Lead Logistics Driver: Materials & Transport Lead

Lucid Motors; Newark (CA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Holidays / sick leave

401(k)

Equity program

Annual bonus

Job summary

Lucid Motors is hiring a Lead Logistics Driver to coordinate daily driver workload and safely execute high-priority transportation and material-movement requests across Lucid’s facilities and external locations. You will balance commercial driving with leadership, Jira-based workload coordination, and real-time performance reporting.

In the first year, you will establish consistent prioritization, improve visibility into service levels, and help the team meet delivery commitments while

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in logistics, transportation, warehousing, manufacturing, delivery operations, or a related field.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Valid Commercial Driver’s License required for the class of company vehicle assigned to this role.
• Experience using Jira or another ticket-based workflow system, including familiarity with service-level agreements, backlog, ticket aging, and time-to-resolution metrics.
• Experience safely operating commercial vehicles and material-handling equipment relevant to the assignment.
• Ability to use digital tools to manage work requests, maintain records, review operational metrics, and communicate across teams.
• Experience working with HazMat and dangerous goods in manufacturing
• Knowledge in DOT compliance
• Experience operating semi-trucks or tractor-trailers, box trucks, cargo vans, forklifts, pallet jacks, or similar equipment in a manufacturing or logistics environment.
• Experience coordinating daily workload or providing lead support to drivers, material handlers, or logistics team members.
• Communication: Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform the essential duties of the position, including understanding work instructions, safety procedures, and job-related communications.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the team’s Jira queue, assign and reprioritize transportation requests, and make day-to-day sequencing decisions that protect production continuity and service commitments.
• Complete scheduled and on-demand moves between company facilities and external locations, ensuring materials, equipment, battery packs, vehicles, and other company assets arrive safely and on time.
• Monitor and report request progress, constraints, service-level adherence, ticket aging, backlog, and time-to-resolution trends, and recommend corrective actions when performance is at risk.
• Make go/no-go decisions based on shipment readiness, load securement, vehicle condition, route conditions, and regulatory requirements, and stop or elevate work when safe execution cannot be assured.
• Provide clear status updates, estimated arrival times, route changes, and delivery risks to Logistics leadership and internal customers so they can make informed operating decisions.
• Oversee safe loading, handling, transport, and unloading practices and drive resolution of issues that could result in damage, loss, or operational disruption.
• Use approved routing, telematics, and logistics tools to identify opportunities to reduce delays, fuel use, repeat requests, and avoidable operating costs.

Skills

Logistics experience

English proficiency

Team coordination

Safety awareness

Driving experience

Jira usage

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Jira

Forklifts / pallet jacks

Job description

Lucid Motors is hiring a Lead Logistics Driver to coordinate daily driver workload and safely execute high-priority transportation and material-movement requests across Lucid’s facilities and external locations. You will balance commercial driving with leadership, Jira-based workload coordination, and real-time performance reporting.

In the first year, you will establish consistent prioritization, improve visibility into service levels, and help the team meet delivery commitments while