Dock Supervisor

Dock Supervisor

Are you someone who never rests on their laurels, always strives to go above and beyond, and is committed to keeping your promises? Do you appreciate a company culture that is open, fosters work-life balance, and a dynamic team environment? Then Old Dominion is the home for you. We take pride in being the best in the industry, and from our humble beginnings we know that our people and our family spirit are the main ingredient in our secret sauce to success. At Old Dominion we are looking for individuals to join the OD family that will provide innovative solutions and exceed expectations to keep OD the premier transportation solutions provider. The dock supervisor plays a key role in overseeing daily operations, ensuring safety, and driving efficiency within Old Dominion's freight network. This position involves managing teams, utilizing innovative technology, and maintaining operational excellence in a company that has set industry standards since 1934. With a focus on growth, collaboration, and performance, this role is essential to the success of freight operations. Old Dominion Freight Line is currently recruiting for a dock supervisor to join our OD family culture. This supervisor role will successfully manage a shift or section in a service center while maintaining the department / shift and service center standards for safety, quality, efficiency, cost, service and delivery, training and development, and housekeeping. The supervisor must complete the various company and government forms utilized in freight movement such as shipping orders, city stripping manifests, freight bills, inter-terminal movement forms (ITM's) and exception forms. Constantly uses OD's proprietary technology system permitting consistent monitoring of shipment locations as freight moves through the various terminals while communicating continuously throughout the day with associates, customers and team members verbally and through other computer operating systems. Responsibilities include : monitoring and evaluating the safety of each employee on a daily basis, monitoring and evaluating the safe and efficient loading and unloading process of freight throughout the shift, monitoring, evaluating, and teaching employees safe lifting techniques as well as using safe lifting as needed throughout the day, managing, assigning and supervising dock employees in the area to ensure proper utilization of employees, equipment, loading and unloading while meeting OD and customer expectations, managing all dock work schedules and time off requests, closely working with the operations manager / assistant svc manager and / or service center manager to ensure alignment in meeting daily / weekly / monthly and yearly business objectives, providing analyses, suggestions and ideas for the improvement of operations within the shift, department and facility, providing positive and constructive feedback to employees on a continual basis regarding ROI, MPH, stops per hour, return shipments, missed shipments, delivery / pick up errors, and overall productivity, conducting daily inspections to ensure compliance with local state, federal, federal safety regulations, as well as OSHA compliance, and DOT compliance, ensuring compliance with local state, federal, and federal safety regulations, as well as OSHA compliance, and DOT regulations, ensuring that 100% of trailers are loaded correctly to ensure safe transport of freight, inspecting trailers throughout the day for cleanliness and to ensure correct loading / unloading techniques are being used, operating AS400 system, BLU system, DYMS and any other computer / internal freight monitoring systems used within the company to monitor freight movement, completing forklift job training knowledge and using a forklift as necessary within the service center, conducting daily shift meetings, making quick and informed decisions based on the volume levels and communicating schedule to affected employees, inspecting working conditions of tools and equipment needed for safe operation within the area and directing the correction of any improper or adverse condition that exists, comprehending and ensuring compliance with company and government regulations, and working assigned shift / s as needed, must be available to work depending upon customer pick-up and delivery scheduled.

Qualifications : high school degree or equivalent. Some college preferred. Bachelor's degree preferred. 2 years working operations experience preferably in the transportation industry. Supervisory experience preferred. Working knowledge of AS400, Microsoft Office, DYMS and BLU systems. Knowledge of general DOT regulations. Good verbal and written communication skills.

Working days : shift and hours to be determined. Working shift : shift and hours to be determined. Work days and shift are estimates and are subject to change, at any given time, based on job scheduling and / or business levels. Any information listed regarding days and shifts shall be considered a guideline of expectations for the specific position at the time of posting.

Join the OD Family Today! As a full-time member of our family, you and your family are eligible to receive : great health benefits including a zero premium medical plan for employee only coverage, vision & dental, short term & long term disability, flex spending accounts, 401k retirement plan with company match and additional company annual discretionary match opportunity, life insurance, wellness program, tuition reimbursement for drivers and technicians, training and growth opportunities to build a career, we prioritize our OD family of employees, ability to advance through our promote from within philosophy, national career opportunities available at our 260+ service centers.

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, and / or gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military status, Vietnam Era and / or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law(s). If you have questions regarding this posting or require assistance with the application process, please click here for contact information.