Area Transportation Manager
Area Transportation Manager
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Job Description
About Circular Services:
Circular Services is the largest privately held recycling and organics service provider in the U.S. It operates over 25 facilities serving major long-term municipal and commercial contracts. The mission of Circular Services is to keep valuable materials in circulation and minimize the cost and environmental impact of landfills. The company services municipal contracts with some of the largest and fastest growing cities in the U.S. including New York City Austin San Antonio and Phoenix.
About the Role:
This position reports directly to the Dallas Area General Manager and involves regular communication with Customer Service Operations and Sales Staff. The Transportation Manager oversees and coordinates all transportation activities ensuring the efficient and timely movement of goods while managing related budgets and compliance with regulations. This role involves planning directing and coordinating transportation policies and programs as well as supervising transportation staff.
The Circular Services Dallas Area Recycling Transportation Manager is a:
- Leader Outgoing flexible and capable of leading a team of professionals with a positive attitude while holding employees accountable to be safe and efficient
- Strategic thinker Look at all routes and service methods and push the boundaries of efficiency while being safe and successful implementing bold strategies
- Communicator Able to work with a diverse group of staff that includes production maintenance transportation and sales personnel.
- Problem Solver Comfortable with complex problem solving.
Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully the individual must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily. These include the following:
- Manage transportation department personnel including managing timesheets PTO coordination performance evaluations recruiting onboarding and terminations.
- Work with Drivers to ensure that all vehicles are always maintained at a safe and clean level.
- Ensure drivers are completing daily duties such as pre and post trip inspections Daily Vehicle Inspection Reports completing routes and sharing notations and changes with Manager and/or customer service. Ensuring adherence to all relevant transportation laws regulations and safety standards
- Responsible for training new drivers.
- Act as liaison between transportation customer service and operations departments.
- Communicate any safety routing and other issues to all drivers and departments including during weekly driver meetings.
- Fill in for drivers as necessary.
- Responsible for completing vehicle registration and inspections on time.
- Ensure that all drivers DOT cards licenses and files are up to date.
- Complete driver meetings weekly or as often as needed
- Perform mock driver audits checking for safety and regulatory compliance including NAID.
- Participate in semi- annual asset management process.
- Use of telematic software tools to optimize routes and driving habits.
- Active use of Smith System driver training tool.
- Managing transportation costs analyzing expenses and optimizing efficiency
- Maintaining accurate records of transportation activities including vehicle maintenance fuel consumption and delivery times
Job Qualifications:
- A valid Class A or B Commercial Drivers License
- Must be 21 years of age
- Successfully complete pre-employment DOT drug screen physical and 3-year background check which will include previous employment check criminal history and motor vehicle review
- Must be able to verify and maintain accurate daily records
- Strong customer service skills
- Be able to lift to 65 lbs. and push/pull 200 lb. recycling containers
EEOC: Circular Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Circular Services is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Circular Services are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color religion or belief national social or ethnic origin sex (including pregnancy) age physical mental or sensory disability HIV Status sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression marital civil union or domestic partnership status past or present military service family medical history or genetic information family or parental status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Circular Services will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
