Strategic Transportation & Logistics Manager (Heavy Civil)

Morgan Industries; Clearfield (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Industries is seeking a Transportation & Logistics Manager in Clearfield, Utah, to lead planning, coordination, dispatch, and strategic management of trucking and transportation operations across multiple divisions. This role collaborates with field operations, drivers, vendors, and management to ensure safe, efficient, and profitable movement of trucks, equipment, and materials.

Ideal candidates bring extensive experience in transportation management, logistics, and heavy construction

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of transportation, logistics, or trucking management experience.
• Dispatch management experience in construction, trucking, aggregates, asphalt, or heavy civil industries.
• Extensive knowledge of DOT regulations.
• Strong understanding of trucking cost management.
• Excellent organizational, leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage daily dispatch schedules for company and leased trucks.
• Plan, assign, and adjust truck loads throughout the day as job priorities change.
• Coordinate trucking for asphalt, aggregate, sand, equipment, and construction materials.
• Continuously adjust truck assignments based on changing jobsite demands.
• Serve as the primary communication point between drivers, operations, plants, vendors, and project managers.
• Track fleet utilization and maximize productivity across multiple projects.
• Coordinate loader and equipment moves between jobs.
• Assist with hiring, onboarding, and training CDL drivers as staffing needs arise.
• Support the DOT department with regulatory compliance and driver requirements.
• Develop contingency plans for weather delays, plant closures, equipment failures, driver shortages, and job overruns.
• Implement standardized dispatch procedures and transportation tracking systems.

Skills

Transportation management

Dispatch management

DOT regulations

Cost management

Leadership

Communication

Decision making

Organizational skills

Job description

Morgan Industries is seeking a Transportation & Logistics Manager in Clearfield, Utah, to lead planning, coordination, dispatch, and strategic management of trucking and transportation operations across multiple divisions. This role collaborates with field operations, drivers, vendors, and management to ensure safe, efficient, and profitable movement of trucks, equipment, and materials.

Ideal candidates bring extensive experience in transportation management, logistics, and heavy construction