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Fleet Manager

FLORIDA ROCK & TANK LINES INCBrent, FL
Onsite

About The Position

The Fleet Manager is responsible for independently creating and modifying driver schedules based on customer needs to ensure efficient deliveries. This role involves monitoring fuel usage and making autonomous decisions regarding fuel delivery, including diverting, canceling, or adding loads. The manager determines the number of trips and vehicles, assigns drivers and equipment, and supervises drivers to ensure load safety. Key responsibilities also include coordinating daily terminal activities, processing customer orders, preparing schedules for local and long-distance moves, and ensuring drivers adhere to logistic supervisor directions. The Fleet Manager must use judgment to assess driver fitness for duty, ensure compliance with all regulations, assist drivers with difficult addresses, investigate and resolve customer and driver complaints, interpret and enforce company policies, and recommend disciplinary actions to higher management. Active participation in monthly safety meetings, including presenting on topics, and reinforcing company safety policies with drivers during loading, unloading, and driving are also crucial aspects of the role. Additionally, the manager monitors critical error reports related to roll stability and hard braking and coordinates driver reviews with the terminal manager.

Requirements

  • Strong oral presentation skills
  • Strong to intermediate computer skills
  • Able to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to work independently
  • Ability to work on a salary basis with a non-standard schedule and fluctuating hours

Nice To Haves

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred
  • Dispatch experience highly preferred

Responsibilities

  • Create and modify drivers’ schedules independently as dictated by customer needs and to ensure the most efficient delivery to customers
  • Monitor fuel usage and make independent decisions about when and where to deliver fuel, including decisions regarding diverting loads, cancelling deliveries and adding deliveries as needed
  • Determine number of trips and vehicles to run, assign drivers and equipment to runs
  • Supervise drivers including ensuring the safety of drivers' loads
  • Coordinate daily terminal activities by taking customer delivery orders via, telephone, fax or in person
  • Review and complete the order process and prepare the schedules for local and long-distance moves
  • Ensure that drivers follow direction of Logistic Supervisors with respect to load diversions and changes to routes
  • Use judgment in determining whether a driver appears fit for duty and send drivers home who do not appear capable of working safely
  • Comply with all Federal, State and local rules & regulations
  • Aid drivers in locating difficult addresses
  • Independently investigate and resolve customer complaints
  • Interpret and enforce company policies
  • Resolve driver complaints
  • Recommend disciplinary action of drivers to Logistics Manager or Terminal Manager
  • Attend and participate in monthly safety meetings
  • Present on a topic at safety meetings (times may vary)
  • Reinforces compliance of company safety policy with drivers while loading, unloading and driving
  • Monitor critical error reports related to roll stability and hard braking, coordinate driver review with terminal manager

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What This Job Offers

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Manager

Education Level

No Education Listed

Number of Employees

101-250 employees

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