Trainer Supervisor - 2nd Shift

RJW Logistics; Elwood (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Retirement savings plan participation

Employee programs

Job summary

RJW Logistics Group is seeking a Transport Operations Manager in Illinois to oversee order acceptance, scheduling, and fleet utilization. You will lead and develop the transport team, ensure accurate documentation, and coordinate with other RJW managers to drive profitability and customer satisfaction.

The role emphasizes leadership, operational efficiency, and cost control within a dynamic trucking environment. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in logistics and/or Truckload transportation.
• Experience with a diverse carrier base.
• 2+ supervisory experience.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, and the operations of TMS.

Responsibilities

• Manage the acceptance and solicitation of orders from customers.
• Manage scheduling of orders to drivers and dispatching of drivers.
• Oversee efficient utilization and movement of company trucks and trailers.
• Hire, train, review, and terminate departmental personnel.
• Ensure proper documentation of orders and inventories.
• Maintain communications with RJW managers and ensure confidentiality.
• Control locations and availability of all trailers and trucks.
• Manage RJW Fleet Managers.
• Recommend procurement needs for equipment turnover.

Skills

Logistics experience

Supervisory

Leadership

MS Word/Excel

TMS

Communication

Problem solving

Tools

TMS

Job description

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability, paid holidays, time off, retirement savings plan participation, and additional employee programs.

Job Description

Job Purpose: The Transport Operations Manager will oversee the acceptance and fulfillment of customer orders to ensure customer satisfaction and RJW profitability. Manage the efficient use of equipment and management of Transport personnel.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the acceptance and solicitation of orders from customers.
• Manage the scheduling of orders to drivers, and dispatching of drivers.
• Manage efficient utilization and movement of company trucks and trailers.
• Hire, manage, train, review, and terminate departmental personnel.
• Ensure adequate management communications with other RJW managers and maintain confidentiality when required.
• Ensure proper documentation of orders and inventories.
• Clearly understand RJW's goals, policies, and procedures.
• Control the locations and availability of all trailers and trucks.
• Management of RJW Fleet Managers.
• Responsible for recommending procurement needs for equipment turnover.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience in the field of logistics and/or Truckload transportation.
• Experience with dealing with a diverse carrier base.
• 2+ supervisory experience.
• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Ability to work under pressure situations.
• Ability to accept and promote change
• Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, and the operations of TMS

Language Skills Sets:

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to determine "root cause" of problem and determine corrective action.

Computer Skills:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must have knowledge of Business Operating Systems, Internet software, Word Processing, and Spreadsheet software.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Must be able to activate phone systems utilizing keyboards and buttons.
• Must be articulate and comfortable speaking in front of others.
• Regularly works in an indoor/office environment and required to sit and/or use repetitive hand motion.
• Frequently required to talk, hear, stand and walk.
• Must be able to work in excess of continuous 8 hours when required.
• Must be able to work under stressful situations, have good cognitive skills, maintain work accuracy, and the ability to concentrate on more than one task at a time.
• Must have the ability to read and discern visual images on a variety of media with 20/20 corrected vision.
• Must be able to speak and communicate clearly over telephones.
• Must be in sound physical health as determined by a certified licensed physician with no evidence of the use of controlled substances.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment will range from quiet to moderately loud.

Employer Rights:

This job description is intended to provide general information about the Transport Manager The above does not constitute an exhaustive list of the job duties to be performed by an associate holding the position of Transport Manager nor are the lists of the physical requirements and environmental conditions exhaustive. You may be asked by your supervisor or managers to perform other duties. Your performance will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the job duties listed in this job description, as well as any job duties not specifically listed above that you may be asked from time to time to perform.

As with all positions, the duties and responsibilities are subject to change at any time as needs arise and at the discretion of the RJW Transport, Inc. The Company has the right to revise this job description at any time.

Employment-At-Will:

It is the Company's policy that all associates, other than those covered by a written individual employment or labor agreement with the Company that has been authorized in writing by the Company's Chief Executive Officer or Board of Directors, are not employed for any fixed term and are employed at the will of the Company for an indefinite period. Just as our associate's, reserve the right to resign their employment at any time for any reason the Company reserves its right to terminate an associate any time for any reason either with or without cause.

Neither this Job Description nor any of its individual terms constitutes commitments between the Company and its associates as to the terms, conditions or duration of employment, nor does it modify the prevailing Employment-At-Will relationship.

Pay Range

Pay Range

The estimated pay range for this job. Disclosing pay information promotes competitive and equitable pay.
The actual pay rate will depend on the person's qualifications and experience. $60,000.00 - $65,000.00 / year

Pay Transparency

In order to support the Fair Compensation Strategy by the US Govt., HR Dept., clients are required to adhere to "Pay Transparency Law"; in the impacted states; that have mandated the employers to list the salary ranges in Job advertisements or postings for job opportunities and Job promotions.

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