Yard Supervisor

GEODIS Group; New Jersey; On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

GEODIS Group in New Jersey seeks a Yard Supervisor to oversee GEODIS trailer yards under contractual regulations. You will supervise yard clerks and hostlers, schedule staff across yards, and work with operations and safety to ensure equipment is available and functional.

You will verify safety standards, manage yard procedures, and coordinate with security for yard flow. The role includes maintaining yard inventory, overseeing equipment maintenance, and training new hires in best practices.

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma or GED; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience with building and manipulating spreadsheets for reporting to stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; strong relationship-building with customers and colleagues.
• PC literate with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Access and Excel; ability to interpret safety and maintenance documents.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate yard clerks and yard hostlers.
• Schedule personnel at multiple yards.
• Ensure equipment available and in working order with operations and safety teams.
• Verify adherence to safety standards and yard procedures; manage wheel chocks, glad hand lock, and jack stands.
• Maintain and distribute an accurate yard inventory by customer and carrier; oversee maintenance of location equipment.
• Troubleshoot issues with carriers and train new hires in best practices.

Skills

Supervision

Scheduling

Communication

Planning

Reading documents

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Word

Access

Job description

The Yard Supervisor is responsible for the overall oversight of the GEODIS trailer yards in ordinance with contractual regulations.

Job Duties

• Provide supervision and coordination of yard clerks and yard hostlers
• Scheduling of personnel at various yards
• Works closely with operations and safety ensuring equipment is available and in working order
• Verifying adherence to safety standards and yard procedures to include wheel chocking, glad hand lock application and jack stands
• Works closely with security guards on yard communication and flow
• Maintaining and distributing an accurate yard inventory report of equipment pools at each yard by customer and carrier
• Responsible for the timely maintenance of all location equipment
• Troubleshooting various issues as they arise with carriers
• Supervises, trains and implements best practices for all new hires
• Other duties as required and assigned

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED (General Education Diploma) equivalency
• Bachelor’s degree from a 4-year college or university preferred
• Approved Motor Vehicle Record
• Minimum 3 years of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience with building and manipulating spreadsheets to report information to external and internal shareholders
• PC literate with experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Access and Excel
• Excellent written and oral communication skills that demonstrate a proven ability to develop relationships with a range of internal and external customers
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manual
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form

While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, and talk. The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. The employee is regularly exposed to ambient lighting and temperate climate conditions.

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Job Duties as documented in this job description are considered “Essential Functions” and have been created by the standards of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) require that employees be able to perform “Essential Functions” of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the “Essential Functions”.

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