Dispatcher / Load Planner

Metals USA•Oakwood, GA

29d•$20•Onsite

About The Position

Metals USA has an immediate opening for a Dispatcher in our Oakwood, GA facility. The Dispatcher schedules and routes truck deliveries, pickups, and coordinates drivers, equipment and freight, as well as schedules and dispatches tractors-trailers or other vehicles to appropriate locations according to customer requests, specifications, or needs, using radios or telephones. Confers with customers and sales to address questions, problems, and requests for service, pick-up and delivery Prepares daily work and run schedules Receives or prepares shipping documents Monitors personnel or equipment locations and utilization to coordinate service and schedules Maintains files and records of customer requests, work or services performed, charges, expenses, inventory, and other dispatch information Determines types or amounts of equipment, vehicles, materials, or personnel required according to work orders or specifications, trip destinations or load type May coordinate with the Drivers/Vehicle Maintenance employees when repairs and/or service maintenance is required on trucks Performs other related duties as requested Hourly Rate starts $20 DOE Metals USA is committed to protecting our employees by creating and maintaining a workplace free of substance abuse. Metals USA offers a competitive starting salary and benefits plus upward mobility professional growth. Metals USA provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED
One year of experience planning driver routes/schedules, deliveries, dispatching, logistics, or related field
English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar
Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, and other office procedures equipment (printer, fax) and processes
Basic Windows Platform Skills (Excel, Word, Outlook, Internet)
DOT Standards knowledge required
Basic arithmetic skills
Must have a working knowledge of warehousing and basic knowledge of the steel processing/fabrication
Must pass pre-employment drug screening

Responsibilities

Confers with customers and sales to address questions, problems, and requests for service, pick-up and delivery
Prepares daily work and run schedules
Receives or prepares shipping documents
Monitors personnel or equipment locations and utilization to coordinate service and schedules
Maintains files and records of customer requests, work or services performed, charges, expenses, inventory, and other dispatch information
Determines types or amounts of equipment, vehicles, materials, or personnel required according to work orders or specifications, trip destinations or load type
May coordinate with the Drivers/Vehicle Maintenance employees when repairs and/or service maintenance is required on trucks
Performs other related duties as requested