Driver Manager

Buddy Moore Trucking Inc.; Crandall (GA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Buddy Moore Trucking Inc. is a growing transportation company seeking a Driver Manager to oversee the daily activity of our driver personnel and coordinate with load planners across the southeast.

You will direct driver movements and ensure safe, on-time delivery in designated territories. The ideal candidate has a degree in Logistics or 1–3 years in dispatch or fleet management and is proficient with truck dispatch software such as McLeod.

Qualifications

• Degree in Logistics/Supply Chain or 1–3 years in dispatch or fleet management.
• Proficient with truck dispatch software.
• Flatbed experience is a plus.
• Microsoft Office knowledge.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Detail oriented with strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Communicate ETAs with load planners.
• Use McLeod to assign work to drivers in the southeast.
• Direct daily driver activities to territories per company policies.
• Guide drivers on compliance with local, state and federal trucking laws.
• Ensure drivers are safe, productive and deliver on time.
• Counsel drivers and assist with over-the-road issues.
• Help drivers keep licenses, random tests and physicals up to date.

Skills

Dispatch software

Communication

Microsoft Office

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in Logistics/Supply Chain

1–3 years dispatch or fleet management

Tools

McLeod

Job description

Founded in 1999, Buddy Moore Trucking is one of the fastest growing flatbed, van, and reefer trucking operations with 4 terminals located throughout the southeast. We are continuously expanding and improving our services through our commitment to hiring the best and brightest in the Logistics and Transportation field. By targeting experienced professionals, partnering with the best universities and recruiting straight from the top programs in logistics and operations, we support our vision to be on the cutting edge of transportation. Our goal is to stay ahead through our emphasis on driver satisfaction and retention, cutting edge technology, offering creative solutions, customer partnerships and smarter people than our competition. Our business is growing exponentially and we require the best to help us continue on our path of success. Join our team and be a part of the future of the industry.

We are continuously expanding and improving our services through our commitment to hiring the best and brightest in the Logistics and Transportation field. By targeting experienced professionals, partnering with the best universities, and recruiting straight from the top programs in logistics and operations, we support our vision to be on the cutting edge of transportation.

Job Description

We are looking for a Driver Manager to manage the daily activity of our driver personnel. If you are looking for a career that gives you the opportunity to be a GREAT manager for our GREAT fleet, this is the perfect job for you!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities, include but are not limited to:

• Communicate ETAs with load planners
• Utilize McLeod, which is our operating software, to assign work to drivers all over the southeast
• Direct the daily activities of drivers to designated territories or dedicated operations in accordance with company policies, procedures, and business objectives
• Providing drivers with guidance on complying with any applicable local, state and federal statutes regulating the trucking industry.
• Ensure that drivers are safe, productive, and deliver on-time to our customers.
• Counseling drivers and assisting them with over the road issues
• Assist drivers with keeping important documents up to date such as driver's license renewal, random drug tests and physicals

Qualifications

• Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, or any related field or 1-3 years of experience in dispatch or fleet management
• Proficient experience with truck dispatch software
• Flatbed Experience a plus
• Microsoft Office knowledge
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Must be detail oriented and have a great interpersonal skills

Additional Information

This job is a salary position with no guarantees for career progression. This does not mean that you will not be considered for other positions or opportunities.

PS Logistics complies with all applicable equal employment laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. Qualified individuals with a disability may request reasonable accommodation from the company.