Transportation Coordinator

Trinity Structural Towers; Eagle Pass (TX); Presencial; USD 42.000 - 66.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

TrinityRail in Eagle Pass, TX is seeking a Transportation Coordinator to support daily freight operations, scheduling shipments, and coordinating with vendors and third-party carriers to ensure on-time, cost-efficient transportation. This role requires strong communication, problem-solving, and logistics planning in a fast-paced environment.

Spanish language ability is a plus, and the position offers an opportunity to contribute to continuous improvement of transportation workflows within

Formación

• 2+ years of Transportation or Logistics experience (non-asset brokerage or 3PL preferred).
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience using TMS or ERP systems.
• Ability to multitask in a fast paced environment.
• Proficiency in Word and Excel for reporting and data entry.
• Understanding of shipping modes (FTL, LTL, Parcel).
• Flexibility to answer calls after hours and on weekends as needed.
• Spanish ability is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate daily shipments with carriers and brokers to ensure timely pickups and deliveries, serving as the main point of contact.
• Book transportation capacity based on service requirements, cost, and availability.
• Track shipments, providing proactive updates to internal teams as needed.
• Maintain timely and accurate data in the TMS including commodity, carrier assignments, shipment status, and cost details.
• Validate transportation documents including BOLs, PODs, and shipping instructions upon completion.
• Resolve transportation issues such as delays, accessorial, reconsignments, or service failures.
• Ensure carrier compliance with contractual requirements.
• Analyze freight spend and carrier performance to support cost-saving and service-improvement initiatives.
• Support continuous improvement projects to streamline transportation workflows and enhance efficiency.

Conocimientos

Transportation experience

Communication skills

TMS or ERP systems

MS Word

MS Excel

Shipping modes knowledge

Spanish language ability

Descripción del empleo

Delivering Goods For The Good Of All - TrinityRail

While _TrinityRail_ has built one of the broadest and deepest railcar platforms in the world, it’s what’s inside our cars that counts. We are proud to manufacture, maintain, and manage the railcars that deliver the indispensable goods that keep our lives, and our economy, rolling. “Delivering Goods For The Good Of All” is why we proudly come to work each day, and this is why our company exists. This is our purpose._TrinityRail_ provides- Railcar Manufacturing: https://www.trinityrail.com/products/ - Railcar Leasing Solutions: https://www.trinityrail.com/leasing/ - Railcar Maintenance & Parts: https://www.trinityrail.com/maintenance/ - Fleet Management Services: https://www.trinityrail.com/fleet-management/For more information, visit us at trinityrail.com.Learn more about Trinsight: https://www.trinityrail.com/trinsight/Trinsight is _TrinityRail_ 's cloud-based platform purpose-built to bring your fleet into focus, allowing you to transform and streamline your supply chain with real-time tracking, analysis and management features that modern logistics demandsVideo tranFor decades, _TrinityRail_ has been delivering the goods that keep North America moving. A humble promise to transport the everyday things that make everybody's lives better. It's our commitment to being stewards of the supply chain connecting companies with customers. People with products and Delivering Goods for the Good of All. While we've built one of the broadest and deepest railcar platforms in the world, to us it's what's on the inside that counts. And the purpose these products serve for you like grain the secret ingredient for making memories, or gravel that paves the way for a getaway, fuel to power the road trip of a lifetime, cars that transport us to exciting new places, and essential chemicals that purify our water food and promote a healthy way of life. Indispensable goods that truly move us and keep our lives, and our economy rolling. TrinityRail is proud to

TrinityRail is searching for a talented team player to fill the open position of Transportation Coordinator at our Eagle Pass, TX plant.

We welcome your ideas and your outstanding work ethic. Join our team today and be a part of Helping to Build America. In this role, the Transportation Coordinator is an individual contributor that will support daily freight operations by scheduling shipments, coordinating with vendors and third-party carriers, thus ensuring on-time, cost-effective transportation. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced supply-chain environment and enjoys problem-solving, communication, and logistics planning.

What You'll Do:

Communicate with suppliers, and internal teams to coordinate pickup and delivery requirements

Coordinate daily shipments with carriers and brokers to ensure timely pickups and deliveries, serving as the main point of contact

Book transportation capacity based on service requirements, cost, and availability

Track and monitor shipments, providing proactive updates to internal teams as needed

Maintain timely and accurate data in the TMS including commodity, carrier assignments, shipment status, and cost details

Validate transportation documents including BOLs, PODs, and shipping instructions upon completion

Resolve transportation issues such as delays, accessorial, reconsignments, or service failures

Ensure carrier compliance with contractual requirements

Analyze freight spend and carrier performance to support cost-saving and service-improvement initiatives

Support continuous improvement projects to streamline transportation workflows and enhance efficiency

Always conduct himself/herself in a professional manner when representing Trinity Rail

This demeanor extends to written correspondence and verbal conversations including in person or over the phone

Physically Interaction with Drivers (English and Spanish)

This position occasionally needs to walk to the yard where the loads are and performing basic duties

Other duties and tasks assigned

What you'll need:

2+ years of Transportation or Logistics experience (non-asset brokerage or 3PL preferred)

Must have excellent written and oral communication skills

Experience using TMS or ERP systems

Ability to multitask and manage time/tasks in a fast paced, changing environment

Proficiency in Word and Excel for reporting and data entry

Understanding of shipping modes (FTL, LTL, Parcel)

Flexibility to answer calls after hours and on weekends as needed

Ability to communicate in Spanish a plus

EOE

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