Fleet Transportation Dispatcher - CDL

UPMC•Pittsburgh, PA

6h•Onsite

About The Position

UPMC is looking for a full time Fleet Transportation Dispatcher (CDL) to support our UPMC Employee Transit (Pittsburgh). This position works daylight, Monday-Friday, 10 am - 6 pm. Weekends off! The Fleet Transportation Dispatcher (CDL) will coordinate the activities of approximately 45 to 50 drivers on a daily basis. Keeping the pick-up and drop-off delivery times on schedule and ensuring an excellent customer satisfaction rating.

Requirements

High school education or equivalent and two years experience in dispatching or administrative support role.
Bachelor's Degree in a relevant/related field of study is required.
The ability to communicate professionally with various user groups is required.
Valid Drivers License.

Nice To Haves

Experience in data entry or with PC is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform telephone communication responsibilities in a professional and courteous manner.
Distribute work assignments in an equitable, accurate, and timely manner.
Monitor shuttle routes and responsibilities in an accurate and timely manner.
Log both routine and unusual information on the Daily Dispatcher Report.
Accurately records information regarding daily transport requests, department user group complaints and employees reporting off from work on appropriate logs.
Adhere to, know, and enforce all hospital and department policies and procedures pertinent to the Fleet Transportation Group.
Routinely responsible for swapping vehicles and scheduling them for preventative maintenance and detailing.
Adhere to, know, and enforce all pertinent PA state policies and procedures that impact the Fleet Transportation Group.
Fill in as a driver as needed.
When assigned, act as the primary back-up for the Supervisor and Operations Manager in their absence.
Knowledgeable about all safety, fire, evacuation, and disaster policies and procedures.
Attend department meetings when scheduled.
Maintain a neat and clean work area.
Train new employees to properly follow department procedures and policies.
Responsible to provide interim solutions for department.
Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.
Performs other duties as assigned.