Logistics Specialist

7 months ago

Langley, Canada Westcan Bulk Transport Ltd . Full time

**Dispatcher / Logistics Specialist - Valley West**

The Kenan Advantage Group Inc., (KAG), is North America’s largest tank truck transporter and logistics provider, delivering energy commodities, specialty products, merchant gases, and food products across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Our Canadian operating companies, known as KAG Canada, include Westcan Bulk Transport, RTL Construction, Les Distributions Carl Beaulac, Paul’s Hauling, Kentrax Transport, Connectrans Logistics and Valley West Transport - One team driven to make a difference If you want to contribute to KAG's excellent tradition of innovation and leadership in the logistics and transportation industry, we invite you to apply

Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Logistics Specialist is primarily responsible for pairing company resources (equipment and drivers) to system orders while ensuring safety and efficiency at all times. This position plays a key role in the day-to-day operation of Valley West helping to achieve our commitment to continuously meet our customer’s requirements.

**About the position**:

- Matching drivers, trucks and trailers to orders based on load requirements and qualifications while optimizing fleet resources and ensuring proper utilization
- Ensuring drivers have adequate hours of service and rest
- Ensuring product compatibility with equipment when assigning each load
- Arranging for equipment to be available for fleet maintenance
- Planning route for drivers by adding route or track points as required
- Ensuring all load special instructions are communicated effectively to relevant drivers and/or personnel
- Providing instructions to and answer questions from drivers
- Contacting off duty drivers to provide trip instructions for next on duty status
- Communicating with drivers on any deviations with planned loads
- Communicating schedule requests to operations supervisor
- Coordinating and communicating changes to planned orders and update system as required
- Monitoring total mail and keep system up to date
- Managing tank levels and confirm inventory levels utilizing in house software system, identifying any conflicting information for review.
- Prepare border crossing documentation, communicating with brokers and customers to ensure loads are cleared prior to driver crossing the border.
- Providing ETA as required and provide updated information to customers when changing plans
- Administering other duties as required

**What you bring**:

- Previous demonstrated experience in forecasting, manpower allocation and scheduling proficiencies
- Familiarity and experience with RM’s, road bans and permitting
- knowledge of LSD is an asset
- Experience with windows-based programs is required
- _must be_ computer literate and savvy
- High level of communication skills; both verbally and written
- Outstanding customer service behaviors
- Forward thinker - must be able to plan and foresee potential issues that may require the plan to be adjusted
- Must have strong organizational, interpersonal as well as the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to maintain a sense of humor and composure in challenging situations and not be frustrated when the plans change
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, requiring initiative and ambition

**What’s in it for you**:

- Very competitive compensation including immediate company paid benefit package for you and your family
- We offer a wide range of other employee programs and incentives including a RRSP/DPSP matching program, annual bonus opportunities and scholarships opportunities for your children
- Referral reward payments up to $2,000 available per successful hire (certain conditions apply)
- We are a fun team and maintain a family like atmosphere
- We listen to your ideas and give you an opportunity to make changes
- We have an uncompromising commitment to safety and lead by example every day through actively caring about one another

All applicants require a clean abstract and will adhere to a criminal record search, medical assessment, drug, and alcohol screen.

External applicants in consideration will adhere to a company-paid criminal record search.

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