Dispatcher II

General Summary

Under general supervision, this position is responsible for coordinating labor, equipment, materials, trucking and rentals for all construction projects for assigned location to ensure project appropriate resources are allocated.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Cook up project resource needs under the direction of the Construction Manager, Superintendents, Safety, and Equipment departments to ensure project schedule goals are met.
• Pass along detailed information like time and specific locations to dispatch resources to jobs in the field to ensure appropriate resources are allocated.
• Collaborate with the HR, Payroll and craft unions to maintain regulations that the union has established to ensure compliance.
• Arrange and work with the Equipment Department and other area dispatchers to ensure the best opportunity for Granite equipment utilization; schedule equipment repairs as needed.
• Aid management in planning job schedules to anticipate project needs to ensure timely delivery of resources to the job.
• Distribute on a daily basis to communicate resource and scheduling with team.
• Communicate dispatch to superintendents so that they can monitor daily work (QC, Shop, PM, Payroll).
• Negotiate with various vendors to ensure Granite receives the best possible pricing for rentals or other materials needed that are not already set in Job setups; utilize the FIS system in order to streamline the processes, including setting up rental equipment and export to Field systems.
• Understand and know contract requirements when it comes to ordering job resources (DBE, listed companies or special Tier compliant equipment).
• Code dispatch office invoices to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Track rentals and equipment moves to ensure efficiency.

Education

High School Diploma – some college preferred. 2+ years dispatch experience required.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Exceptional organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Attention to detail required.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in various computer software programs (excel, word, project, Heavy Job, The Dispatcher).

  Physical Demands

  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

  Reasonable Accommodations

  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  Subject to Outside Working Conditions

  At times will be working around large construction equipment, must be safety conscious.

  About Granite Construction Incorporated

  Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For additional information on applicant/employee rights please click here.

  Notice to Staffing Agencies

  Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Granite") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property. Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.

  Additional Information

  Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.