Transportation Supervisor

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Directly supervise and coordinate activities of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators and helpers.
• Report to Logistic & Transportation Manager.
• Enforce safety rules and regulations.
• Plan work assignments and equipment allocations to meet transportation, operations, or production goals.
• Confer with customers, supervisors, contractors, and other personnel to exchange information and to resolve problems.
• Direct workers in transportation or related services, such as pumping, moving, storing, and loading or unloading of materials or people.
• Resolve worker problems or collaborate with employees to assist in problem resolution.
• Review orders, production schedules, blueprints, and shipping or receiving notices to determine work sequences and material shipping dates, types, volumes, and destinations.
• Monitor field work to ensure that it is being performed properly and that materials are being used as they should be.
• Recommend and implement measures to improve worker motivation, equipment performance, work methods, and customer services.
• Maintain or verify records of time, materials, expenditures, and crew activities.
• Interpret transportation and tariff regulations, shipping orders, safety regulations, and company policies and procedures for workers.
  
  

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor or Associate’s degree with a major in traffic management, logistics, or physical distribution (Equivalent combinations of training and/or related experience will be considered, such as certifications or courses in transportation, economics, and management)
• 10+ years of experience
• Managing organizational vehicle fleets
• Strong management skills
• Excellent English verbal/written communication skills
• Highly reliable
• Independent thinker with strong initiative