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Dispatcher - Carrier Specialist
Job in
Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan, 48170, USA
Listed on 2026-09-13
Listing for:
United Road Logistics LLC
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-13
Job specializations:
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Transportation
Transportation & Logistics, Delivery, Dispatcher
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Our pillars are simple:
Expertise, Partnership, and being Ever-Present for our customers and carriers. This role lives the Partnership pillar every day.
The role
The Dispatcher plans, assigns, and manages loads from tender to delivery. This seat buys third-party capacity within the rate corridor, keeps carriers loyal to the network, and owns the status truth on every active order on its board.
It is also a service seat. When a vehicle is running behind, sitting too long, or off plan, the Dispatcher knows it first, fixes what can be fixed, and tells the right people before they have to ask. The role calls for someone who thinks quickly, exercises independent judgment, and works with professional car haulers, account managers, and internal stakeholders in a courteous and professional manner every day.
The best people in this seat balance a car hauler's revenue needs against service requirements and company profitability, on every load, without losing their tone or their temper.
Responsibilities Operations Plan , coordinate, and manage loads efficiently and cost-effectively from load assignment through delivery
Work the load board to zero unassigned orders past threshold, every shift
Buy capacity within the rate corridor; take exceptions to the Site Manager with a reason, before the fact and not after
Keep every active order's status current in the TMS before end of shift — the system is the truth other people act on Monitor all current orders to confirm accurate pick-up and delivery against customer performance standards
Flag at-risk deliveries the moment they are known, never after the miss Resolve exceptions on your own orders the same shift, or escalate with what you have already tried
Other duties as assigned by the department manager or senior management
Carrier Relationships & Service Serve as the first point of contact for professional car haulers and carriers on assigned orders: fast, straight, and professional
Build real relationships with your carriers — they should take your call first because you have been fair and honest with them
Own proactive status communication: push updates, ETAs, and exceptions to account managers and site teams before they have to askWork side by side with the account managers on your accounts — share the operational picture daily, align on priorities, and give them what they need for the conversations they own Troubleshoot and resolve service issues effectively and professionally; pull in whoever is needed to close them out Balance the car hauler's revenue needs with service requirements and the company's margin, on every load
Set the tone on every interaction: courtesy under pressure is a job requirement, not a personality trait
People
Support new team members informally; the team's standard is everyone's job Cover teammates' boards during rotations and absences without dropping status quality
Financial
Know the margin on every load dispatched
Log every carrier decline with a reason — this feeds the analytics rate desk and the carrier network team's capacity planning
Protect revenue by keeping units moving: dwell is money sitting still
Schedule & Coverage Vehicles move around the clock, so our dispatch desk covers more than a nine-to-five. Here is exactly what that looks like, so there are no surprises:
Standard shift:
Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.Rotating later shift: 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM. This rotates through the…
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