Yard Supervisor

GEODIS; Roanoke (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

GEODIS is seeking a Yard Supervisor to oversee trailer yards, manage yard clerks and hostlers, and coordinate staffing across multiple yards. You will ensure safety procedures are followed and equipment is ready for operations, while maintaining accurate yard inventory by customer and carrier.

The role requires 3+ years of related experience, strong communication, planning, and organizational skills, plus proficiency with MS Office.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Approved Motor Vehicle Record.
• Minimum 3 years of related experience and/or training.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Supervise yard clerks and yard hostlers.
• Coordinate scheduling of personnel at various yards.
• Work with operations and safety to ensure equipment is available and in working order.
• Verify adherence to safety standards and yard procedures.
• Collaborate with security guards on yard communication and flow.
• Maintain and distribute yard inventory reports by location and customer.
• Oversee timely maintenance of location equipment.
• Troubleshoot issues with carriers.
• Train and mentor new hires in best practices.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Planning

Team supervision

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Access

Job description

Summary

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

Environment

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”.