Supervisor

Primary duties

• Assist Operations Team in supervising all transportation, administrative (including R&M and additional finance tracking experience) and maintenance related activities.
• Translate to Operations Team for driver needs/problems as required.
• Inform and update operations manager of driving team morale.
• Cook up and coordinate team events as required.
• Manage fleet knowledge, dispatching as required.
• Maintain maintenance spreadsheet/records, coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance as required with repair shops and order and procure parts as necessary.
• Perform minor maintenance on all assigned equipment.
• Monitor and update driver schedule.
• Knowledge of accounting procedures, farming knowledge, Microsoft Excel knowledge, ability to track and maintain fuel consumption spreadsheets, generate and manage applicable reports.
• Aid in managing driver files.
• Work with operations team to administer company and DOT safety policies and procedures.

Supervisor responsibilities

• Coordinate with operator who will drive semi tractor-trailer truck to/from specified destinations within area of intended employment.
• Maneuver trucks into and out of loading and unloading positions.
• Successfully operate in rough and adverse off-road conditions.
• Read a map, understand directions, use GPS and successfully navigate to a specific location.
• Trainable and willing to assist the Operations Team in verifying completion and accuracy of electronic and paper logs, as well as the use of reporting functions and system generated information within the electronic logging device system.
• Regularly climb up and down, on, into and out of tractor and trailers for maintenance and inspections.
• Ensure completion of pre-trip and post-trip inspection and paperwork on trucks and trailers.
• Perform all preventive maintenance duties to assigned fleet vehicle, as well as assist with reactive maintenance on assigned fleet vehicle.
• Possess the ability to change a truck or trailer tire, as well as perform brake system maintenance to include slack adjusters.
• Be responsible for daily, weekly and monthly surface and deep cleanings of assigned fleet vehicle, including exterior, chassis, engine area and trailer.
• Operate a pull tractor to aid in the extraction of tractors and/or trailers that have become stuck in sand, mud, snow, grass, etc.
• Supervise operation of hosteling truck operations for loading lines for filling and weighing purposes.
• May be required to assist farm personnel at the loading area and shipping line as required, including: sorting potatoes, shoveling dirt, debris and unusable potatoes, and assisting shipping personnel as required.
• Learn and assist in the installation and removal of seasonal trailer ventilation systems and oversee these operations along with the operations team.
• Learn to operate assigned generators and air conditioning equipment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months of verifiable supervisory experience in freight operations and/or logistics, in accounting, to include familiarity with R&M and additional finance tracking, budgets, worksheets and profit/loss statements.
• Must possess a working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and maintenance-related activities.

Bilingual Requirement

Bilingual (English/Spanish) required.

Other Requirements

• Must be able to perform and supervise all duties with accuracy and efficiency.
• Must furnish verifiable job reference(s) or comparable third party documentation from recent employer(s) establishing acceptable prior experience.
• Saturday and Sunday work required.
• Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs.
• Employer-paid pre-employment, as well as post-employment random, upon suspicion and post-accident drug testing required.
• Clean driving record required.
• Must have or be able to obtain drivers license within 30 days following hire.