PT Yard Control Supervisor

UOH UPS Inc (Ohio); Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

UPS is seeking a Dispatch Supervisor to oversee Small Package dispatch activities, plan loads, ensure service, safety and cost goals, and coordinate with teams to execute efficient dispatch plans. The role includes yard coordination, trailer inventory verification, and ensuring trailers are correctly located and loaded.

You will supervise loading operations, monitor compliance, and drive performance through training and evaluation to maintain high service standards.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to communicate clearly across teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee dispatch operations and coordinating with others to ensure plans are executed efficiently.
• Review driver hours for regulatory compliance.
• Conduct safety audits and review safety reports.
• Verify proper worker uniforms and safe work methods.
• Identify training needs and develop continuous development plans.
• Conduct performance evaluations and address issues.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Job description

Explore your next opportunity at a Fortune Global 500 organization. Envision innovative possibilities, experience our rewarding culture, and work with talented teams that help you become better every day. We know what it takes to lead UPS into tomorrow—people with a unique combination of skill + passion. If you have the qualities and drive to lead yourself or teams, there are roles ready to cultivate your skills and take you to the next level.

Job Description

This position assists and reviews UPS Small Package dispatch activity to ensure timely and proficient service. He/She assists with dispatch planning and ensures service, safety, and cost goals are met. This position supervises dispatch operations and coordinates with others to ensure dispatch plans are executed efficiently, adequate staffing is provided, and equipment levels are sufficient for transportation needs. He/She oversees load/tractor planning and assignments, monitors load movement, and tracks the condition of equipment. This position creates efficient dispatch plans, verifies service levels, addresses performance issues, and incorporates modifications (e.g., new customers, new locations and additional loads, etc.) into dispatch plans. He/She oversees yard operations, coordinating drivers with load volume, confirming trailer inventory, and ensuring trailers are in the correct locations and loaded or empty as planned.

Responsibilities

• Controls trailer movement On and Off the building as the operation is running.
• Reviews driver hours to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Conducts hazardous materials audits and review safety reports.
• Review safety reports.
• Verifies appropriate driver uniforms and utilization of safe work methods.
• Determines employee training needs to produce continuous development plans.
• Conducts performance evaluations and resolve individual and group performance issues.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills
• Availability to work flexible shift hours, up to 5 days per week

Employee Type: Permanent UPS is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Other Criteria: UPS is an equal opportunity employer. UPS does not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Basic Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National of the U.S., an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. for this employer.

In 1907, two teenage entrepreneurs in a Seattle basement started with a $100 loan and created what would become the world’s largest package delivery service. Today, operating in more than 220 countries and territories, UPS is committed to moving our world forward by delivering what matters. UPS and its more than 500,000 UPSers around the globe are a transportation and logistics leader, offering innovative solutions to customers, big and small. UPS understands and appreciates its responsibility to help build safe, stronger and more resilient communities founded on justice and economic opportunity for all, supported by a healthy, sustainable global environment.