Dynamic Logistics Dispatcher for Timely Deliveries

GEODIS; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays

On-demand pay (Early access to wages)

Safe work environment

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

GEODIS is hiring a Logistics Dispatcher in Houston, TX. The role requires coordinating orders, dispatching runs, and maintaining fleet and shipment records to ensure on-time delivery. You will interact with drivers, monitor equipment, and support billing and customer communication.

The position emphasizes attention to safety, accuracy, and efficient communication across teams. GEODIS offers diverse shifts and opportunities in a global logistics environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months related experience and/or training.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manual.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Responsibilities

• Logs all orders booked and all work performed onto dispatch sheet.
• Dispatches all runs in a timely manner to ensure deliveries are made as scheduled.
• Moves loaded and empty containers to and from the rail to meet pre-scheduled cut-off times for export loads and to prevent storage charges for inbound loads and empties.
• Maintains an accurate inventory of equipment.
• Provides customers with accurate and timely information regarding activity and equipment inventories.
• Assists in billing by writing up cover sheets and matching with work orders or delivery orders.
• Assists Terminal Manager in all phases of managing the operation.
• Compiles list of available vehicles.
• Assigns vehicles according to factors such as length and purpose of trip, freight requirements, and preference of user.
• Issues keys, record sheets, credentials, and equipment to drivers.
• Records time of departure, destination, cargo, and expected time of return.
• Investigates overdue vehicles.
• Directs activities of drivers by two-way radio.
• Tracks in-transit shipments.
• Confers with customers to expedite or locate missing, misrouted, delayed, or damaged merchandise.
• Maintains record of mileage, fuel used, repairs made, and other expenses.

Skills

Reading comprehension

Safety rules

Instruction reading

Time management

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Dispatch software

Job description

GEODIS is hiring a Logistics Dispatcher in Houston, TX. The role requires coordinating orders, dispatching runs, and maintaining fleet and shipment records to ensure on-time delivery. You will interact with drivers, monitor equipment, and support billing and customer communication.

The position emphasizes attention to safety, accuracy, and efficient communication across teams. GEODIS offers diverse shifts and opportunities in a global logistics environment.