning, operations or management, and many of our senior team started in roles like this one.
If you want to learn the haulage trade properly, from a 90-year-old family business that still does things the right way, we'd love to hear from you.
Pay: From £26,000.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Transport links
Work Location: In person
