Transportation Coordinator

Overview

AGS is looking for a Transportation Coordinator to work in El Paso, TX. The Transportation Coordinator (TC) is responsible for ensuring all transportation services required by the government are provided timely and safely. The TC oversees all staff responsible for scheduling, dispatching, and fleet maintenance for the contract. Services are provided from multiple locations primarily covering routes within the South Texas area of operations.

The TC provides reports and data analysis to improve efficiencies and reduce overall costs associated with transportation. They ensure full compliance with policies and standards and recommend corrective action to superiors when required. They are responsible for the execution of all transportation schedules including on-call on-demand requests for transportation.

• Plans and schedules work on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and longer basis. Sets and adjusts priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work. Assigns work based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments and capabilities of the employees.
• Oversees the fleet management program to include maintenance, safety, inspections, DOT compliance, and ELD requirements.
• Monitors and evaluates employees' work. Establishes or recommends performance standards and evaluations.
• Monitors and evaluates the delivery of services to the client and the methods and techniques used to provide them. Develops and implements plans to improve the delivery of services, individually, with other supervisors, and through process improvement teams.
• Review of reports on work and individual cases, both specific and statistical, manually and through automated systems. Monitors trends and patterns and recommends changes and improvements in operations, methodology or program.
• Planning routes and load scheduling for multi-drop deliveries
• Allocating and recording resources and movements on the transport planning system
• Communicating effectively with clients and responding to their requirements
• Observe, supervise, instruct and coordinate transportation and stationary guard activities.
• Review and adjust team assignments and match teams to workload.
• Ensure depot supervisor and transportation officers are performing vehicle and equipment checks and meet tasked assignments.
• Provide weekly status reports to Program Manager.
• Coordinate and investigate incident/accidents submitted by Shift Supervisors; submit to Program Manager; follow up with supplemental reports as necessary; assist Program Manager and DHS/ICE with investigation as necessary.
• Coordinate transportation of detainees as directed by DHS in a timely manner; ensure all detainees are delivered to proper destinations.
• Ensure all detainee transports are documented and documentation is provided to the transport driver prior to departure.
• Ensure safety-related transportation issues are addressed immediately and any vehicle with a safety issue is removed from service until repairs are completed.
• Ensure all required equipment for detention transport is loaded in vehicles or kept in vehicles prior to transport; to include first aid kit, accident investigation kit, proof of insurance, safety flares, restraint equipment, etc.
• Ensure compliance with USDOT and Texas DOT regulations for driver physicals, annual tests, random drug screens, and driver documentation in accordance with the Transport Manual.

• Bachelor s degree in logistics or a related field; education may be substituted with progressive experience and 3–5 years of management-level experience.
• US citizen or a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence and have resided in the U.S. for the last five years.
• Criminal background and consumer credit check required (no criminal record).
• Obtain and maintain a DHS/ICE government clearance.
• Pass all pre-employment and random drug tests.
• At least 21 years of age.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; ability to prepare reports and briefing materials and to convey plans, policies and guidelines, and resolve problems diplomatically.

• Speak, read, write, and understand English.
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