Transportation Supervisor

About Sims Metal

Sims Metal (Sims) is a global leader in metal recycling. With facilities across the globe, Sims plays an intrinsic role in the circular economy by making resources available for future use. As responsible corporate citizens, we continuously seek new ways to broaden our participation in the environmental sector, ensuring that our future is as bright, safe, and secure as ever in our long history.

Job description

The Transportation Supervisor is responsible for the efficient management and coordination of road transport requirements and the efficient utilization of its Drivers & Assets in the Tri-State Area.

Major Responsibilities/Duties

• Oversee and investigate truck accidents and prepare accident reports.
• Knowledge of straight trucks, tractor/trailer, CDL trucks, and material handling equipment.
• Promote safe work activities by conducting safety audits, attending company safety meetings, and meeting with individual staff members.
• Assure all direct reports are properly trained in their job functions including both Sims Private & 3rd Party Vendor Haulers.
• Manage the safe and efficient transportation of material to and from the site by company requirements.
• Conduct employee training sessions on subjects such as hazardous material handling, driver safety, employee work rules, quality improvement, and computer usage.
• Ensure all paperwork and forms required for inbound and outbound shipments are prepared accurately and promptly.
• Work closely with commercial, yards, and demolition staff and ensure transportation requirements are met in a timely and cost-efficient manner.
• Meets with and works with appropriate vendors and subcontractors for services and ongoing performance analysis.
• Continually review all existing company transport assets for best use.
• Close liaison with operation staff for maximization of labor performance, enhancement, and disciplinary action.
• Confer with drivers to address questions, problems, and requests for service or equipment.
• Monitor and update the system to illustrate scale crossing times and load weight.
• Negotiate and authorize contracts with equipment and materials suppliers, and monitor contract fulfillment.
• Prepare management recommendations, such as proposed fee and tariff increases or schedule changes.
• Perform special projects upon request.
• Conduct routine ride-a-longs with drivers to strengthen communication and review. SOPs while on the road and at unloading/loading locations. Organize the road testing requirements for newly hired drivers.
• Responsible for assuring all drivers are starting at their correct times to ensure daily assignments are completed and to reduce idling.
• Monitoring stop and start time variables across all driver assignments.
• Establish real trip times for routine runs.
• Help monitor the safety and compliance of fueling equipment parking areas and all shared spaces.
• Ensure the OTR Fleet is kept presentable and clean. Work with dispatch on maintaining a cleaning schedule.
• Back up, cover, or manage the Dispatcher as needed.
• Attend weekly/bi-weekly/monthly meetings for the Region, present info and issues related to the Region.
• Work closely with the Transportation Specialist and Directors as needed.
• Maintain and improve customer service levels by business requirements to ensure internal and external customers are serviced promptly.
• Meets requirements and provides recommendations for alternate arrangements to the Commercial team as required.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Job Qualifications

• Good computing skills
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Strong literacy and numerical skills.
• High-level scheduling & planning skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Data analysis/interpretation skills.
• Maintain good interpersonal communications with internal and external customers.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Find Out More…Please visit www.simsltd.com for more information on Sims and its commitment to sustainability.

SIMS LIMITED IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. WE VALUE THE DIVERSITY OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING AN INCLUSIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYONE CAN CONTRIBUTE, ADVANCE ON MERIT, AND REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. SIMS LIMITED IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. THE COMPANY DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ABOUT RACE, SEX, RELIGION, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, CITIZENSHIP STATUS, DISABILITY, AGE, MARITAL OR FAMILIAL STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, VETERAN STATUS, HOUSING STATUS, SOURCE OF INCOME, OR ANY OTHER STATUS PROTECTED BY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS. THIS APPLIES TO ANY EMPLOYMENT DECISION, INCLUDING RECRUITING, HIRING, PLACEMENT, PROMOTION, TERMINATION, LAYOFF, RECALL, TRANSFER, LEAVES OF ABSENCE, COMPENSATION, AND TRAINING. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WITH A DISABILITY IN NEED OF A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION MAY REQUEST SUCH WITHOUT FEAR OF REPRISAL OR DISCRIMINATION.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,000.00 - $82,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Transportation management: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: In person