Line Haul Supervisor

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.; Billings (MT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Vision & Dental

Disability insurance

401k with match

Tuition reimbursement

Training and growth

Job summary

Old Dominion Freight Line in Billings, MT is seeking a Line Haul Supervisor to lead the line haul team, monitor safety and performance, and ensure on-time freight delivery. The role requires strong leadership, collaboration with drivers, and the ability to leverage OD’s technology to drive efficiency.

You will supervise daily operations, coordinate with the Operations Manager and Central Dispatch, and support continuous improvement while maintaining safety and compliance across shifts.

Qualifications

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Knowledge of safety and DOT regulations is a plus.
• Experience in logistics or transportation operations is beneficial.
• Ability to train and develop drivers and team members.

Responsibilities

• Monitor safety of each employee daily and train on safety processes.
• Oversee multiple service center lanes to ensure on-time freight delivery.
• Directly manage and assign tasks to drivers to meet customer expectations.
• Collaborate with Operations Manager, Central Dispatch, and Service Center Manager.
• Provide guidance for operational improvements and use of OD proprietary systems.

Skills

Good verbal communication

Good written communication

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

AS400

Microsoft Office

DYMS

BLU systems

Job description

At Old Dominion, we don't just move freight—we help businesses keep their promises. As one of the nation's leading LTL carriers, we've earned our reputation by putting people first, delivering premium service, and staying true to the values that have guided us for more than 90 years. Our PROMISES values shape how we work, our family culture shapes how we treat one another, and our commitment to being the Best in the Game drives everything we do. If you're looking for more than just a job, you'll find a career built on trust, teamwork, and opportunity at OD. As a Line Haul Supervisor at Old Dominion, you will oversee freight operations, ensuring timely, efficient, and safe delivery of customer shipments. This fast-paced role requires strong leadership, collaboration with drivers and team members, and the ability to leverage technology to drive performance excellence.

Old Dominion is currently recruiting for a Line Haul Supervisor to join our OD Family Culture. This role will successfully manage the line haul department of the service center. They will also maintain and achieve department/shift and service center and/or company standards for safety, quality, efficiency, cost, service and delivery, training and development and housekeeping. Our Line Haul Drivers are critical members to our OD Family; they help to accurately deliver our customer's freight and help us keep our promises.

Working Days: Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday,Sunday

Working Shift: Afternoon Work days/shifts may change based on scheduling and business needs and are provided as guidelines at the time of posting.

Responsibilities

• Monitors and evaluates the safety of each employee on a daily basis, trains on safety processes as needed
• Monitors multiple service center lanes to ensure freight reaches service centers in time for efficient cross docking
• Monitors, evaluates, and teaches safe driving habits
• Monitors employees to ensure service goals are met
• Directly manages, supervises, and assigns tasks to drivers to ensure proper utilization and development of team members while meeting customer expectations
• Closely works with the Operations Manager/Assistant SC Manager, Central Dispatch, and/or Service Center Manager to ensure alignment in meeting daily/weekly/monthly and yearly business objectives
• Provide instruction, analyses, suggestions and ideas for the improvement of operations within the shift, department, and facility
• Provides training and feedback to employees on a continual basis regarding RPM, over speed, and idle scores
• Constantly uses OD’s proprietary technology system permitting consistent monitoring of shipment locations and drivers as freight moves through the various terminals while communicating continuously throughout the day with associates, customers, and team members verbally and through other computer operating systems
• Completes the various company and government forms utilized in freight movement such as shipping manifests, freight bills, inter-terminal movement forms (ITM's) and exception forms
• Conducts daily inspections to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal safety regulations, as well as OSHA compliance, and DOT compliance
• Conducts quarterly safety meetings
• Motivate drivers to exceed goals and maintain the 99% on time percentage
• Strive for continuous improvement in all areas of service center operations
• Operates AS400 system, BLU system, DYMS, and any other computer/internal freight monitoring systems used within the company to monitor freight movement
• Speak with drivers, evaluating their needs and maintaining a successful relationship
• Works with dock supervisors on getting trailers closed and moved on to its destination

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 2 years working operations experience preferably in the transportation industry
• Supervisory experience preferred
• Working knowledge of AS400, Microsoft Office, DYMS and BLU systems
• Knowledge of general DOT regulations
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Benefits

• Great Health Benefits including a Zero premium medical plan for employee only coverage
• Vision & Dental
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Flex Spending Accounts
• 401k Retirement plan with company match and additional company annual discretionary match opportunity
• Life Insurance
• Wellness Program
• Tuition Reimbursement for Drivers and Technicians
• Training and growth opportunities to build a career
• We prioritize our OD family of employees
• Ability to advance through our promote from within philosophy
• National Career Opportunities Available at our 260+ service centers

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, and/or gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military status, Vietnam Era and/or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law(s).

Welcome to Old Dominion. If you are looking for a new career with the best LTL (Less-than-Truckload) carrier in the industry you’ve come to the right place. Many companies tout their family atmosphere, but at OD it truly is a reality. We’ve grown from our humble beginnings of a single truck and one route in 1934 started by Earl and Lillian Congdon to a company of over 23,000 employees. At OD we strive daily to keep the family spirit alive and help the world keep promises.