Dispatcher

Metals USA has an immediate opening for a Dispatcher in our Oakwood, GA facility. The Dispatcher schedules and routes truck deliveries, pickups, and coordinates drivers, equipment and freight, as well as schedules and dispatches tractors-trailers or other vehicles to appropriate locations according to customer requests, specifications, or needs, using radios or telephones.

Confers with customers and sales to address questions, problems, and requests for service, pick-up and delivery

Prepares daily work and run schedules

Receives or prepares shipping documents

Monitors personnel or equipment locations and utilization to coordinate service and schedules

Maintains files and records of customer requests, work or services performed, charges, expenses, inventory, and other dispatch information

Determines @types or amounts of equipment, vehicles, materials, or personnel required according to work orders or specifications, trip destinations or load @type

May coordinate with the Drivers/Vehicle Maintenance employees when repairs and/or service maintenance is required on trucks

Performs other related duties as requested

Metals USA is committed to protecting our employees by creating and maintaining a workplace free of substance abuse.

Metals USA offers a competitive starting salary and benefits plus upward mobility professional growth.

Metals USA provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.

High school diploma or GED

One year of experience planning driver routes/schedules, deliveries, dispatching, logistics, or related field

English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar

Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, and other office procedures equipment (printer, fax) and processes

Basic Windows Platform Skills (Excel, Word, Outlook, Internet)

DOT Standards knowledge required

Basic arithmetic skills

Must have a working knowledge of warehousing and basic knowledge of the steel processing/fabrication

Must pass pre-employment drug screening

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