What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dispatcher – Yonkers, NY position at Oak Ridge Waste?

Hours : Monday thru Friday and some Saturdays 1st Shift.

Pay Range : $65,000 to $75,000 per year. Full benefits package.

Work Environment : In-office. Not remote.

Summary of Position

The purpose of the Dispatcher position is to communicate with Oak Ridge Waste / Interstate Waste Services drivers to respond to incoming service orders, schedule service, resolve route and service issues and complete daily routing dump and crew data entry. Distribute information to driver teams as needed.

2 years or more experience with dispatching in a transportation environment is REQUIRED to be considered for this job.

Essential Job Functions

Maintain contact between drivers and home base, dispatching drivers to calls as they are received, using information on customer needs, drivers’ locations and loads, and daily factors to balance cost and speed of response.
Assign routes and service tickets to appropriate drivers throughout the day and for the next day; closes service tickets each day.
Plan, distribute, monitor and follow-up daily route assignments for residential, roll-off and commercial drivers to ensure customers are serviced per Oak Ridge Waste standards and agreements.
Troubleshoots and resolves potential delivery and pick-up problems before they result in service issues. Effectively communicate with both drivers and customers to ensure customer satisfaction. Communicate service changes to Sales staff.
Answer incoming calls from Customer Service and provide requested route information and / or follow up. Work directly with Customer Service Manager, Operations Manager and the Driver to ensure prompt follow through of all issues. Distribute county requests to route supervisors.
Communicates with maintenance shop personnel and serves as an emergency point of contact to drivers.
Review route paperwork, enter customer information to database, and close work orders from previous day routes, paying close attention to detail, identifying and correcting any issues. Records and documents information from drivers and distributes to appropriate departments.
Maintains all data in appropriate systems including the following : Verify all dump tickets have been received and entered into system. Close tickets and note in Softpack. Enter new drivers, truck and route data information in system. Enter “Crew Out” into system and provide to Supervisors.
Print, review and make data entry corrections to productivity reports for route supervisors daily.
Distribute and maintain driver phones / radios — including completion of software updates, and charging phones every evening.
Additional responsibilities may include uniform tracking, timecard review for Drivers, reconciliation of supervisor fuel tickets, and maintenance of PPE inventory. Ensures that supplies are on hand for necessary forms. Prepares Saturday work.

Other Job Responsibilities

Employees in this job classification must attend and participate in corporation sponsored training courses as assigned.

Employees in this job classification are responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by Oak Ridge Waste / IWS.

Any additional job duties that may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Qualifications

High school diploma or G.E.D and a minimum of 6 months of related work experience required.

Experience within the Waste industry, transportation, or logistics is preferred.

Previous customer service experience in a call center environment preferred.

Good telephone and 2-way radio skills; ability to deal with internal and external customers in a courteous and professional manner

Computer proficiency- MS Office and Typing Skills,

Ability to react well under pressure and treat others with respect

Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner

Ability to prioritize and plan work activities;

Ability to work efficiently and effectively, both independently and as a team

Special Considerations / Physical Work Requirements : Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, driving, etc.)- most of the work day.

Required to exert physical effort in tasks that involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and / or pulling of objects and materials of light weight handling objects less than 25 pounds- rarely.

Oak Ridge Waste & Recycling is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Salary : $65,000 - $75,000

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