Dispatcher for CDL A Port Drivers

What You’ll Do:

• Prepare daily dispatch schedule for drivers and equipment; use dynamic routing program to efficiently route outbound product.
• Seek out and schedule backhauls where appropriate; provide inbound report receiving. 
• Build/update inbound/outbound orders in dispatch program, and adjust delivery/backhaul assignments to accommodate breakdowns, late trucks and other changes.
•  Respond promptly to driver inquiries regarding breakdowns, directions, product count discrepancies and monitors drivers’ hours to prevent DOT violations.
• Adjust delivery and backhaul assignments to accommodate breakdowns, late trucks and other changes.
• Work Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, earning hourly pay, with excellent benefits including health, 401K, PTO & paid holidays. 

What Experience and Education You Need:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred.
• One year of work experience performing dispatch for tractor trailer drivers.  
• Experience with Microsoft Excel and dispatching in New York City boroughs preferred. 

What Could Set You Apart:

• Previous experience performing dispatch in a frozen food storage environment.
• Dispatching to ports in the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Southern New Jersey areas. 
• Ability to work in fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment yet pay close attention to details.
• Good customer service skills and the ability to communicate effectively with variety of individuals

Physical Requirements:

• Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions
• Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending
• Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work
• Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks
• May require travel by automobile and airplane up for business
• May require a visit facility operations in temperatures at or below freezing
• May carry loads related to travel and occasionally lifts, carries, positions, or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds
• Requires the use of various electronic tools
• Requires the ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes
• Requires the performance of work activities including reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive management
  
   

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

What We Offer:

Our associates know the answer to the question What’s in it for me We offer best-in-class benefit programs and continuously work with our associates to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of their health and financial well-being. When you join Americold you join a values-oriented company with a clear mission. We help our customers feed the world.

The Company’s good-faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting for this position is $21.25 to $26.75 hourly.  Rate may vary based on work location.

Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.
EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.