Transportation Managers
Job description
The Directors of Transportation Operations direct the activities of:
- Railroads or Airlines
- Bus routes
- Public transportation
- Navigation lines (over water)
- Trucking lines (over land)
Freight Movement Managers direct the movement of goods. They are employed in:
- Freight transportation and shipping companies
- Shipping agencies
- The retail shipping department
- The manufacturing sector
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
Main tasks
Transportation Managers - Operations
- Define service policies and standards.
- Ensure compliance with transportation regulations.
- Ensure the dispatch of road vehicles, ships, or aircraft.
- Control the budget and company or department performance.
- Manage acquisitions.
- Draft reports.
- Plan schedule and policy changes.
- Recruit and train staff.
Transportation Managers - Freight Movement
- Monitor shipping schedules and track the movement of goods in transit.
- Define performance targets and set rates for transportation services.
- Develop plans and procedures that apply to the transportation and storage of goods.
- Negotiate services and preferential rates.
- Control the department’s budget.
- Recruit and train staff.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $30.00
- Median
- $48.08
- Maximum
- $74.04
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
8,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 26.3% Female
- 73.7% Male
Not available.
- 26.3% Female
- 73.7% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$87,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 48, 4964% of jobs
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NAICS 4111% of jobs
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NAICS 913% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 453% of jobs
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NAICS 812% of jobs
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Others17% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 48, 4964% of jobs
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NAICS 4111% of jobs
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NAICS 913% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 453% of jobs
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NAICS 812% of jobs
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Others17% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Numerous training and study programs lead to managerial or executive positions.
Also required
Transportation Managers - Freight Movement
- Several years of clerical or practical administrative experience.
- Experience in the freight industry.
Sometimes required
- A Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Engineering is usually required.
Transportation Managers - Operations
- Several years of experience in transportation operations including supervisory experience are usually required.
- Extensive experience as a supervisor and as a driver in a particular mode of transportation (airplane, locomotive, ship, or truck) may substitute for academic credentials.
- A certificate of qualification as a driver in a particular mode of transportation (aircraft, ship, truck) is usually required.
Transportation Managers - Freight Movement
- A college diploma or university degree in Business Administration or Transportation Management may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Reading comprehension
- Oral expression
- Active listening
- Result evaluation
- Critical thought
- Information processing
- Coordination
- Written expression
- Time management
- Judgment and decision-making
- Solving complex problems
- Human resource management
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Social perception
- Active learning
- Teaching
- Systems evaluation
- System analysis
- Mathematics
- Operation analysis
- Learning strategies
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Written expression
- Verbal skills
- Deductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Speech clarity
- Inductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Near vision
- Information organization
- Idea generation
- Classification
- Originality
- Basic numeracy
- Mathematical reasoning
- Processing flexibility
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Leadership
- Focussed on results
- Knowledge of administration and management
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Capacity to delegate
- Commitment
- Rigour
- Intermediate knowledge of the English language
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work with numbers
- Work in transportation and maintenance
- Work in an office
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 70020
Managers in transportation
Job titles
- Marine operations superintendent
- Director of transportation
- Air freight manager
- Ocean freight manager
- Airline manager
- Transportation fleet manager
- Assistant general agent - railway
- Railway transport general agent
- Shore captain - water transport
- Marine superintendent
- Port captain - water transport
- Shipping and warehousing service manager
- Assistant traffic manager - transportation
- Traffic and transportation assistant manager
- Assistant transportation manager
- Airline division manager
- Railway division superintendent
- General transportation manager
- General traffic manager - transportation
- Railway transport area manager
- Global logistics manager
- Cartage company manager
- Moving company manager
- Motor transport manager
- Bus company manager
- Ferry operations manager
- Freight company manager
- Ship line manager
- Tow truck company manager
- Transfer company manager
- Airline flight schedule design manager
- Distribution operations manager - logistics
- Director of operations - transportation
- Marine transportation operations manager
- Distribution director
- Distribution manager - logistics
- Distribution and warehousing manager
- Freight division manager
- Transportation management director
- Director of logistics - transportation
- Transportation logistics manager
- Integrated logistics manager
- Current schedule planning manager - airline
- Runway manager
- Shipping services manager
- Freight forwarding manager
- Airline express manager
- Railway passenger operations manager
- Ship management operations manager
- Flight operations director
- Airline fleet operations manager
- Logistics operations director
- Marine operations manager
- Integrated logistics programs director
- Distribution services manager
- Ramp manager - airline
- Railway freight manager
- Urban transit system manager
- Travel and relocation department manager
- Transport department manager
- Rail operations superintendent
- Traffic manager - transport
- Traffic manager - water transport
- Director of traffic - transportation
- Export traffic manager
- Import traffic manager
- Corporate traffic manager - transportation
- Freight traffic manager
- International traffic manager
- Corporate transportation manager
- Transportation and traffic manager
- Rail transport manager
- Water transport manager
- Logistics analytics manager
- Flight schedulers manager
- Cruise ship line manager
- Logistics solution manager
- Assistant superintendent - railway
- Airline division superintendent
- Airline superintendent
- Ferry superintendent
- Superintendent of transportation
- Freight forwarder
Skill type
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
Last update: January 29, 2026
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