Operations Manager

2 days ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Central Transport Full time
About Central Transport

Central Transport LLC is a leading provider of Less-than-Truckload (LTL) transportation services, renowned for its reliability and technological advancements. As a privately owned company, we have been serving manufacturing and retail clients of all sizes for nearly 90 years, with a network of over 200 locations across the country.

We take pride in our continuous expansion and improvement of our operational systems to better serve our diverse clientele. For instance, we have recently implemented 25 next-day hubs in our network, enabling us to provide immediate and essential services to our customers overnight. Our fleet is comprised of modern tractors and trailers, with an average age of 2.5 years, ensuring efficient and safe transportation.

Our Company Culture

We attribute our growing success to our ability to develop and provide opportunities for our team members, enabling them to advance within our company. Our employees enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package, including:

  • 401k
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Medical/Dental Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Life Insurance

We value a flexible schedule, with our ideal candidate able to work a schedule of:

4:00pm - 2:00am, Monday - Friday

Salary ranges from:

$75,000 to $90,000

Ideal Candidate Requirements

We seek a candidate with:

  • Experience in managing a team, preferably in transportation operations
  • A thorough understanding of the LTL trucking industry
  • Prior management, dispatch, or dock experience, preferably in the LTL trucking industry
  • Strong leadership skills, including the ability to hire, coach, counsel, train, and mentor employees
  • A desire to surround customers with excellence in service
  • A high aptitude for technology
  • The ability to multi-task while being detail-oriented
  • Excellent written, listening, and verbal communication skills
  • A willingness to work 50 hours/week on average
  • The ability to work any shift, including nights and/or weekends, and in any weather condition
  • The capacity to work under tight time constraints in a high-pressure environment with multiple priorities
  • An associate's or Bachelor's Degree, preferred but not required
Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

  • Overseeing break bulk operations for the terminal dock
  • Managing the process of loading, forklift traffic, and proper picking/sortation of palletized freight
  • Ensuring proper load of carriers by monitoring the cube and weight of trailers
  • Providing leadership and accountability to a team of drivers, dock workers, and dock hands
  • Monitoring dock production, ensuring facility Key Performance Indicator goals are met and/or exceeded
  • Monitoring hours and overtime
  • Maintaining a safe work environment compliant with state and federal DOT/OSHA standards
  • Ensuring company operational model compliance
  • Supporting a culture of excellence in quality of product to internal and external customers

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