Fleet Transportation Dispatcher - CDL

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UPMC is looking for a full time Fleet Transportation Dispatcher (CDL) to support our UPMC Employee Transit Garage located in Pittsburgh .

This position works evenings Monday-Friday (Monday – Thursday 6 pm – 2 am & Fridays 5:30 pm – 1:30 am). Weekends off!

Purpose:
The Fleet Transportation Dispatcher (CDL) will coordinate the activities of approximately 45 to 50 drivers on a daily basis. Keeping the pick-up and drop-off delivery times on schedule and ensuring an excellent customer satisfaction rating.

Responsibilities:

• Perform telephone communication responsibilities in a professional and courteous manner.
• Distribute work assignments in an equitable, accurate, and timely manner.
• Monitor shuttle routes and responsibilities in an accurate and timely manner.
• Log both routine and unusual information on the Daily Dispatcher Report.
• Accurately records information regarding daily transport requests, department user group complaints and employees reporting off from work on appropriate logs.
• Adhere to, know, and enforce all hospital and department policies and procedures pertinent to the Fleet Transportation Group.
• Routinely responsible for swapping vehicles and scheduling them for preventative maintenance and detailing.
• Adhere to, know, and enforce all pertinent PA state policies and procedures that impact the Fleet Transportation Group.
• Fill in as a driver as needed.
• When assigned, act as the primary back-up for the Supervisor and Operations Manager in their absence.
• Knowledgeable about all safety, fire, evacuation, and disaster policies and procedures.
• Attend department meetings when scheduled.
• Maintain a neat and clean work area.
• Train new employees to properly follow department procedures and policies.
• Responsible to provide interim solutions for department.
• Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.
• Performs other duties as assigned.