What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dispatcher position at Metals USA?
Cooksey Steel has an immediate opening for a Dispatcher in our Tifton, GA facility. The Dispatcher schedules and routes truck deliveries, pickups, and coordinates drivers, equipment and freight, as well as Schedules and dispatches tractors-trailers or other vehicles to appropriate locations according to customer requests, specifications, or needs, using radios or telephones.
- Confers with customers and sales to address questions, problems, and requests for service, pick-up and delivery
- Prepares daily work and run schedules
- Receives or prepares shipping documents
- Monitors personnel or equipment locations and utilization to coordinate service and schedules
- Records and maintains files and records of customer requests, work or services performed, charges, expenses, inventory, and other dispatch information
- Determines types or amounts of equipment, vehicles, materials, or personnel required according to work orders or specifications, trip destinations or load type
- May coordinate with the Drivers/Vehicle Maintenance employees when repairs and/or service maintenance is required on trucks
- Performs other related duties as requested
Metals USA is committed to protecting our employees by creating and maintaining a workplace free of substance abuse.
Metals USA offers a competitive starting salary and benefits plus upward mobility professional growth.
Metals USA provides equal employment & affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.