Dispatcher
Saint John - Canada
Job Summary
Dispatchers are responsible for the daily management of coordinating deliveries in their area. This includes communicating and working with members of our fleet sales team and back-end operations team to provide exceptional service to our customers. Starting wage for this position is $18.50/hr.
Responsibilities
- Communicate daily via phone radio and emails with an assigned fleet of drivers to ensure proper load instructions are passed along and carried out.
- Determines the most efficient delivery schedules taking various factors such as driver availability size of load trip length etc. into consideration.
- Work with the sales team to coordinate customers delivery requests.
- Maintains regular and professional communication with the customer.
- Plan loads/runs to ensure the best time efficiency and load factor.
- Coordinate vehicle maintenance.
- Assist other dispatch/shipping staff as required during spikes in workload.
- Troubleshoot delivery problems.
- Process paperwork according to company shipping procedures.
Qualifications
- Manage multiple and changing priorities.
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment.
- High detail and well-organized.
- Ability to multi-task and willingness to learn.
- Work well with minimal supervision under pressure and within time constraints in a busy environment.
- Excellent people skills.
About Company
Founded in 1882, J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) has operations in Canada and the United States and are a team of 20,000 dedicated employees. At J.D. Irving, Limited, you are part of a dynamic team of professionals who lead with integrity and are passionate about delivering results. With ... View more