Transportation Manager

Job Description

Job Description

As a Transportation Manager at Daniels Health, you’ll play a vital role in managing logistics that directly support frontline healthcare workers. This is a position at our Daniels Medical Waste treatment facility in Shakopee, MN, offering the opportunity to make a meaningful impact every day.

Daniels Health is proud to be an industry leader in healthcare safety and sustainable waste management. Our mission-driven approach, innovative solutions, and commitment to protecting both people and the environment make us a trusted partner to healthcare facilities across North America. When you join Daniels, you’re not just stepping into a job—you’re becoming part of a team that’s transforming how medical waste is handled, with safety and care at the forefront.

What the role entails

• Daily Operations Oversight : Supports pre-departure activities including truck loading, manifest checks, route verification, and employee briefings; conducts weekly safety meetings.
• Route & Driver Management : Ensures drivers follow assigned routes for optimal productivity and addresses routing issues as needed.
• Cross-Department Communication : Maintains effective coordination between plant operations, sales, and field service teams.
• Problem Solving & Customer Service : Leads daily route debriefs to resolve operational challenges and customer service concerns.
• Driver Performance & Compliance : Manages driver behavior, conducts evaluations and reviews, and ensures adherence to health and safety regulations.
• Fleet Maintenance : Coordinates vehicle servicing and resolves equipment issues to maintain performance standards.
• Cost & Coverage Management : Controls labor costs by managing headcount and overtime, and fills in for drivers when necessary to maintain route schedules.

What we are looking for

Why work for us

If you're looking for a stable, mission-driven role where your leadership makes a real impact, we’d love to hear from you. At Daniels Health, you’ll be part of a team that values safety, innovation, and people.  Apply today  and take the next step in your career with a company that’s transforming healthcare waste management for good.

Who are we?

We are a healthcare service company providing safety systems and medical waste collection for hospitals, medical centers, surgical centers, nursing homes and an array of customers within the healthcare setting. Our focus is delivering quality and safety-focused medical waste management services that reduce needlestick injuries, positively impact infection control and reduce environmental burden. As a service to our customers we dispose and treat medical waste on site at our treatment facilities across the U.S.

Daniels Health & Sharpsmart is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. Daniels Health & Sharpsmart prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Daniels Health & Sharpsmart  conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.