Yard Superintendent

SSA Marine•Tukwila, WA

3h•Onsite

About The Position

The Yard Superintendent receives and releases containers in and out of the facility based on customer agreements. This role guarantees quality, security, safety, and efficiency in accordance with relevant operational and technical parameters. This position serves as the first-line supervisor of the operations management team, ensuring and maintaining a safe, efficient, hostile-free, discrimination-free, and drug and alcohol-free work environment. The superintendent is responsible for the direction and supervision of non-union and union workers, including hiring, discipline, and termination decisions. They manage and oversee that all PPE is worn at all times by personnel, ensure the availability of equipment required for timely completion of scheduled yard operations, and that staff and equipment are fully utilized. The role optimizes resource utilization and uptime to meet economic performance indicators and assists as necessary with other required tasks to turn trucks around in a reasonable timeframe. The Yard Superintendent plans, designs, and implements yard arrangements, enforces productivity levels by working with truck drivers/customers making multiple rounds within the storage facility operation and a follow-up assessment prior to shift end. They complete various reports and forms such as yard inventories and safety summaries, enforce and follow plans, requirements, and orders, and are responsible for investigating and reporting damages and liabilities to the appropriate management and authorities. This position serves as a key coordinator between all parties, truck operators, customers, and coworkers. Other duties as required.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent experience working in management
Must have valid DL
Extensive heavy yard machinery operating knowledge.
Thorough knowledge or principles of storage facility operations
Experience with computerized operating systems
Requires the ability to communicate effectively with truckers, management, and other staff.
Knowledge of safety and accident prevention codes and regulations
Required to observe all safety and health requirements for storage facility environment.

Responsibilities

Receives and releases containers in and out of the facility based on customer agreements.
Guarantees quality, security, safety, and efficiency in accordance with relevant operational and technical parameters.
Ensures and maintains a safe and efficient work environment.
Ensures and maintains a hostile free and discrimination free work environment, including a drug and alcohol-free work environment.
Responsible for the direction and supervision of non-union and union workers, which includes hiring, discipline, and termination decisions.
Manages and oversees that all PPE is worn at all times by personnel.
Ensures availability of equipment required for timely completion of scheduled yard operations, and that staff and equipment are fully utilized, optimize resources utilization and uptime to meet the economic performance indicators, and assist as necessary with other required tasks in order to turn trucks around in a reasonable timeframe.
Plans, designs, and implements yard arrangements.
Enforces productivity levels by working with truck drivers/customers making multiple rounds within the storage facility operation and a follow up assessment prior to shift end.
Completes various reports and forms such as yard inventories and safety summaries.
Enforces and follows plans, requirements, and orders.
Responsible for investigation and reporting damages and liabilities to the appropriate management and authorities.
Serves as a key coordinator between all parties, truck operators, customers, and coworkers.
Other duties as required.