Small Business Trucking Manager

Future Opening:
Small Business Trucking Manager

Full Time
• Grand Prairie

Employment Type: Full-Time, Small Business Trucking with team environment

Shift: Primarily Monday-Friday. Weekends as needed. After hours as needed.

Job Location: Grand Prairie, TX (Near Intersection of Belt Line and I-30).

Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Insurance available for Employee. Paid Time Off. Paid Holidays. IRA.

Status Logistics Inc. is a transportation service provider specializing in Dry Van Transport, Equipment Transport, and Yard Management. We are seeking an Operations Manager that has experience with trucking, is a self starter, and is willing to perform all necessary functions needed to keep our drivers safe and our equipment on the road.

• Manage Day to Day Trucking Operations
• Manage Drivers and Equipment
• Book freight, dispatch freight, load plan, and schedule driver
• Provide exceptional service to our Customers, Employees, and Vendors
• Professional internal and external communication and interaction with drivers via phone calls, text messages, and email
• Lead the company safety culture to include daily safety messages, monthly driver briefings, and help enforce company policies to ensure DOT compliance and company requirements are being met
• Maintain a positive attitude to strengthen driver engagement in order to minimize turnover and improve driver satisfaction and productivity
• Balance Equipment and Dry Van loads based on customer needs and driver skillset
• Recruit and onboard new drivers
• Manage ELD Driver's Logs
• Support all administrative functions including but not limited to:
  Payroll, Billing, Quick Books Data Entry, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, IFTA Tracking and Reporting, Maintenance Files, and DOT Compliance.
• Verify equipment specifications to ensure load is legal and tractor trailer can handle equipment
• Load monitoring, including resolving any issues that may affect the scheduled times for pickup or delivery, while proactively communicating to the affected customers. These problems typically include truck mechanical problems, traffic or weather issues, or customer directed shipment changes
• Ability to efficiently assign loads to maximize profitability, customer satisfaction, and driver retention for assigned market areas. This includes monitoring ongoing freight optimization based on current loads in progress
• Minimize driver detention and down time and manage equipment through effective communication and planning in order to improve operational efficiency and profitability
• Balance and maintain trailer pool inventory
• Pair trucks that are empty and/or unloading soon with freight needing to be picked up, and confirm dispatch assignments with drivers

• Experience working with FMCSA Rules & Regulations
• Experienced in Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point, and Word)
• Experience with searching the Internet (Google, Google Maps, World Wide Web) to obtain information
• Experience working with computers, tablets, and cell phones
• Great typing skills (40 WPM +)
• Ability to prioritize and multitask
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate using email, phone, and text
• Spanish Bi-lingual is a plus
• Comfortable with Small Business atmosphere

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work for this position and is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills that may be required of a teammate performing this job.