Regional Distribution Center - Gate Keeper

Key Responsibilities

• Adhere to all company policies and safety procedures; report any non-compliance by team members to Supervisor/Manager promptly.
• Communicate regularly with the dispatcher and inbound coordinator to update on all incoming trailers to ensure accurate trailer pool management.
• Monitor all incoming carriers, vendors, and maintenance vehicles to review and authorize entrance into the Regional Distribution Center secured area; assign drop slots accordingly.
• Obtain copies of truck driver licenses (DLs) on weekends or after hours for drivers picking up loaded trailers destined for designated Distribution Centers; staple copies of DLs to the appropriate bill of lading form.
• Receive all remaining Bill of Lading forms from the dispatcher daily that have not been picked up by carriers in the afternoon for monitoring the following day as needed.
• Receive and hold all FedEx and UPS packages delivered at the guard shack for proper handling; review and sign all carrier acknowledgment forms and forward paperwork to the inbound coordinator.
• Track arrival and departure of daily “Hub & Spoke” trailers to ensure on-time performance; immediately notify Management of any delayed arrivals or departures.
• Use radio communications to inform Management, administrative staff, yard jockey, and dispatcher of all visitors entering and/or exiting the RDC’s security area.
• Utilize and update Yard Management system to input all inbound and outbound trailers arriving and leaving the yard.
• Verify and closely update all inbound and outbound traffic logs to ensure accurate reporting of containers, trailers, and seal ID number information.

Qualifications

• A High School or GED degree
• 0-1 year of related experience preferred

Skills

• Policies and Procedures
• Masters Service Conversations
• Planning & Organizing
• Verbal Communication

Physical Demands/Working Conditions

• Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear, taste and/or smell; the employee must occasionally lift products weighing up to approximately 50 pounds.
• Handling of tires (e.g., rolling, destacking, team lifting) greater than approximately 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Travel required: 5% of the time