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J.B. Hunt Transport • Romulus, MI 48174 • Posted 8 days ago
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The Dispatcher at J.B. Hunt Transport is responsible for scheduling, dispatching, and resolving problems for drivers, contractors, and/or carriers. This role requires exceptional proactive communication skills with both internal and external customers, including resolving issues with timely pick-up and delivery, check calls, activity documentation, and promoting a professional workplace attitude in a fast-paced environment. The position demands flexibility to work any shift, including day shifts, night shifts, and weekend shifts, to ensure operational success.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for professional, timely, and effective internal and external driver interaction via phone calls and system messages.
- Maintain driver detention time and manage equipment through effective communication and planning.
- Efficiently assign loads on driver to maximize profitability, customer satisfaction, and driver retention.
- Maintains the company safety culture including daily safety messages and monthly driver briefings.
- Responsible for driver load monitoring, including resolving any issues that may affect scheduled pickup or delivery times.
- Proactively communicate to affected customers about any issues with truck mechanical problems, traffic or weather issues, or customer directed shipment changes.
Qualifications
Required
- High School Diploma/GED
- 1-2 years of Transportation, Customer Service, Administrative or related experience
- Ability to work across multiple shifts including nights and/or weekends if needed
- Excel proficiency
Preferred
- Bachelor's Degree
- 1 year of relevant professional experience or 4-5 years of experience in the Transportation/Logistics industry
About J.B. Hunt Transport
J.B. Hunt is a prominent transportation and logistics company in North America, offering truckload, intermodal, and dedicated transportation services. With a focus on efficiency and reliability, the company operates a modern fleet for seamless delivery across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. J.B. Hunt's commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction solidifies its position as a market leader in the industry.
Full Job Description
**Job Summary:**
Under routine supervision, this position is responsible for scheduling, dispatching, and resolving problems for our drivers, contractors, and/or carriers. This position requires you to have exceptional proactive communication skills with internal and external customers including resolving issues with timely pick up and delivery, check calls, activity documentation, and overall promoting a professional workplace attitude in a fast paced environment. Incumbent must be able to work any shift to satisfy the demand for flexibility of scheduling to ensure operational success. This includes, but is not limited to, day shifts, night shifts and weekend shifts.
**Job Description:**
**Schedule** : Monday-Friday 10:00a-7:00pm
**Salary** $18.00-$20.00
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Responsible for professional, timely, and effective internal and external driver interaction via phone calls and system messages, by building and maintaining a positive attitude to strengthen driver engagement in order to minimize turnover and improve driver satisfaction and productivity
- Maintain driver detention time and manage equipment through effective communication and planning in order to improve operational efficiency and profitability - Ability to efficiently assign loads on driver to maximize profitability, customer satisfaction, and driver retention for assigned market areas. Including monitoring ongoing freight optimization based on current loads in progress
- Maintains the company safety culture to include daily safety messages, monthly driver briefings, and help enforce company policies to ensure DOT compliance and company requirements are being met
- Responsible for driver load monitoring, including resolving any issues that may affect the scheduled times for pickup or delivery, while proactively communicating to the affected customers. These problems normally include truck mechanical problems, traffic or weather issues, or customer directed shipment changes
**Qualifications:**
**Hours:** 10:00am-7:00pm
**Minimum Qualification:**
High School Diploma/GED with up to 1-2 years of Transportation, Customer Service, Administrative or related; ability to work across multiple shifts including nights and/or weekends if needed.
+ **Excel proficient**
**Preferred Qualification:**
Bachelor's Degree with 1 year of relevant professional experience or 4-5 years of experience in the Transportation/Logistics industry
**Skills & Abilities:**
+ Ability to process information with high levels of accuracy
+ Anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level
+ Ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment
+ Ability to adapt to changing environments
+ Establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers
+ Ability to meet or exceed team/driver needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner
+ Effective communication skills
This position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.
**Education:**
High School (Required), GED (Required)
**Work Experience:**
Transportation/Logistics
**Job Opening ID:**
00562901 Dispatcher (Open)
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. affirms its belief in equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment in all terms and conditions of employment. J.B. Hunt is committed to both the spirit and the letter of affirmative action law and continues its good-faith efforts to comply with all applicable government laws and regulations. The company is committed to basing employment decisions on the principles of equal employment opportunity. J.B. Hunt will recruit, hire, compensate, offer benefits to, upgrade, train, layoff, terminate, and/or promote individuals without discrimination in regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability, status as a protected veteran, or other bases by applicable law.
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. offers reasonable accommodation in the employment process for individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance in the application process due to a disability, you may request accommodation at any time by calling 1-800-777-4968.
Under routine supervision, this position is responsible for scheduling, dispatching, and resolving problems for our drivers, contractors, and/or carriers. This position requires you to have exceptional proactive communication skills with internal and external customers including resolving issues with timely pick up and delivery, check calls, activity documentation, and overall promoting a professional workplace attitude in a fast paced environment. Incumbent must be able to work any shift to satisfy the demand for flexibility of scheduling to ensure operational success. This includes, but is not limited to, day shifts, night shifts and weekend shifts.
**Job Description:**
**Schedule** : Monday-Friday 10:00a-7:00pm
**Salary** $18.00-$20.00
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Responsible for professional, timely, and effective internal and external driver interaction via phone calls and system messages, by building and maintaining a positive attitude to strengthen driver engagement in order to minimize turnover and improve driver satisfaction and productivity
- Maintain driver detention time and manage equipment through effective communication and planning in order to improve operational efficiency and profitability - Ability to efficiently assign loads on driver to maximize profitability, customer satisfaction, and driver retention for assigned market areas. Including monitoring ongoing freight optimization based on current loads in progress
- Maintains the company safety culture to include daily safety messages, monthly driver briefings, and help enforce company policies to ensure DOT compliance and company requirements are being met
- Responsible for driver load monitoring, including resolving any issues that may affect the scheduled times for pickup or delivery, while proactively communicating to the affected customers. These problems normally include truck mechanical problems, traffic or weather issues, or customer directed shipment changes
**Qualifications:**
**Hours:** 10:00am-7:00pm
**Minimum Qualification:**
High School Diploma/GED with up to 1-2 years of Transportation, Customer Service, Administrative or related; ability to work across multiple shifts including nights and/or weekends if needed.
+ **Excel proficient**
**Preferred Qualification:**
Bachelor's Degree with 1 year of relevant professional experience or 4-5 years of experience in the Transportation/Logistics industry
**Skills & Abilities:**
+ Ability to process information with high levels of accuracy
+ Anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level
+ Ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment
+ Ability to adapt to changing environments
+ Establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers
+ Ability to meet or exceed team/driver needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner
+ Effective communication skills
This position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.
**Education:**
High School (Required), GED (Required)
**Work Experience:**
Transportation/Logistics
**Job Opening ID:**
00562901 Dispatcher (Open)
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. affirms its belief in equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment in all terms and conditions of employment. J.B. Hunt is committed to both the spirit and the letter of affirmative action law and continues its good-faith efforts to comply with all applicable government laws and regulations. The company is committed to basing employment decisions on the principles of equal employment opportunity. J.B. Hunt will recruit, hire, compensate, offer benefits to, upgrade, train, layoff, terminate, and/or promote individuals without discrimination in regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability, status as a protected veteran, or other bases by applicable law.
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. offers reasonable accommodation in the employment process for individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance in the application process due to a disability, you may request accommodation at any time by calling 1-800-777-4968.
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