Transportation Manager

Talentify; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits starting Day One

401k match vesting

Health Savings Account

Wellness program

Life insurance

Job summary

Trulite in Orlando, FL is seeking a Transportation Manager with CDL Class A to lead our trucking operations. You will oversee fleet, drivers, and third-party carriers, optimize routes, and ensure DOT compliance.

The role demands leadership, strong communication, and the ability to mentor staff. Benefits start day one and a performance bonus, with salary range $80,000–$90,000 annually depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years planning/dispatching in trucking with 2+ years in a leadership role.
• CDL Class A required with excellent driving record.
• Experience with computer-based dispatching systems.
• Knowledge of DOT and Hours of Service rules.
• Proficient with Excel, Word, and email.
• Able to lift up to 75 lbs.
• Safety oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to mentor employees one-on-one and in groups.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate routes by product dimensions and weight, noting special needs.
• Determine the most efficient vehicle for route completion.
• Coordinate all jobsite and truckload deliveries with customers, sales and production.
• Assign qualified drivers to operate equipment.
• Manage company-owned trucks, drivers, and third-party carriers.
• Perform daily and monthly audits and reports for fleet, fuel, risk, logs, inspections, accidents.
• Oversee driving training in partnership with Health & Safety.
• Maintain DOT compliance through records, training and monitoring.
• Supervise personnel and paperwork with HR.
• Ensure employees are trained and working safely.
• Develop systems to ensure quality service, inventory accuracy, on-time delivery.
• File freight claims for loss/damage and notify management.
• Use information systems to analyze logistics performance and costs.

Skills

Dispatch planning

CDL Class A

DOT Hours of Service knowledge

Excel/Word/Email

Strong communication

Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

Dispatch software

Job description

Description

Transportation Manager CDL Class A Required to drive trucks when needed

What Brought You Here:

• Total compensation salary range: $80,000-$90,000/yr. depending on experience.
• Performance based bonus opportunity
• Shift Days and Hours: 1st (M-F, 7:00am – 5:30pm, once a week to once every other week 4:30 AM, occasionally stay late, an occasional Saturday for a meeting)
• Benefits starting DAY ONE!

WHO YOU ARE:

Leader- Someone who will lead and motivate their teams. Be the example for a team member to be inspired.to learn and grow.

Team Focused- Be the leader who motivates and does what is necessary to achieve the goals of team while still pursuing your own goals.

Go Getter – Someone who strives to be the best every day.

Positive & Approachable – Someone who looks for the good and builds on it. Someone who can build good, solid relationships with work level in the organization.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Coordinate routes by examining product dimensions and weight for each order and identify and evaluate any special needs for each load.
• Determine the most efficient vehicle for route completion.
• Coordinate all jobsite and truckload deliveries with customer base, sales and production.
• Assign qualified drivers to operate equipment.
• Manages a company-owned truck fleet, company drivers, and third-party carriers
• Responsible for daily and monthly audits and reports related to fleet, fuel, risk management, driver logs, inspection reports, accident registers etc.
• Responsible for all driving training in partnership with Employee Health & Safety Manager
• Maintain DOT Compliance through proper record keeping, training and monitoring.
• Supervises assigned personnel and maintains all necessary paperwork/records, in partnership with the HR department
• Assure that all employees receive proper training and that they are working safely each day.
• Develops and maintains systems and procedures to ensure quality of customer service, inventory accuracy, optimization of storage space, and on-time delivery.
• Files freight claims for any loss or damage of inventory and notifies plant management.
• Uses the information systems to analyze, monitor, and measure the effectiveness of logistics activities and expenses.

SKILLS YOU BRING:

• Minimum of 3 years with verifiable planning/dispatching experience in the trucking industry with at least 2 years in a leadership capacity.
• CDL Class A required with great driving record.
• Experience with computer-based dispatching systems.
• Must have knowledge of DOT and Hours of Service rules and regulations.
• Working knowledge of Excel, Word, and email programs
• Can lift up to 75 lbs. unassisted.
• Committed to safe work practices.
• Must be able to multi-task, be organized, efficient, accurate and be accountable to job responsibilities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Planning and organizational skills
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Problem solving skills.
• Ability to mentor and coach employees on a one‑on‑one basis as well as a group

Why Trulite:

Trulite offers the most comprehensive benefit coverage in the industry. We give our employees immediate access to health, dental, vision and life insurance benefits, as well as provide short/long‑term disability coverage to protect you financially if non‑occupational injury occurs.

We are pleased to offer a comprehensive wellness initiative that includes access to a progressive financial training program.

Stay with us for a year and your 401k employer match is 100% vested and immediately becomes part of your ever improving financial plan. This is also true for those who select and contribute to their Health Savings Account. We match on both employee and family coverage to help cover out‑of‑pocket expenses and if unused continues to grow until needed. The employer match for your HAS, if you choose to participate, is also vested immediately at 100% improving your financial health.

Trulite bears most of the cost of your benefits. We structured these benefits because we care not only about your physical well‑being but your financial health and welfare too. Let us show you why Trulite values you as an employee and how we will help you achieve financial independence.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.