Transportation Supervisor
About The Position
Air Fayre is an in-flight caterer providing the world’s major airlines out of LAX delicious inflight food and beverage services that make travelers and crews happy. Air Fayre has a winning team recognized by airline clients for top performance in terms of food, on-time service, and client satisfaction - achieved through our attentive employees. You will have a direct impact on customer satisfaction in this exciting industry! We’re looking for a hands-on Transportation Supervisor to support daily transportation operations in a fast-paced airline catering environment. This role helps oversee driver assignments, dock activity, flight catering schedules, and airside operations while ensuring compliance with safety, quality, customer specifications, and company policies. You’ll work closely with the Transportation Manager, kitchen team, drivers, leads, and airline partners to ensure flights are catered accurately, safely, and on time in a 24/7 production and airside environment. This position is ideal for an organized leader who can manage priorities, support employee engagement, and keep transportation operations moving efficiently.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- 2–5 years of supervisory or management experience, including scheduling.
- Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record required.
- Ability to pass TSA and FBI background screening.
Nice To Haves
- some college preferred
- In-flight catering experience highly desired; high-volume food service experience may also be considered.
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
Responsibilities
- Ensure on-time and accurate production and catering of all flights.
- Monitor and support compliance with HACCP, ramp safety procedures, and transportation SOPs.
- Manage allocated labor and daily assignments to maximize productivity and operational efficiency.
- Coordinate services between the kitchen, dock, drivers, leads, and airline contacts.
- Prepare control sheets, assign drivers to teams and flights, and confirm dock departures are completed according to schedule.
- Check dock areas to ensure employees have required equipment and trucks are ready for departure.
- Verify teams are catering the correct aircraft and flights and assist with late flights or equipment changes as needed.
- Assist with manpower planning and forecasting for transportation operations.
- Maintain radio communication with operations leadership, meal planners, and leads during service.
- Foster employee participation in improving work processes through proactive communication and engagement.
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- Excellent remuneration
- Medical, Dental, Vision for employees & dependents at 80% premium sponsorship.
- Free short- and long-term disability insurance and life insurance
- 2-4 weeks paid vacation
- 401K with a match
- job security and job satisfaction
- opportunity to learn new skills, and to move up
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
