Bulk Distribution Manager

American Welding & Gas, Inc. is searching for a dynamic, results-driven Bulk Cryogenic Distribution Manager to take the lead in our Beaumont-area operations!

If you’re a proven leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, knows how to drive operational excellence, and is ready to make a BIG impact
, we want to hear from you! Join a growing team where your leadership, expertise, and results truly matter.

This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who understands transportation, CDL driver management, routing, dispatch, safety, and regulated bulk operations
. You’ll be responsible for keeping our drivers, equipment, and customers moving safely and efficiently while ensuring we meet the highest standards for compliance and service.

• Plan and optimize daily and weekly delivery routes based on customer demand, inventory, delivery windows, driver availability, vehicle capacity, and Hours-of-Service requirements.
• Assign loads and routes to CDL drivers and communicate schedules, changes, and special delivery instructions.
• Monitor deliveries throughout each shift and quickly respond to delays, equipment issues, weather, road closures, emergencies, and product shortages.
• Coordinate closely with production plants, terminals, maintenance, customer service, and sales teams.
• Monitor tank telemetry, customer usage, and inventory levels to prevent runouts and improve delivery efficiency.
• Coordinate emergency, after-hours, weekend, and holiday deliveries when needed.
• Continuously improve route density, loaded miles, asset utilization, and on-time delivery performance.

• Supervise, coach, schedule, and evaluate CDL drivers.
• Lead daily dispatch meetings and communicate safety priorities, route assignments, and operational updates.
• Monitor attendance, productivity, driving performance, documentation, and compliance.
• Coordinate driver onboarding, orientation, ride-alongs, recurrent training, and qualification records.
• Manage vacation requests, call-offs, overtime, staffing, and shift coverage.
• Investigate service failures, spills, product losses, accidents, near misses, and policy violations.
• Partner with Human Resources on coaching and corrective action when necessary.
• Build a culture of safety, accountability, professionalism, and exceptional customer service.

Safety is at the heart of this role. You will:

• Enforce company safety standards and applicable DOT, FMCSA, OSHA, hazardous-material, and environmental regulations.
• Ensure compliance with CDL qualifications, Hazmat and tanker endorsements, medical certifications, Hours-of-Service, ELD requirements, and drug/alcohol testing programs.
• Ensure drivers follow proper cryogenic product-handling, loading, unloading, pressure-control, grounding, parking, PPE, and emergency-response procedures.
• Maintain accurate driver qualification, inspection, training, shipping, and delivery records.
• Review vehicle inspection reports and coordinate timely repairs and corrective actions.
• Support audits, inspections, incident investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Reinforce stop-work authority and ensure unsafe deliveries are postponed or appropriately escalated.

• Coordinate tractor, tanker, trailer, and delivery-unit availability with maintenance teams and service providers.
• Monitor preventive maintenance, breakdowns, out-of-service equipment, and vehicle readiness.
• Track operating costs, overtime, fuel usage, empty miles, demurrage, product loss, and delivery efficiency.
• Develop contingency plans for severe weather, plant outages, equipment failures, driver shortages, and customer emergencies.
• Ensure permits, registrations, inspections, placards, emergency equipment, and…