Job Description
Safety Requirements:
- Maintains a safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations including OSHA.
- Perform safety effort for company vehicles and equipment including inspections, update and maintain in software, equipment list, equipment files.
- Perform and report accident/incident/citation investigations and follow up on any open claims. Provide immediate response and guidance for serious incidents and emergency situations.
- Oversee Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse requirements and schedule random screenings.
- Lead safety meetings with drivers and Conduct safety portion of driver orientations.
- Maintain and audit employee files ensuring all paperwork and forms are compliant with a DOT audit and properly filed following all company procedures.
- Create safety material and share with drivers or managers.
- Review and fight accidents in DATA Q, send to appropriate states, issue discipline if needed.
- Complete quarterly reports and filings: IFTA, IRP, KYU, 2290 and etc.
- Driver License reviews and DOT card reviews.
- Maintain PeopleNet (GPS and ELD) and related record properly
- Safety reviews (mock) with insurance companies.
- Monitor driver’s HOS and Monitor daily drivers log identifying unsafe, inefficient activities and providing technical support and training assistance.
- Conduct and track various trainings to meet company’s expectation.
- Create and maintain driver’s qualifications files.
- On/Offboarding procedures of drivers including PeopleNet and TMW.
- Maintains legal requirements and government reporting regulations and ensures policies, procedures, and reporting are in compliance.
- Oversees maintaining accident kits in trucks, fire extinguisher, accident register forms, triangles or flares, camera.
- Maintain IRP plates on all fleets and as new ones purchased or terminated Going to SOS to get replacement plates.
- Identify opportunities for cost improvement to ensure all business accounts stay in profitable.
- Help HR with workers compensation cases, as assigned.
- Performs company insurance administration including quote negotiation, claims, reporting, approving invoices and communicating.
- Complete all necessary records and reports in a timely and accurately.
- Evaluates, manages and implements standardized programs and information systems, ISO and other regulatory requirements and permits as required.
Support Transportation Requirements:
- Manage drivers by handling and updating systems for JIT and SPD freight.
- Handle requests by phone and email from customers and carriers to add, delete or modify routes.
- Communicate with drivers and provide instructions to ensure successful delivery.
- Monitor and adjust driver schedules to cover required transportation commitments.
- Provide effort for retention of qualified drivers.
Driver Recruiting Requirements:
- Assist qualified candidates in completing their employment applications, and ensure all necessary paperwork is submitted by the candidate.
- Explore creative methods of sourcing qualified drivers in Michigan and Ohio.
- Assistance to source, recruit, screen, and interview experienced driver candidates via cold calling, email, computer databases, and internet recruiting resources.