Area Lead – Transportation

Jobtailor; Arthur (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Illinois seeks a Transportation Supervisor to oversee daily over-the-road operations, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity across shifts. You will coach drivers and dispatchers, enforce 5S and housekeeping standards, and align staffing with real-time needs to hit targets.

The role requires strong leadership, timekeeping oversight, and the ability to drive performance improvements while maintaining compliance with CDL hours and FMCSA regulations across the team.

Qualifications

• 2+ years leading a team of over-the-road drivers and dispatching, routing and scheduling of freight.
• 2+ years of experience as an OTR driver.
• Working knowledge of Samsara products.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, Power BI).
• Experience in CDL hours of service and FMCSA regulations.
• Ability to initiate and uphold safety policies, practices and housekeeping standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily transportation activities to meet safety, quality, scrap, and productivity goals.
• Model and reinforce safety, policies, procedures, and housekeeping standards.
• Drive consistent application of safety, quality, cost, and 5S standards.
• Foster accountability, inclusion, teamwork, and mutual respect.
• Monitor performance trends, identify patterns, and recommend improvements.
• Make real-time adjustments to staffing, processes, or priorities.
• Demonstrate proficiency across department positions and support operational challenges.
• Ensure accurate timekeeping and attendance records.
• Support the Supervisor in coaching and developing teammates.
• Communicate daily and weekly objectives, performance expectations, and priorities.
• Conduct performance conversations and contribute to development planning.
• Document coaching and counseling.
• Contribute to hiring, promotion, and discipline decisions.
• Develop knowledge of leadership, goal-setting, performance management, and cross-functional coordination.

Skills

Team Leadership

Communication

Accountability

Inclusion

Mutual Respect

Coaching

Development Planning

5S Standards

Tools

Samsara

Microsoft Office

Power BI

Job description

• Oversee daily transportation activities across the area to meet safety, quality, scrap, and productivity goals
• Model, reinforce, and hold teammates accountable to safety practices, policies, procedures, and housekeeping standards
• Drive consistent application of safety, quality, cost, and 5S standards
• Foster a culture of accountability, inclusion, teamwork, and mutual respect
• Monitor performance trends across areas and shifts, identify patterns, and recommend improvements
• Make real-time adjustments to staffing, processes, or priorities
• Demonstrate proficiency across department positions and support operational challenges
• Ensure accurate timekeeping and attendance records
• Support the Supervisor in coaching and developing teammates
• Communicate daily and weekly objectives, performance expectations, and company priorities
• Conduct performance conversations and contribute to development planning
• Document coaching and counseling
• Contribute to hiring, promotion, and discipline decisions or recommendations
• Develop knowledge of departmental leadership, goal-setting, performance management, and cross-functional coordination

Requirements

• 2 or more years of experience leading a team of over the road drivers, dispatching, routing and scheduling of freight either OTR or Inter Modul
• 2 or more years of experience as an OTR driver
• Working knowledge of Samsara products
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, Power BI)
• Experience in CDL hours of service and FMCSA regulations
• Ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong leadership in overseeing transportation activities, ensuring adherence to safety, quality, and productivity standards while fostering a culture of accountability and teamwork. Proficient in performance management, coaching, and operational adjustments to optimize team effectiveness.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Team Leadership
• Safety Policy Implementation
• Performance Management
• Samsara Products Knowledge
• CDL Hours of Service Compliance

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Over The Road (OTR) Driving
• Dispatching
• Routing
• Scheduling
• Performance Monitoring
• Timekeeping
• Coaching
• Development Planning
• 5S Standards Application
• FMCSA Regulations Knowledge

Soft Skills

• Communication
• Teamwork
• Accountability
• Inclusion
• Mutual Respect

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power BI)
• Samsara Products