Transportation Operations Trainee

4 weeks ago


Joliet, Illinois, United States J.B. Hunt Transport Full time
Job Summary:

This position is responsible for learning the management of small driver count and/or non-traditional shifts, ensuring safe and timely service movement of freight, load assignment, and providing best-in-class customer service. The Transportation Operations Trainee will be trained to ensure compliance with DOT regulations and will be responsible for all drivers' compliance and company regulations while working with internal and external contacts to ensure the accurate planning, routing, monitoring, and delivery of freight and loads.

Key Responsibilities:

Learn to build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers to ensure seamless new carrier set-up, minimize turnover, and maximize ongoing productivity.
Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and on special projects related to optimizing fleet operations and achieving profitability.
Learn to utilize personnel management including training and orientation of drivers and/or employees, including the training and assistance with internal and third-party systems.
Become proficient in maximizing efficiency of fleet operations and profitability and making recommendations for continuous improvement, measuring key performance indicators, and creating, maintaining, and presenting customer-specific reporting and financial analysis through face-to-face interactions at customer locations.
Gain knowledge on how to manage inventory, assets, customer pools, and/or assignment of drivers to balance equipment in market.
Learn to perform administrative duties such as payroll, management of the Net-Revenue budget, driver counseling, accident reviews, filing and documenting, resolving pay issues, analyzing P&L statements, invoicing, and/or creating operational or financial reports.
Learn to manage yard including checking/inspecting equipment, replacing parts, completing repairs, etc., and coordinating with maintenance to ensure all regular preventative maintenance services are scheduled on time and all safety-related mechanical issues are fixed for account equipment (as required).
Learn to work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service issues, routing and/or planning, mechanical problems, accessorial pay-related issues, etc., as they occur throughout the day and, where necessary, when on call.
Learn to maintain the Company's safety culture to include daily driver safety messages, monthly driver safety briefings, quarterly driver training, annual reviews, and enforce company policies to ensure DOT compliance and company safety requirements are being met.
Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement to provide safe, on-time service and meet customer requirements, including managing freight exceptions and driver ETA adjustments based on pick-up and delivery schedules, and other environmental factors on the road.

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