Description
Directly supervise truck drivers and yard staff, coordinating routes, deliveries, safety compliance, and fleet utilization to meet service and production goals.
- • Enforce DOT/FMCSA, OSHA, and company trucking safety rules.
- • Plan routes, driver assignments, and truck allocations to meet delivery goals.
- • Coordinate with customers, dispatch, warehouse, and supervisors to resolve issues.
- • Resolve driver problems and collaborate on route, hours, or equipment solutions.
- • Review dispatch orders, bills of lading, and shipping notices to set load sequences and destinations.
- • Recommend and implement improvements to driver performance, truck utilization, and work methods.
- • Maintain and verify driver logs, hours, mileage, fuel, expenses, and delivery records.
- • Interpret regulations, shipping instructions, and company policies for drivers.
- • Train and onboard new drivers; assign mentoring and ride-alongs.
- • Prepare and submit delivery KPIs, incident, and accident reports.
- • Support hiring, performance evaluations, recognition, and discipline for drivers.
- • Requisition drivers, PPE, fuel cards, equipment, parts, and maintenance services.
- • Inspect trucks, trailers, and load securement for safety and compliance.
- • Estimate staffing, route times, capacity, and transportation costs.
- • Dispatch trucks for urgent pickups, breakdowns, or emergencies.
- • Schedule preventive maintenance and coordinate repairs with shops or vendors.
- • Verify cargo weights, dimensions, and hazmat requirements for proper handling and routing.
- • Operate trucks or yard tractors as needed to assist operations.
- • Monitor on-road performance and compliance via telematics, audits, and ride-alongs.
- • Assist with loading, unloading, staging, and material transfers.
- • Publish daily and weekly driver schedules.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
