Transport Driver Manager (Jacksonville, IL)
- Jacksonville, FL
- $63,158-70,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead a crew of livestock and feed drivers, including scheduling loads, dispatching, time and payroll management, employee relations and performance management
- Collaborate with supply chain, production operations and external customers to gain weekly requirements of Maschhoff Transport resource needs for schedule building
- Build and dispatch drivers to a weekly load schedule compliant with transport biosecurity requirements and company standard operating procedures
- Monitor and review the financial and operational performance of the fleet through weekly and monthly metric reports
- Conduct driver biosecurity protocol audits
- Conduct root cause analysis for Transport operational and financial metrics that do not meet target, develop and implement countermeasures and action plans to improve performance based on analysis findings
- Conduct bi-annual Performance Management reviews with each driver to discuss performance objectives in the areas of service, safety and utilization by reinforcing positive behaviors while also identifying opportunities for improvement in areas that may have fallen below expectations
- Responsible for answering after-hours calls from drivers as needed
- Ensure that pig transportation is conducted in a manner that safeguards the environment, mitigates safety risk, maintains regulatory compliance and meets the TQA standards for animal welfare
- Champions a safe working environment by educating employees on safety procedures and incident reporting protocols, reports accidents and work related injuries and complies with all company personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements
- Microsoft Office with an emphasis on Excel
- Accounting and financial evaluation
- Time and resource management tools to ensure continuous process improvement
- FMCSA safety regulations
- Clear and concise verbal and written communication
- Organization, planning and time management
- Problem solving
- Cross-divisional communication and relationship building
- Preparing written proposals, reports and email communications
- Work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic business environment with minimal supervision
- Think strategically about Maschhoff Transports asset portfolio
- Multi-task to handle a variety of issues or assignments with a sense of urgency
- Challenge the status quo in Transport Operations, continuously innovate our offering
- Be a servant leader and connect with people
Targeted pay range of $63,158-$70,000 USD annually, depending on experience and qualifications.Benefits:
The Maschhoffs offers full-time regular employees a comprehensive benefits package including:
- Your choice between a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plan and a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) plan.
- Two options for dental coverage, both of which cover three main types of expenses and cover preventative care at 100%.
- Group rate vision benefits.
- Complimentary Basic Life Insurance as well as voluntary employee, spouse, and child life insurance policies.
- Short Term and Long Term Disability coverage, at no cost to the employee.
- A traditional pre-tax 401(k) plan as well as a Roth 40(k) plan. The Company matches the first 4% of employee contributions, which is immediately vested.
- A generous paid time off program, including a life event day and volunteer day each year for full time employees.