Transportation Specialist – 3PL Onsite Operations
About The Position
The Transportation Specialist – Serves as the on-site extension of the Transportation team, embedded within the 3PL facility to ensure executional excellence across parcel flow, dock operations, hazmat compliance, bonded processes, and sorting performance. This role is highly cross-functional, partnering with operations, quality, compliance, and transportation stakeholders to identify, investigate, and resolve operational failures that impact service, cost, and compliance. This position is critical in bridging Transportation strategy with day-to-day warehouse execution, owning root cause analysis and corrective actions across dock operations including parcel dwelling, pickup performance and process execution, hazmat exceptions, bonded inventory integrity, and sort performance.
Requirements
- 2–5+ years of experience in transportation, logistics, warehouse operations, or 3PL environments.
- Strong understanding of parcel operations, dock processes, and carrier interactions.
- Experience with WMS, TMS, and yard management systems.
- High attention to detail with strong investigative and problem-solving skills.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, hands-on warehouse environment.
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional partners.
Nice To Haves
- Working knowledge of hazmat requirements and bonded operations preferred.
Responsibilities
- Parcel Dwelling & Failure Management
- Hazmat Compliance & Inbound Failures
- Bonded Operations & Special Projects
- Pickup Performance and Dock Process Audits
- Sort Performance, DPMO & Process Quality
- Carrier Pickup Performance
- Dock Operations – Failure to Load & Execution Gaps
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Reporting & Analytics
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
