Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Salary
Rate:
Range $46,200.00 - $69,300.00
Work Schedule
On-call
Day Shifts
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 leader in the transportation and logistics industry, known for its innovation and commitment to providing reliable freight solutions across the United States. Established as a Fortune 500 company, J.B. Hunt specializes in offering supply chain services, including truckload, dedicated, intermodal, and final mile delivery. The company prides itself on its forward-thinking approach, leveraging technology and a dedication to customer service to maintain an edge in a competitive market. J.B. Hunt is also notable for its robust safety culture and comprehensive employee development programs, fostering growth and success for its workforce across various roles and... Show More
Job Requirements
- High school diploma or GED required
- Currently pursuing or completed a bachelor’s degree
- Ability to work multiple shifts including nights and weekends
- Willingness to travel to various locations
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to manage conflicts and adapt to changes
- No employment-based sponsorship available for this position
Job Qualifications
- 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, and company event locations when applicable
- Preferred: Bachelor’s plus 1 year of or equivalent education, experience and training, prior internship training
- Ability to anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with conflicts
- Ability to analyze situations and reach productive decisions
- Ability to adapt to changing environments
- Ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships
- Ability to meet or exceed team and driver needs and expectations and provide excellent service
- Effective communication skills
- Ability to recognize 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)
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