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What Work Leicestershire
LOGISTICS AND
DISTRIBUTION
Logistics and transport involve the effective and efficient flow of goods and services from the
point of origin to the point of consumption across road, rail, air and sea. It is a global 24-7,
365 days a week industry, which supports all other sectors. Hence there are a huge variety of
roles, including transport planning, operations management, supply chain, rail freight, aviation,
sustainability planning, warehouse management, passenger security and driving related activity.
Leicestershire’s central location means that 95% of the UK population can be accessed within a
four hour drive.
What is happening?
Skills & qualities
• Increased innovation and technology is used across
the sector, with robotics, automated services and
Intelligent Transport Systems. Many sites are very
high tech, to maximise productivity and reduce
energy consumption.
• There are opportunities available across many
levels and young people can enter the sector and
upskill into a range of different careers. The sector
employs 42,800 people here.
What could you earn?
Transport manager £23K-£50K
• Magna Park is a leading 550 acre site which includes
distribution centres for Asda, Britvic, BT and Argos;
an onsite training and research centre is being
planned. Rail engineering technician £18K-£40K
Train driver £30K-£60K
Supply chain manager £20K-£60K
Warehouse manager £18K-£45K
• East Midlands Airport is a huge employer with a
range of opportunities. Expansion is planned in
both passenger and cargo numbers. It is the UK
base for DHL and UPS, two of the world’s top four
air express freight operators. Import export clerk £18K-£30K
Pilot £22K-£100K
• The East Midlands Gateway Strategic Rail Freight
Interchange development site, SEGRO Roxhill,
alongside East Midlands Airport will provide many
jobs including ICT roles, engineering, managers,
customer services and warehouse roles.
• Hub distribution sites also include Marks and
Spencers in Castle Donington, Bardon Hill
(Amazon), and DPD at Hinckley.
• Some organisations have their own fleets such
as Next, Walkers and Samworth Brothers,
whilst others choose to outsource this to private
companies based here.
Local employers include
• Magna Park • HW Coates
• HAE Global • DHL
• Ceva Logistics • Fred Sherwood
group
• Scania
• East Midlands
Airport
• Pall Ex
• DPD
On the web
www.careersthatmove.co.uk
www.eastmidlandsairport.com
http://lutterworth.magnapark.co.uk
www.novus.uk.com
https://www.ciltuk.org.uk
www.ioc.uk.com
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