truck dispatcher
Sahib Transportation Inc.
18 hours ago
Full-time
On-site
Canada
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 32 to 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
Work setting
- Transportation
- Private sector
Tasks
- Ensure accuracy of completed time sheets, payroll and other summaries
- Ensure proper functioning of equipment
- Maintain work records and logs
- Monitor personnel workloads and locations
- Perform general office duties
- Provide customer service
- Advise vehicle operators of traffic and other problems
- Assist with maintenance of communications equipment
- Dispatch personnel according to schedules and work orders
- Follow-up on issues with work orders
- Keep track of shipments
- Knowledge of cross border dispatching regulations and practices
- Knowledge of highway trucking and associated rules and regulations
- Maintain vehicle operator work records
- Operate radio equipment
- Process and transmit information and instructions to co-ordinate the activities of vehicle operators and crews using dispatching equipment
- Record mileage, fuel use, repairs and other expenses
- Schedule assignments and co-ordinate activities of vehicle operators, crews and equipment
Computer and technology knowledge
- Mapping and data visualization software
- Monitoring and tracking software
- Electronic scheduler
- Internet
- MS Windows
Service experience
- Trucking
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Tight deadlines
- Work under pressure
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Shift
Employment terms options
- Morning
- Night
- On call
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime required
- Overtime available
Other benefits
- Free parking available