Dispatcher [Pinehurst Recycling Yard]

Arcosa Inc.; Pinehurst (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual pay increases

401k with employer matching

Growth and advancement

Health insurance

Dental & vision insurance

Paid life insurance

Disability insurance (short & long)

Paid vacation and sick time

Job summary

Arcosa Crushed Concrete is hiring a dispatcher to coordinate daily truck loads and customer orders. You will weigh deliveries, communicate with drivers, and handle payments and documentation for shipments.

Responsibilities include updating schedules, generating reports, and supporting sales with accurate delivery details. Proficiency with maps and basic office software is required; Spanish is a plus.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal communications, reading and writing ability needed at a level to satisfactorily perform job duties.
• Able to communicate with other employees and supervisors.
• Basic computer skills including Excel spreadsheets are required.
• Basic math and 10-key adding machine skills are required.
• Three years of work experience with similar job duties or industry.
• Prior general office experience of at least one year, and ability to operate basic office machines including copier, fax, and adding machine.
• Ability to read maps and provide drivers with directions to customer locations.
• Spanish language ability is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review daily schedule.
• Advise truckers of loads to pick up including type and amount of product and pickup information.
• Provide directions using maps; may use Spanish translator if needed.
• Answer phone and assist drivers; take customer orders from Sales.
• Operate scale to weigh trucks.
• Record information on tickets including customer, job, and delivery weight.
• Ensure deliveries meet requirements; notify supervisor if more trucks or deliveries needed.
• Accept checks or cash payments and record for accounts receivable.
• Contact customers to verify readiness to accept loads and keep them informed of deliveries.
• Provide customer information on delivery type, quality, quantity, and timeliness; forward to sales if needed.
• Generate daily, weekly and monthly activity reports; compile daily dispatch and customer summary reports.
• Record petty cash receipts and disbursements; submit to accounts payable.
• Read maps and provide driver directions to locations.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Verbal communication

Reading/writing

Excel

Basic math

10-key adding machine

Office experience

Maps reading

Spanish a plus

Three years experience

Copier/Fax/Adding machine

Tools

Excel

Copier

Fax

Adding machine

Job description

• Opportunity for annual performance increases
• 401k program with employer matching
• Room for growth and career advancement
• Health insurance
• Paid life insurance
• Paid short term/long term disability.
• Paid vacation and sick time

What You Will Get

• Competitive pay
• Opportunity for annual performance increases
• 401k program with employer matching
• Room for growth and career advancement
• Health insurance
• Dental & vision Insurance
• Paid life insurance
• Paid short term/long term disability.
• Paid vacation and sick time

What You'll Do

• Reviews daily schedule
• Advises truckers of loads to pick up including type and amount of product and advises truckers of payment pickup information if required
• (May be required to provide directions using maps and utilizing Spanish translator if needed.)
• Answers phone assists drivers as needed and takes customer orders from Sales
• Operates scale to weigh incoming and outgoing trucks
• Records appropriate information on tickets for each truck including customer, job, and weight of deliveries
• Ensures all required deliveries to customers/jobs are met, including notifying supervisor if more trucks or deliveries will be required to meet customer requirements
• Accepts checks or cash payments and records accordingly, to be turned over to Accounts Receivable
• Contacts customers to verify readiness to accept loads of materials, and keeps customer informed of loads being delivered
• Provides customer information as required, answering basic questions regarding type, quality, quantity and timeliness of deliveries. May forward customers to sales department for further assistance if needed
• Generates daily, weekly and monthly reports of activity
• Compiles daily reports including Dispatch Report and Customer Summary Report of pickups and deliveries of crushed concrete materials
• Records petty cash receipts and disbursements, completes and logs all sales receipts, and submits to accounts payable for reimbursement of petty cash account
• Ability to read maps and provide drivers with directions to customer locations
• Performs other duties as required or assigned

What You'll Need

• Excellent verbal communications, reading and writing ability needed at a level to satisfactorily perform job duties
• Able to communicate with other employees and supervisors
• Perform office functions described as follows:
• Basic computer skills required including excel spreadsheets
• Basic math and 10-key adding machine skills
• Three years of work experience with similar job duties or industry
• Prior general office experience of at least one year, and ability to operate basic office machines including copier, fax, and adding machine
• Ability to read maps and provide drivers with directions to customer locations
• Ability to speak and understand Spanish is a plus

Working Conditions

• Able to stand for several hours per day and work for long periods without a break
• Able to work in dusty, noisy environment
• Ability to lift and carry 30 lbs.; bend and stoop to file or retrieve records and stock supplies

Arcosa Crushed Concrete is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We activate the potential of our people, care for our customers, optimize operations, integrate sustainability, and promote a results-driven culture aligned with long term value creation.