Logistics & Fleet Management Trainee

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.; Texas; Hybrid; USD 42.000 - 64.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical benefit

Dental benefit

Vision benefit

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Paid time off

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Zusammenfassung

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. seeks a Manager Trainee to learn the management of a small driver count and non-traditional shifts, ensuring safe, timely freight movement and excellent customer service. Training covers DOT compliance and driver regulation adherence across internal and external contacts.

You will gain experience in fleet optimization, payroll-related tasks, and reporting, while developing leadership skills and regional relocation readiness as assignments require.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field OR High School Diploma/GED with 1 year of experience in management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management, or related field, and/or equivalent military experience
• Willing to travel to account, customer, and company event locations when applicable
• Ability to work across multiple shifts including nights and/or weekends if needed
• Willingness to regionally relocate dependent on account assignment
• Experience managing a team
• Anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level
• Ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment
• Ability to adapt to changing environments
• Ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers
• Ability to meet or exceed team/driver needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner
• Ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas through various mediums
• Ability to recognize, anticipate, and resolve organizational, operational, or process problems

Aufgaben

• Learn to build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers to ensure seamless new carrier set-up
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and on special projects related to optimizing fleet operations and achieving profitability
• Learn to utilize personnel management including training and orientation of drivers and/or employees including the training and assistance with internal and third party (customer) systems
• Become proficient in maximizing efficiency of fleet operations and profitability and making recommendations for continuous improvement, measuring key performance indicators, and creating, maintaining and presenting customer specific reporting and financial analysis through face-to-face interactions at customer location
• Gain knowledge on how to manage inventory, assets, customer pools and/or assignment of drivers to balance equipment in market
• Learn to perform administrative duties such as payroll, management of the Net-Revenue budget, driver counseling, accident reviews, filing and documenting, resolving pay issues, analyzing P&L statements, invoicing and/or creating operational or financial reports
• Learn to manage yard including checking/inspecting equipment, replacing parts, completing repairs, etc., and coordinating with maintenance to ensure all regular preventative maintenance services are scheduled on time and all safety related mechanical issues are fixed for account equipment
• Learn to work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service issues, routing and/or planning, mechanical problems, accessorial pay related issues, etc., as they occur throughout the day and, where necessary, when on call
• Learn to maintain the Company's safety culture to include daily driver safety messages, monthly driver safety briefings, quarterly driver training, annual reviews, and enforce company policies to ensure DOT compliance and company safety requirements are being met
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement to provide safe, on-time service and meet customer requirements, including managing freight exceptions and driver ETA adjustments based on pick-up and delivery schedules, and other environmental factors on the road

Kenntnisse

Team management

Conflict resolution

Analytical thinking

Ausbildung

Bachelor's in Business Administration / Transportation / Supply Chain

Bachelors: Transportation Logistics

Bachelors: Business Administration/Management

Bachelors: Supply Chain Management

GED (Required)

High School (Required)

Jobbeschreibung

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. seeks a Manager Trainee to learn the management of a small driver count and non-traditional shifts, ensuring safe, timely freight movement and excellent customer service. Training covers DOT compliance and driver regulation adherence across internal and external contacts.

You will gain experience in fleet optimization, payroll-related tasks, and reporting, while developing leadership skills and regional relocation readiness as assignments require.