Transportation Clerk

**JOB SUMMARY** This is an operations position responsible for performing clerical duties within the transportation department including maintaining all regulatory compliance as required by the Department of Transportation (DOT). **RESPONSIBILITIES** * Gather, organize and process driver daily paperwork, logs, manifest, vehicle inspection, etc. * Answer phones, route calls and take messages. * Research operation challenges, order supplies, liaison between office and operations * Respond to delivery associate issues and provide support for a resolution. * Process inbound freight paperwork weekly. * Primary contact for any inbound freight issues. * Run daily reports for operations supervisors (i.e. observations, vehicle tracking, etc.) * Perform all other tasks as assigned by supervision or management. **QUALIFICATIONS** **Education** * High school diploma or GED required. **Experience** * 2 years of prior customer service experience preferred. * 2 years’ distribution/transportation experience in a high volume, route delivery operation preferred. **Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations** * Valid driver's license with a driving record that meets the company's insurability standards. **Professional Skills** * Strong leadership, analytical and motivational skills. * Knowledge of D.O.T. regulations. * Proficient written and verbal communication skills. * Expertise in Windows operating system and utilizing Excel and Word. * Understanding of Manpower scheduling. **Physical Demand** 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. * While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear. * The employee may have to lift up to 40 pounds. * Specific vision abilities that