Transportation Coordinator

Beacon Mobility • Gardner, KS

4d • Onsite

About The Position

NRT Bus, Inc. is seeking a Transportation Coordinator to supervise and advise 30-60 drivers and monitors. This role is responsible for developing and implementing efficient routes across several regions, considering individual client needs. The coordinator will assign drivers based on their skills and performance, ensuring accurate and pleasant communication with all stakeholders. This position involves solving operational problems, maintaining professional relationships, and reinforcing company policies. The coordinator will also develop driver skills, promote good performance, and provide emergency backup for absent drivers. Building positive relationships with supervised staff and customers, including programs, guardians, special needs clients, and organizational contacts, is crucial. The role also requires maintaining detailed records for monthly billing.

Requirements

• Prior supervising experience.
• Self-motivated, show initiative, and have a strong work ethic.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Detail-oriented.
• Enjoy solving problems.
• Learn the programs, clients, and employees sufficiently to determine appropriate assignments.
• Enjoy working with children.
• Exhibit good technology skills; experience with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, SharePoint, Outlook), Google Chrome, Android tablets, etc.
• Must maintain a safe driving record and driver’s license.
• Respond to coverage needs.
• Able to work comfortably in a small and busy office environment.
• Able to sit, stand, stretch, reach, lift and walk during an 8-hour shift.
• Must be flexible and adaptable with ever-changing assignments.
• Flexible schedule including early morning shifts.
• 8hrs scheduled in a timeframe of 5:30am to 6pm Monday to Friday.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and advise 30-60 drivers and monitors.
• Develop and implement efficient routes across several regions with regard to individual client needs.
• Assign driver assignments that reflect knowledge and good judgment regarding employee skills and performance.
• Receive, record, retrieve and deliver messages accurately, clearly and pleasantly.
• Routinely solve operational problems, while maintaining cordial, professional relations with guardians, clients, program staff, customer staff, and all Company employees.
• Maintain and reinforce compliance with Company policies through dispatch and direct observation.
• Develop driver skills through discussion and example.
• Promote good performance through positive support and recommend reassignment or appropriate discipline for non-compliance with Company rules or standards.
• Spend sufficient time behind the wheel to know the routes, the clients, the drivers, and the programs and facilities.
• Observe and supervise drivers in action, provide emergency back-up for absent drivers.
• Build and maintain a positive relationship with those you supervise; understand and address the challenges they face.
• Develop and maintain a professional rapport with all of our customers which includes but not limited to; programs, guardians, special needs clients of all ages and customer contacts from the organizations with whom we contract.
• Maintain detailed and organized records to accurately perform monthly billing.

Benefits

• Beacon Mobility is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
• We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
• This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship.
• Beacon Mobility makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed