A typical work schedule is Mon-Fri from 6:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Weekends OT as needed)

The hourly pay rate is $25.00 to $29.00 per hour.

About Sims Metal

Sims Metal (Sims) is a global leader in metal recycling. With facilities across the globe, Sims plays an intrinsic role in the circular economy by making resources available for future use. As responsible corporate citizens, we continuously seek new ways to broaden our participation in the environmental sector, ensuring that our future is as bright, safe, and secure as ever in our long history.

Job description

To allocate work to the transport team and contractor drivers to ensure the transportation of material to and from customer and Company sites is completed in a safe and efficient manner in line with company requirements. Duties may include telephone or computer to transmit assignments, compiling statistics and reports on work progress.

Major Responsibilities/Duties

• Typical work schedule is Mon-Fri from 6:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Weekends as needed)
• Maintain transport systems to ensure accuracy and currency of data in line with business requirements.
• Allocate transport jobs to transport team members and contractor drivers in a timely manner, in accordance with business and legislative requirements
• Ensure that information contained on transport job sheets are accurate and complete and includes specific vendor/customer information and/or requests.
• Assist with the allocation of jobs by sorting jobs according to type, locality etc. so that consideration is given to urgency, location and cost effectiveness of the transport job.
• Monitor job progress and update systems upon job completion noting any factors that impacted on the cost of jobs such as detention, futile loads, business closed, etc
• Communicate with contractor drivers / customers / vendors to determine job status / and identify and investigate any incomplete jobs at close of business
• Ensure accurate records of completed jobs are recorded within relevant system to facilitate accurate and timely payment in line with company requirements
• Ensure pricing data for invoicing is accurate and current.
• Record, resolve and/or escalate complaints in a timely manner in accordance with company requirement.

Provide backup support to Dispatcher(s) which includes, but is not limited to:

• Constant coordination of inventory for all assets.
• Arrange coordination with TM or TS & Maintenance in getting equipment to service shops when repairs are needed on assets
• In the case of breakdowns; assist, arrange and provide roadside assistance for our drivers (flat tire, tow trucks, etc.)
• Creating the dispatch schedule around out of service equipment
• Prepare daily work schedules, missed load reports and 30/60/90 Day inventories
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting in line with company and legislative requirements.
• Demonstrate personal responsibility for all Safety, Health, Environment, Community, and Sustainability (SHECS) policies, procedures, and initiatives
• Support diversity and inclusion, positive employee relations, and teamwork
• Support measures designed to effectively manage costs and adherence to budgetary requirements.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and quality requirements
• Comply with all Company policies, procedures, and initiatives relevant to the job.
• Support training and performance-management initiatives

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Job Qualifications

• Good computing skills
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Strong literacy and numerical skills.
• High-level scheduling & planning skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Data analysis/interpretation skills.
• Maintain good interpersonal communications with internal and external customers.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Find Out More…Please visit www.simsltd.com for more information on Sims and its commitment to sustainability.

SIMS LIMITED IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. WE VALUE THE DIVERSITY OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING AN INCLUSIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYONE CAN CONTRIBUTE, ADVANCE ON MERIT, AND REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. SIMS LIMITED IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. THE COMPANY DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ABOUT RACE, SEX, RELIGION, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, CITIZENSHIP STATUS, DISABILITY, AGE, MARITAL OR FAMILIAL STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, VETERAN STATUS, HOUSING STATUS, SOURCE OF INCOME, OR ANY OTHER STATUS PROTECTED BY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS. THIS APPLIES TO ANY EMPLOYMENT DECISION, INCLUDING RECRUITING, HIRING, PLACEMENT, PROMOTION, TERMINATION, LAYOFF, RECALL, TRANSFER, LEAVES OF ABSENCE, COMPENSATION, AND TRAINING. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WITH A DISABILITY IN NEED OF A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION MAY REQUEST SUCH WITHOUT FEAR OF REPRISAL OR DISCRIMINATION.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $25.00 - $29.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed

Application Question(s):

• Can you reliably commute to 4300 Buell St, Chesapeake, VA 23324?
• Are you willing to accept an hourly pay rate between $25.00 to $29.00 per hour?

Experience:

• Transportation management: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: In person