Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Salary
Rate:
Range $46,200.00 - $57,750.00
Work Schedule
Weekend Shifts
Night Shifts
Benefits
Medical benefit
Dental benefit
Vision benefit
401(k) retirement plan
Life insurance
Short-Term Disability coverage
long-term disability coverage
Paid Time Off
Paid Maternity Leave
Paid parental leave
Paid holidays
Job Description
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. is a leading transportation and logistics company based in the United States, particularly known for its commitment to leveraging innovative supply chain solutions to serve a diverse array of customers. Headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas, J.B. Hunt has grown to become one of the largest and most trusted transportation providers across North America. The company offers comprehensive services including truckload, intermodal, and dedicated contracted transportation, as well as logistics and warehousing solutions. J.B. Hunt prides itself on its investment in technology, safety, and employee development to create efficient and reliable supply chains for its customers. J.B. Hunt... Show More
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, transportation/logistics, supply chain, or related field OR high school diploma/GED with 1 year of experience in management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management, or related field, and/or equivalent military experience
- Willing to travel to account, customer, and company event locations when applicable
- Ability to work across multiple shifts including nights and/or weekends if needed
- Willingness to regionally relocate dependent on account assignment
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field OR High School Diploma/GED with 1 year of experience in management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management, or related field, and/or equivalent military experience
- Experience managing a team
- Ability to anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level
- Ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment
- Ability to adapt to changing environments
- Ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers
- Ability to meet or exceed team/driver needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner
- Ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas through various mediums
- Ability to recognize, anticipate, and resolve organizational, operational, or process problems
Job Duties
- 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
Job Qualifications
Experience
Entry Level (1-2 years)
Job Location
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