Zone Transport Supervisor

**Purpose of position**:

- Ensure continuous product supply by managing daily driver availability and coordination with maintenance staff to provide equipment resources necessary.
- Coordinate liquid and gas schedules with Production.
- Review daily liquid container inventory and schedule necessary work with Production.
- Manage third party contractor support for the daily schedule in times of major logístical challenges as directed by regional management (i.e. major outages, on-site shut downs, etc.).
- Manage driver's hours of service in accordance with Messer policies and Federal/State regulations. On a daily basis, review location driver hour availability to prevent driver fatigue.

Principal Responsibilities:

- Exercise visible leadership with respect to local implementation of global/national/regional safety programs and initiatives. Champion and manage the SHEQ Activity, i.e. Safety meetings, Safety Talks, IMSS/IMS, Site Quality Plan
- Lead incident/injury investigations; seek out and address root cause of accidents, near misses, and potential incidents (good catches). Work closely with Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ).
- Recruit and select properly qualified drivers and oversee training to ensure resources are available to meet daily schedule requirements.
- Drive a continuous improvement focus on all aspects of the location's management, process and people.
- Provide timely and pertinent feedback to National Operations Center teams to improve daily Transportation operations.
- Implement and support national transport process changes and initiatives.
- Manage and motivate excellent performance and organization of office staff and drivers to support business targets (bid management, vacation coverage, etc.)
- Counsel, coach and discipline employees as necessary regarding performance related issues. Address employee and labor relations issues in collaboration with management and HR.
- Manage the daily hours of service for drivers and ensure compliance with Messer and legal/regulatory requirements
- Develop and implement Productivity Improvement Projects to improve upon Key Productivity Indicators; model High Performance Organization principles
- Manage maintenance programs for vehicles, equipment and customer stations (planning, inventory management)
- Monitor and manage costs at a local level to maintain a cost
- effective Transportation operation.
- Lead Location Administration - purchase cards, budgeting, customer billing, driver payroll, on board recording systems
- Manage Transportation related SAP processes
- Encourage and demonstrate cross-functional collaboration
- Lead process to ensure after hours coverage for the location to meet customer demands
- Assist in the coordination of response to support the demands of major plant and on-site locations during outages
- Six Sigma certification with emphasis on cross functional and Transport specific improvement projects
- Provide support for Transport Managers in respective region
- Lead project implementation initiatives for new technology including on-site training and support

**Willingness to travel, as you will be supporting three of our locations (Glenmont, NY, Fulton, NY and Sparta, NJ)**
Qualifications:
Required
- Minimum one (1) year of experience in a supervisory role
- High School Diploma or equivalent

Preferred
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience supervising drivers
- Knowledge of DOT, OSHA and Hazmat regulations
- Familiar with preventive maintenance programs
- Highly organized
- Strong degree of computer literacy
- Familiarity with Messer Distribution systems a plus (SAP, Gold, Lytx, PeopleNet, NeXIS)
- Good communication skills - must be able to effectively communicate with office staff, drivers, mechanics and senior management
- Strong coaching skills

Join us and you will be part of a company that values and supports your career. We offer competitive pay and benefits, with set schedules, steady work and opportunities for ongoing training and career progression.
Together we value innovation, efficiency and flexibility. Putting safety first, working with integrity and respect, we encourage everyone to find solutions for success. That means for our customers and for our colleagues. This makes us a great place to build a career where your skills are valued and developed.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in further