Load Layout Specialist — Efficient Truck Planning

Assa Abloy Ab; Noria (KS); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid time off

Paid holidays from day one

Tuition reimbursement

401k plan

Job summary

Amarr, part of ASSA ABLOY, is seeking a Load Planner at our Lawrence, KS location. You will create detailed load layouts for trucks, ensuring safe, efficient loading and accurate paperwork. The role requires precise data handling and collaboration with Scheduling and Door Center teams.

This position emphasizes independence, accuracy, and the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment, with benefits including medical/dental/vision and paid time off.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an aptitude for learning and retaining product/policy and procedural knowledge.
• Navigator experience preferred.
• Accuracy in handling large amounts of diverse data proven by the passing of a speed and accuracy qualification test.
• Must be able to work well independently, under pressure, and in a fast paced environment.
• Experience producing and using spreadsheets in Excel.
• Proficiency with Word and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Produces a quality load layout and assures that the layout is legible.
• Lays out truckloads properly, ensuring safe, accurate, and damage-free loading and unloading of material.
• Revises load layouts as needed.
• Completes layouts within the timeline provided by supervision.
• Provides feedback to Scheduling team when product may not fit in the trailer as scheduled.
• Performs all updates (additions, deletions, changes) to layouts and Shipping paperwork, including pick slips.
• Communicates with the Door Center when items need to be loaded outside standard procedures or guidelines.
• Assumes other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Skills

Communication

Navigator experience

Excel proficiency

Data handling

Independence under pressure

Tools

Excel

Job description

Amarr, part of ASSA ABLOY, is seeking a Load Planner at our Lawrence, KS location. You will create detailed load layouts for trucks, ensuring safe, efficient loading and accurate paperwork. The role requires precise data handling and collaboration with Scheduling and Door Center teams.

This position emphasizes independence, accuracy, and the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment, with benefits including medical/dental/vision and paid time off.