Manager Trainee
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Chehalis • Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $48,300 - $72,450 per year
Job Level
Entry Level
About the role
- Learn to build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers to ensure seamless new carrier set-up, minimize turnover and maximize ongoing productivity
- Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and on special projects related to optimizing fleet operations and achieving profitability
- Learn to utilize personnel management including training and orientation of drivers and/or employees including the training and assistance with internal and third party (customer) systems
- Become proficient in maximizing efficiency of fleet operations and profitability and making recommendations for continuous improvement, measuring key performance indicators, and creating, maintaining and presenting customer specific reporting and financial analysis through face-to-face interactions at customer location
- Gain knowledge on how to manage inventory, assets, customer pools and/or assignment of drivers to balance equipment in market
- Learn to perform administrative duties such as payroll, management of the Net-Revenue budget, driver counseling, accident reviews, filing and documenting, resolving pay issues, analyzing P&L statements, invoicing and/or creating operational or financial reports
- Learn to manage yard including checking/inspecting equipment, replacing parts (like mud flaps), completing repairs, etc., and coordinating with maintenance to ensure all regular preventative maintenance services are scheduled on time and all safety related mechanical issues are fixed for account equipment (as required)
- Learn to work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service issues, routing and/or planning, mechanical problems, accessorial pay related issues, etc., as they occur throughout the day and, where necessary, when on call
- Learn to maintain the Company's safety culture to include daily driver safety messages, monthly driver safety briefings, quarterly driver training, annual reviews, and enforce company policies to ensure DOT compliance and company safety requirements are being met
- Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement to provide safe, on-time service and meet customer requirements, including managing freight exceptions and driver ETA adjustments based on pick-up and delivery schedules, and other environmental factors on the road
Requirements
- High School Diploma/GED with up to 4 years of equivalent education, experience, and training
- Currently enrolled and working towards degree program(s) with up to 2 years or equivalent education, experience, and training
- Bachelor’s degree with ability to work across multiple shifts including nights and/or weekends if needed
- Must be willing to travel to account, customer, & company event locations when applicable
- Bachelor’s plus 1 year of or equivalent education, experience and training
Benefits
- medical benefit
- dental benefit
- vision benefit
- 401(k) retirement plan
- life insurance
- short-term and long-term disability coverage
- paid time off commensurate with tenure (includes vacation and sick time)
- six weeks of paid maternity leave along with two weeks of paid parental leave
- six paid holidays annually
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
fleet operationsinventory managementfinancial analysisP&L analysisreportingpayroll managementsafety compliancemechanical repairsload assignmentfreight routing
Soft skills
relationship buildingcommunicationproblem solvingorganizational skillsteam collaborationcustomer servicetraining and orientationcontinuous improvementtime managementadaptability
Certifications
High School DiplomaGEDBachelor’s degree