Dispatcher, Transportation

Overview

CORT Events is hiring immediately for a full-time Dispatcher in Orlando, FL! This role will oversee and direct the Transportation and Inbound Operation to ensure they are contributing to the day to day functions and to the overall success of the operation. These activities will be performed personally or through subordinates.

Pay: $20 / hour depending on experience.

Schedule:

Schedule will vary based on the needs of the business; weekends are required.

• Hourly pay rate; weekly pay; paid training; 40 hours / week with occasional overtime opportunities
• Promote from within culture
• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision) available on the first of the month after your hire date
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays
• Company-paid disability and life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee discounts and perks

• Supervises the daily movement and activities of a team of up to 20 delivery drivers and delivery assistants, including managing productivity, performance and customer service, and daily hours.
• Maintain and supervise a fleet of up to 20 trucks, including collecting and maintaining pre-trip inspection forms, ensuring preventative maintenance is completed, assisting with breakdowns, and coordinating additional short term trucking when necessary.
• Dispatch responsibilities will include tracking trucks and monitoring progress using tracking tools, logging exceptions, and communicating consistently and in a timely manner with drivers, sales team, and customers regarding daily routes. Must be able to route vehicles and assist with routing in V2 with route approval verified by the fleet supervisor.
• Provide updates and communications using timely two-way electronic communication, email, V2, Decartes, telephone, and IM.
• Manage and track day-to-day flow of all trucks and routes to ensure delivery windows are met.
• Administrative responsibilities include upkeep of daily route schedule, answering phones and solving problems relating to customers and driver teams as well as internal customers, escalating issues when needed.
• Ensure safety standards are adhered to.

• 18 years of age or older.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
• 1+ year experience as a dispatcher or similar role.
• Physically able and willing to move furniture; ability to lift 50+ pounds regularly.
• Must pass background checks and drug screening as a condition of employment. CORT also participates in the E-Verify program.

CORT, a part of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is the nation's leading provider of transition services, including furniture rental for home and office, event furnishings, destination services, apartment locating, touring and other services. With more than 100 offices, showrooms and clearance centers across the United States, operations in the United Kingdom and partners in more than 80 countries around the world, no other furniture rental company can match CORT's breadth of services.

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This position is subject to a background check for any convictions directly related to its duties and responsibilities. Only job-related convictions will be considered and will not automatically disqualify the candidate. Pursuant to the Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance for participating locations, CORT will consider all qualified applicants, including those who may have criminal history records. Check your city government website for specific fair chance hiring information.

CORT participates in the E-Verify program. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visa at this time. EEO/AA Employer/Vets/Disability.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis; there is no set Final date to receive applications to this position. When it is determined that new applications will no longer be accepted due to positions being filled or a high volume of applicants, this job advertisement will be removed.