Port Manager - Tacoma EPC

Glovis • Tacoma, WA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Port Manager oversees technical and quality activities related to GLOVIS Port EPC operations. The role ensures equipment inspections, work-order completion, processing quality, and daily operational requirements meet customer and company standards. It also coordinates operational planning, TMS/WMS activities, transportation, staffing, and resources, while identifying and resolving technical or operational issues to support timely service, quality performance, and customer satisfaction.

The position is located in the Irvine, California office. The work environment is a typical office with low-level noise exposure, alongside duties that support operational activities such as equipment inspections, movement, processing, staging, and transportation coordination. The stated annual salary range is $89,000–$113,000, subject to a compensation study upon candidate selection.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7–13 years of direct experience in Finance or Accounting.
• 1–3 years of supervisory experience.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.
• Organization, scheduling, and time-management skills.
• Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Team coordination and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Adaptability and ability to manage changing operational priorities.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office and TMS/WMS systems.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Growth and precision skills mindset.
• Ability to adapt to change.
• Ability to sit at a desk or computer for long periods; sit for 5+ hours per day.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, reach over shoulder, kneel, push, and pull for 1–3 hours per day.
• Ability to use desktop computers, laptops, printers, scanners, and shredders, and to perform frequent hand grasping, writing, and typing.

Nice To Haves

• Operations Management System experience preferred.
• Warehouse Management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform quality checks and technical inspections to ensure processing and completed work meet customer specifications, internal standards, and quality requirements.
• Review and validate work orders for accuracy and completion, ensuring services are performed, documented, and closed before unit release.
• Conduct inbound, in-process, and final inspections to identify damage, defects, incomplete work, or other quality concerns.
• Safely operate and move customer equipment, including heavy machinery and specialized units, to support inspections, processing, staging, loading, and yard activities.
• Schedule and coordinate inbound and outbound transportation, pickups, deliveries, unit movements, and staging according to operational priorities and customer needs.
• Use Glovis TMS, WMS, and internal systems to manage unit status, inventory, transportation movements, work-order tracking, processing completion, and operational reporting.
• Establish and support budget, operational, and technical plans for new inbound customer volumes, including planning staffing, equipment, processing capacity, workspace, systems, transportation, and organizational structure.
• Communicate with customers about unit status, work-order completion, transportation requirements, quality issues, operational exceptions, and changing priorities.
• Identify operational or quality issues, determine root causes, and implement or coordinate corrective actions to minimize delays and prevent recurrence.
• Support daily EPC activities, including workload prioritization, unit staging, processing coordination, inventory movement, work assignments, and daily operational objectives.
• Maintain accurate inspection records, work-order documentation, inventory information, unit status, system updates, and supporting operational records.
• Identify and implement improvements to inspection processes, work-order accuracy, processing efficiency, equipment handling, workflow, system use, and service quality.
• Ensure activities comply with site safety requirements, customer procedures, equipment operating standards, and applicable operational policies.
• Coordinate with technicians and processors, operations leadership, transportation providers, customers, vendors, and internal Glovis teams to complete requirements accurately and on schedule.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Basic life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Paid vacation
• 14 holidays
• Sick leave
• Hospital and critical illness insurance
• Wellness program and gym reimbursement
• 401(k) with generous matching
• Referral bonuses
• Auto allowance
• Quarterly employee lunches, summer refreshments, and monthly team-building activities
• Discretionary bonuses
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior