Job Description
Overview
Midland Transport is looking for a City Dispatcher in Charlottetown, PE. In this role, you will be responsible for coordinating the transportation of freight with drivers and customers. You will schedule drivers for pickups and deliveries on specific routes, maintain up-to-date records and review driver logs to check for errors.
Responsibilities
- Day-to-day communication, via phone and handheld, with an assigned fleet of drivers to ensure proper load instructions are passed along and carried out.
- Line up loads and pickups to ensure the best time efficiency for drivers.
- Pickup dropped trailers around the city and set up night deliveries.
- Manage service concerns to limit exposure and minimize impact to the customer.
- Coordinate maintenance to city tractors, trailers and breakdowns.
- Assist other dispatch staff as required during spikes in workload.
- Assist other dispatch staff as required by pr...