Forward

Logistics · Road Transport
Truth index A
61Open roles40 posted in 30 days+6 this week
$49kMedian advertised pay−13% vs market
21 daysTime to fillmedian of 117 closed rolesmarket: 32 days
A 97/100Truth index
Lately:+6 roles posted this week5 news stories in 90 daysFollow changes →

Facts

as of Nov 14, 2026

Forward, the brand of Nasdaq-listed Forward Air Corporation, is an asset-light freight and logistics company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, offering expedited less-than-truckload, truckload, final mile, intermodal, ocean and air forwarding services. It reports about 2.5 billion dollars in annual revenue and serves shippers across the US, Canada and Mexico through a network of terminals and warehouses, including sites in Coppell, Groveport, Des Plaines and Compton. It hires forklift operators, warehouse associates, dispatchers, customer relations coordinators, operations supervisors, import coordinators and account managers.

It is hiring: 61 open roles, 40 of them posted in the last 30 days. Its stated pay is 13% below the market estimate for the same roles.

Headquarters
Dallas, United States
Employees
1001-5000estimated range
Open roles
61 in 29 citiesAlion job postings
Official records
Wikidata Q129585385
Website
forwardair.com

As of Nov 14, 2026, Alion lists 61 open roles at Forward. Forward is headquartered in Dallas, United States. The median pay stated in its open roles is $49k, across 34 postings that state pay.

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Trust

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What the registers and the postings say about this employer.

Postings are real
Alion truth index: A
97/100
Ghost roles
re-checked against its careers site
0%
Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
Full employer checkScam signs in adverts, mail records, visa registers, domain history
Sources: company registers, the Alion truth index, OFAC and EU sanctions lists, US WARN notices

Hiring

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Hiring at full speed: most open roles are fresh.

Field & Service is the largest family, 46 of open roles.

40Posted in 30 days53% of open roles are fresh
5%Remote roles4 of 75
1Roles in AI1% of open roles
29Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
180 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
United States180On site
Remote, from elsewhere4Rare
No posting offers visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 4.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
Forward21 days
Market, same roles32 days
Alion signals0-100
Demand43
Pay41
Your chance52
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Open roles over time−100%
Sep 28This week
Open roles a week: 74 then, 0 now
Are the postings real?
A
97 / 100Forward scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 8 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 25% have gone stale and 13% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 21 days.
Ghost roles0%
Gone stale25%
Reposted13%
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
Field & Service46▲
Administrative19
Operations10
Industrial Engineering7
Finance3
Management3▼
Newest roles
Implementation Manager
Hybrid · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Dallas · Atlanta
Industrial Engineer - Contract Logistics
In office · Contractor · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Dallas
Vice President, Procurement
≈ $83k – $158k per year (Estimated) · In office · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Dallas
What postings ask forlanguages named in open roles
English2236%
Spanish23%
Portuguese12%
Degree asked
High School Diploma 85%Bachelor's Degree 15%
Experience asked: 3.8 years on average, in 37 postings. 54 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Flexible schedule35%
Professional development23%
Growth opportunities23%
Insurance coverage12%
Contract type
Part-Time 3Contract 3Full-Time 2
Visa sponsorship: none statedRelocation: none stated
View 61 jobsRoles matching my profile
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family

Pay

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Pays 13% below the market estimate for the same roles.

$49kMedian
$32k – $190kTypical rangeUSD a year
$190kHighest paying roleGeneral Manager, Contract Logistics
Source: the pay stated in the company's postings, normalised to USD a year

Footprint

Hiring in 29 cities in 1 country.

29Cities
1Countries
GroveportBusiest site
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SiteTypeOpen rolesHires most forEngineering
Dallas United StatesHeadquarters10Operations, Finance, Industrial Engineering0%
Groveport United StatesPlant / site11Field & Service, Administrative, Operations0%
Des Plaines United StatesPlant / site7Administrative, Sales, Operations0%
Irving United StatesPlant / site5Field & Service, Industrial Engineering0%
Atlanta United StatesRegional office3Sales, Industrial Engineering, Solutions0%
Coppell United StatesPlant / site2Operations0%
Romulus United StatesNot classified2Field & Service0%
Boston United StatesNot classified2Sales, Industrial Engineering0%
All 29 offices
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers

Peers

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Ranked #10 by open roles among its 11 closest peers.

#CompanyHQOpen rolesSize
1DSVTaastrup, Denmark1,3055000+
2XPOGreenwich, United States505
3FedEx FreightMemphis, United States4745000+
4Estes Express LinesRichmond, United States3855000+
5RXOCharlotte, United States2695000+
6SaiaJohns Creek, United States176
7Werner EnterprisesOmaha, United States1085000+
8Charger LogisticsBrampton, Canada721001-5000
10ForwardDallas, United States611001-5000
Forward competitors and alternatives
Source: Alion's similar-companies engine (industry segments, technologies, headquarters country, size)

Tech stack

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Technologies named in job postings at Forward over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.

22Technologies in use
154Postings analysed
79/100Stack modernityAI adopter
LanguagesSQL 3%Python 1%PowerShell 1%PHP 1%
DatabasesDb2 1%Snowflake 1%
Cloud & platformsWindows 60%Power BI 3%Databricks 2%Active Directory 1%
AI & MLChatGPT 1%Claude 1%
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Full Forward tech stack22 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site

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