ASCENT LOGISTICS

Calgary, AB

ASCENT LOGISTICS

Calgary, AB

dispatcher, trucks

Calgary, AB (view on map)

Posted 17 hours ago

Job Description

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: Will train

Work setting

• Transportation

Tasks

• Maintain work records and logs
• Monitor personnel workloads and locations
• Perform general office duties
• Advise vehicle operators of traffic and other problems
• Assist with maintenance of communications equipment
• Dispatch personnel according to schedules and work orders
• Follow-up on issues with work orders
• Knowledge of highway trucking and associated rules and regulations
• Maintain vehicle operator work records
• Process and transmit information and instructions to co-ordinate the activities of vehicle operators and crews using dispatching equipment
• Record mileage, fuel use, repairs and other expenses
• Respond to urgent calls from individual who find themselves in life threatening situation and who require assistance
• Schedule assignments and co-ordinate activities of vehicle operators, crews and equipment

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week