Transportation Coordinator

Description:

Transportation Coordinator

JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION SUMMARY

The Transportation Coordinator is responsible for promptly scheduling customer pickups and deliveries and ensuring high-quality customer service while routing drivers safely and efficiently to maximize profit and decrease accidents and errors. The Transportation Coordinator must ensure that all efforts comply with company policy, procedure, and DOT regulations. Duties also include weighing all vehicles inbound and outbound, code correct commodities into the computer system, direct customers/suppliers to proper area, complete purchases, and issue payments.

ABOUT HARMON SCRAP METAL

Here at Harmon Scrap Metal, we contribute to our environment by recycling on a large scale through the processing of scrap metal and we are growing by the day!

Our mission is to empower people to recycle the past to impact the future. By staying disciplined in our core values, we have intentionally built a remarkable team and culture. Discipline, Trust, Alignment, Accountability, Adaptability, and Safety, are the backbone of our business. They guide our hiring process and daily operations. We are transparent and results-oriented in all we do.

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

- Dispatch and support drivers

- Route drivers throughout the day to ensure efficient and timely deliveries through online program

- Assist drivers with routing discrepancies and concerns promptly by communicating professionally both verbally and in writing

- Conducting scale operations and evaluate incoming products: identify contents of each load, operate the incoming scale to determine weight, and direct customers to appropriate areas for unloading

- Ensure accurate and comprehensive documentation of all inbound and outbound scale transactions and process paperwork per company process

- Perform duties in a timely fashion and keep traffic moving across the scale at a reasonable rate

- Explain scale and yard procedures to new suppliers/customers.

- Direct vehicles to proper location for inspection

- Ensure the scales, radiation detector, computer system, phones and other necessary devices are in proper working condition

- Restrict office access to authorized personnel only

- Perform general housekeeping

- Attend and participate in internal meetings and complete required training

- Performs other related duties as assigned by management

BENEFITS

- Insurance Benefit Package

- Paid Holidays

- PTO Program

- Bonus Opportunities

- Professional Training & Development Opportunities

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

If this position caught your eye, send us your resume! For best consideration, include the job title and source where you found this position in the subject line of your email to careers@harmonscrapmetal.com

Disclaimer: The sorting and processing of scrap metals involves using permanent magnets and electromagnets, creating magnetic fields, which can interfere with electronic medical devices like cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators.

Requirements:

KEY COMPETENCIES

- Excellent customer service

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

- Basic computer skills and a working knowledge of MS Office 365

- Ability to think individually as well as collaboratively when approaching job responsibilities

- Clear understanding of all company policy, FMCSA, DOT and OSHA procedures & regulations

- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment while paying close attention to detail

- Ability to learn and use in-house systems

- Ability to maintain professionalism in difficult and stressful situations

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

- High School diploma or equivalent

- Knowledge in logistics industry

- 3+ years of dispatch experience, preferred

- Knowledge of scrap metal recycling industry

- Valid driver’s license, CDL preferred

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

- Ability to spend extended periods of time sitting at a desk and working on a computer

- Must be able to stand and walk for extended periods on uneven surfaces

- Ability to lift, push, or pull a minimum of 50 pounds