Summary

This position is responsible for the management of all Heavy Haul activity at the Anchorage Terminal.  Essential Duties Operate safely and in compliance with all established HSSE policies and proceduresProvides customer service to all heavy haul customersQuotes heavy haul work for potential customers, assists with quoting HH projects in Alaska and Lower 48Schedules and plans work for HH drivers; review routing and all relevant details with drivers before dispatchingEnsures all necessary permits, road/bridge fees, and documents are prepared for drivers Maximizes the efficiency of loads, equipment, and drivers when route planningCreates BOLs in TruckMate for HH freight movesRates bills and date reviews before sending to billingProvides advice, guidance, and dir

Description

This position is responsible for the management of all Heavy Haul activity at the Anchorage Terminal. 

Essential Duties

  • Operate safely and in compliance with all established HSSE policies and procedures
  • Provides customer service to all heavy haul customers
  • Quotes heavy haul work for potential customers, assists with quoting HH projects in Alaska and Lower 48
  • Schedules and plans work for HH drivers; review routing and all relevant details with drivers before dispatching
  • Ensures all necessary permits, road/bridge fees, and documents are prepared for drivers 
  • Maximizes the efficiency of loads, equipment, and drivers when route planning
  • Creates BOLs in TruckMate for HH freight moves
  • Rates bills and date reviews before sending to billing
  • Provides advice, guidance, and direction to staff for their professional development
  • Communicates and coordinates with Operations
  • Oversees and manages the professional development and productivity of all staff members to ensure proper goals, training, professional development and project requirements are met
  • Actively involved with recruiting, retention, mentoring, and training of Heavy Haul drivers
  • Take delivery of new equipment, inspect, and approve for operational readiness
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

  • High school diploma or GED equivalent 
  • Some college, AA, or undergraduate degree preferred
  • 5-7 years of heavy haul driving required 
  • 5 years previous supervisory or managerial experience
  • Class A CDL with hazmat and tanker endorsement preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Working knowledge of finance, credit, pricing, budgeting, and cost control and collection principles and practices
  • Working knowledge of MS Office Suite applications including Word, Outlook and Excel
  • Working knowledge of multi-modal Heavy Haul routing including line service, barge and rail
  • Working knowledge of computers and software, TruckMate knowledge preferred
  • Must understand geographical markets
  • Knowledgeable of all state and federal DOT regulations
  • Proficient in the use of MS Office Suite including Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint
  • Excellent verbal, written and listening communication skills
  • Strong verbal, written and listening communication skills
  • Customer service focused
  • Ability to multi-task and work under pressure while meeting strict deadlines
  • Must be self-motivated, a problem solver and goal oriented
  • Strong organizational development skills
  • Ability to think creatively and strategically to successfully negotiate and mediate
  • Ability to direct others through clear, open, honest dialog and provide planned direction

Leadership Competencies

  • Communication: Express ideas in a clear, concise and convincing manner. Exercise good writing, speaking and listening skills. Use good judgement as to what to communicate and the best approach. Foster an open communication environment.
  • Interpersonal Skills: Treat others with courtesy, sensitivity and respect. Build and maintain strong relationships. Be friendly, approachable, humble and authentic. Have an awareness of your own strengths and weaknesses and strive for improvement.
  • Respect: Treat people of all levels and all walks of life with respect. Listen for understanding.
  • Trust: Earn the trust of others by being well intentioned and fair in all dealings. Follow through on commitments.
  • Accountable: Hold yourself and others accountable for measurable high quality, timely and cost effective results. Accept responsibility for mistakes and continuously strive to improve.
  • Continuous Improvement: Performs and models Carlile’s continuous improvement process and behaviors. Solicit and encourage improvement suggestions from team members. Ensure target condition and improvement efforts are aligned with higher level goals.

Working Environment:

This job operates in both a professional office environment and outdoors. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and other office related devices. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may work in outside weather conditions (extreme cold and inclement conditions – snow, ice, rain, wind, etc.). The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and vehicle vibration. 

Reasonable Accommodations:
Carlile will make reasonable accommodation(s) wherever necessary for all employees or applicants with disabilities, provided the individual is otherwise qualified to safely perform the essential duties and assignments in connection with the job and provided that any accommodations made do not impose an undue hardship on Carlile.

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