Load Planner

Quality Carriers • South Williamsport, PA

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About The Position

Quality Carriers, Inc. (QC), headquartered in Tampa, FL, is North America's largest bulk liquid chemical carrier. Through a network of more than 100 terminals and facilities, we transport a broad range of chemical products and provide our customers with value-added transportation services. Job Summary: This position coordinates all functions of load planning and freight movement in order to maximize profitability and optimize terminal assets and resources. This candidate will be required to secure freight from outside sources. This position requires a self-motivated and detail-oriented individual. This person will have daily contact with the customer and be able to interact with various positions within the customer's locations. The candidate will have to be able to communicate effectively with internal and external customers both written and verbal. Advise customers/management on the tracking, process oversight, issues, successes and date. This candidate will also be required to be on call at times.

Requirements

• 2-3 years chemical bulk transportation industry experience; in a dispatcher or transportation operations position.
• Current transportation market knowledge (understanding operating practices, structure, and management organization, including knowledge of lanes and rates)
• Knowledge of customer's business, products
• Knowledge of Quality Carrier's and Customer’s equipment
• Geographical Expertise, understanding of mileage as it relates to the passage of time, including DOT and speed governance
• Good communication skills and ability to deal with people
• Knowledge of DOT requirements
• Experience with safety procedures
• Working knowledge of computer and software such as Word & Excel
• TMW experience strongly preferred
• Strong analytical skills

Responsibilities

• Create the daily schedules and obtain necessary backhauls for all assets, if applicable, using all available inputs, to include but not limited to the driver calendar, available yard checks, and available orders and out of service reports from maintenance or driver reports.
• Work closely with the terminal driver managers in an effort to match the best possible driver to the most appropriate loads that optimizes driver’s hours and maximizes revenue per day targets, as established by management. This will require an understanding of transit times, customer requirements, and DOT Hours of Service
• Proactively works with the maintenance teams on a weekly basis to plan all preventive maintenance, federal inspections, and necessary repairs to ensure all trailers are in a high level of repair and in full compliance to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all QC compliance standards thereby reducing the equipment’s downtime.
• Proactively monitors all terminal freight assigned to the system reloadable and relay network to ensure freight is being proactively covered by the Central Scheduling and shared trailer pool team. If not, working closely with those teams to plan and cover the freight internally with the terminal capacity to ensure the best service to the customer is expected.
• Track load matching data and miscellaneous functions
• Communicating load planning with customers
• Performs projects and other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Quality Carriers offers competitive wages and employee benefits (Flexible spending accounts, generous Paid Time Off/Holiday Schedule, in addition to Medical, Dental and Vision plans and more).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees