Local Dispatcher

African American Talent; Sussex (WI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Local Dispatcher position in Wisconsin coordinates and directs the local Class A CDL fleet to meet daily business needs, troubleshoot driver issues, traffic delays, and mechanical failures, and communicate results to the appropriate teams.

Responsibilities include scheduling pickups and deliveries, prioritizing tasks under deadlines, ensuring DOT hours of service compliance, and maintaining clear, timely communication with drivers and load planners across departments.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: One+ years in a transportation or truck dispatching environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the local WI fleet pickups and deliveries.
• Use independent discretion to prioritize job responsibilities to meet aggressive deadlines.
• Continually monitor load requests noting location for pick-up, delivery locations, pick-up dates and required delivery dates/times.
• Identify, evaluate and facilitate special pickup and delivery needs.
• Ensure consistent application and compliance of DOT regulations and hours of service.
• Facilitate the customer’s delivery objectives in a timely and effective manner through direct communication with drivers, load planners and other departments across the platform.
• Assist delivery services as needed for tracking of pickup and deliveries.

Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Prioritization

Attention to Detail

Decision Making

Independent Work

Initiative

Diversity Communication

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The Local Dispatcher is responsible for coordinating, communicating and directing the local fleet of Class A CDL to meet the needs of the business, while troubleshooting driver problems, traffic issues, mechanical failures and also communicating the outcomes to the appropriate parties.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, administer, coordinate and manage the pickup and deliveries for our local WI fleet of trucks.
• Use independent discretion to prioritize job responsibilities to meet aggressive deadlines.
• Continually monitor load requests noting location for pick-up, delivery locations, pick-up dates and required delivery dates/times.
• Identify, evaluate and facilitate special pickup and delivery needs.
• Ensure consistent application and compliance of DOT regulations and hours of service.
• Facilitate the customer’s delivery objectives in a timely and effective manner through constant and direct communication with the drivers, load planners and other depts. across the platform as needed.
• Assist delivery services as needed for tracking of pickup and deliveries.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Appropriate education and/or experience may be substituted on an equivalent basis

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent

Experience: One + years in a transportation or truck dispatching environment preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: none

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Well-developed interpersonal skills
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Must be able to prioritize and be detail oriented
• Ability to think logically and make sound decisions
• Ability to work with limited supervision, multitask and possess strong initiative
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively with people from multi-functional and diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to build strong working relationships with all levels of employees, across business groups
• Solid current knowledge of DOT regulations
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office, including, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Must be able to work extended hours, holidays and weekends as needed