Job Title or Location

Truck dispatcher

CASRI TRANSPORT INC

Oshawa, ON

Job Details:

$30,000 - $60,000 / year
Full-time
Experienced

Overview
  • Job Duration: Permanent
  • Language of Work: English
  • Hours of Work: 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Experience:
  • Education
  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Tasks
  • Ensure accuracy of completed time sheets, payroll and other summaries
  • Ensure proper functioning of equipment
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Monitor personnel workloads and locations
  • Organize warehouse and work areas
  • Perform general office duties
  • Provide customer service
  • Advise vehicle operators of traffic and other problems
  • Assist with maintenance of communications equipment
  • Dispatch personnel according to schedules and work orders
  • Dispatch personnel as required by emergency situations
  • Follow-up on issues with work orders
  • Keep track of shipments
  • Knowledge of cross border dispatching regulations and practices
  • Knowledge of highway trucking and associated rules and regulations
  • Maintain vehicle operator work records
  • Process and transmit information and instructions to co-ordinate the activities of vehicle operators and crews using dispatching equipment
  • Record mileage, fuel use, repairs and other expenses
  • Respond to urgent calls from individual who find themselves in life threatening situation and who require assistance
  • Schedule assignments and co-ordinate activities of vehicle operators, crews and equipment
  • Supervision
  • 5-10 people
  • Computer and technology knowledge
  • Dispatch management service software
  • Mapping and data visualization software
  • Monitoring and tracking software
  • Word processing software
  • Database software
  • Electronic mail
  • Electronic scheduler
  • Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
  • Spreadsheet
  • Internet
  • MS Windows
  • Service experience
  • Trucking
  • Specialization or experience
  • Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
  • Security and safety
  • Criminal record check
  • Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Ability to work independently
  • Attention to detail
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Tight deadlines
  • Work under pressure
  • Personal suitability
  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Screening questions
  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Employment terms options
  • Early morning
  • Experience
  • 3 years to less than 5 years