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Career Details :: Transportation Managers

Description

Plan, direct, and coordinate the transportation operations within an organization or the activities of organizations that provide transportation services.

Experience

A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks

• Directs and coordinates, through subordinates, activities of operations department to obtain use of equipment, facilities, and human resources.
• Participates in union contract negotiations and settlement of grievances.
• Negotiates and authorizes contracts with equipment and materials suppliers.
• Oversees procurement process, including research and testing of equipment, vendor contacts, and approval of requisitions.
• Inspects or oversees repairs and maintenance to equipment, vehicles, and facilities to enforce standards for safety, efficiency, cleanliness, and appearance.
• Acts as organization representative before commissions or regulatory bodies during hearings, such as to increase rates and change routes and schedules.
• Oversees workers assigning tariff classifications and preparing billing according to mode of transportation and destination of shipment.
• Oversees process of investigation and response to customer or shipper complaints relating to operations department.
• Recommends or authorizes capital expenditures for acquisition of new equipment or property to increase efficiency and services of operations department.
• Enforces compliance of operations personnel with administrative policies, procedures, safety rules, and government regulations.
• Reviews transportation schedules, worker assignments, and routes to ensure compliance with standards for personnel selection, safety, and union contract terms.
• Conducts investigations in cooperation with government agencies to determine causes of transportation accidents and to improve safety procedures.
• Prepares management recommendations, such as need for increasing fares, tariffs, or expansion or changes to existing schedules.
• Oversees activities relating to dispatching, routing, and tracking transportation vehicles, such as aircraft and railroad cars.
• Analyzes expenditures and other financial reports to develop plans, policies, and budgets for increasing profits and improving services.
• Confers and cooperates with management and others in formulating and implementing administrative, operational, and customer relations policies and procedures.

Related Careers

• First-Line Supervisors, Administrative Support
  
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
  
• Mates, Ship, Boat, and Barge
  
• Public Transportation Inspectors
  
• Purchasing Agents and Buyers, Farm Products
  
• Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters
  
• Storage and Distribution Managers
  
• Surveyors
  
• Travel Guides
  

Important Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Problem Sensitivity
• Speech Clarity

General Work Activities

• Communicating With Other Workers
• Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
• Guiding, Directing & Motivating Subordinates
• Monitoring and Controlling Resources
• Evaluating Information Against Standards

Important Skills

• Management of Material Resources
  
• Coordination
  
• Reading Comprehension
  
• Speaking
  
• Problem Identification
  

Frequent Work Context

• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Consequence of Error
• Responsibility for Outcomes and Results
• Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
• Responsible for Others' Health & Safety

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