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transportation manager Verified Expired

Posted on November 01, 2021 by Employer details Anton Freight INC

Job details

  • LocationCalgary, AB
  • Salary46.98 hourly 50 to 60 hours per week
  • Terms of employment Permanent employmentFull time
  • Day, Evening, Night, Weekend, Shift, Overtime, Flexible Hours, Morning
    08:00 to 18:00
  • Start date Starts as soon as possible
  • Benefits: Other benefits
  • vacancies 1 vacancy
  • Verified
  • Source Job Bank #1855729

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • Bachelor's degree

Experience

5 years or more

Work setting

  • Various locations
  • Staff accommodation provided

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Recruit, train and supervise staff
  • Arrange for shipping documentation and the tracking and tracing of goods in transit
  • Ensure transport compliance with regulations
  • Establish and implement policies and standards for the transportation and storage of goods
  • Monitor company's or department's performance, prepare reports for senior management, and plan for changes to schedules and policies
  • Negotiate for services and preferential rates
  • Oversee the scheduling and dispatching of vehicles and goods
  • Oversee the setting of transportation service rates and monitor revenue
  • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate daily operations
  • Operate and drive straight or articulated trucks to transport goods and materials
  • Receive and relay information to central dispatch
  • Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy
  • Oversee condition of vehicle and inspect tires, lights, brakes, cold storage and other equipment
  • Tarping and ensuring safety and security of cargo

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Class 1/1F/A Licence (semi trailer trucks)

Experience and specialization

Documentation knowledge

  • Driver logbook

Transportation/travel experience

  • National

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

  • Vehicle supplied by employer
  • Willing to travel for extended periods
  • Willing to travel overnight

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Large workload
  • Work under pressure
  • Sitting
  • Physically demanding
  • Overtime required

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Values and ethics

Benefits

Other benefits

  • Other benefits

Who can apply to this job?

Only apply to this job if:

  • You are a Canadian citizen, a permanent or a temporary resident of Canada.
  • You have a valid Canadian work permit.

If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.

Advertised until

2022-01-25

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