Contract Manager (Coppell, TX) – Austin Bridge & Road
Austin Industries is one of the nation’s largest, most diversified U.S.-based construction companies. With more than 7,000 employee-owners, Austin Industries provides nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction services through the expertise of our operating companies: Austin Bridge & Road, Austin Commercial and Austin Industrial.
Austin Bridge & Road is currently seeking a Trucking Operations Manager to be based at its corporate office in Coppell, TX. This role will oversee daily activities related to dispatching, routing, and tracking of drivers and equipment, while providing operational leadership and ensuring safety and regulatory compliance. The position will manage Employee-Owner drivers, independent contractor owner-operators, and third-party broker drivers, supporting efficient and compliant trucking operations across the organization.
Responsibilities:
- Ensures safety and regulatory compliance of all driver types (Employee-Owner, Owner Operators, and Third-Party Broker drivers), with federal and DOT trucking regulations
- Works with other departments to optimize overall company process efficiency, and to meet customer, driver and company objectives as well as safety initiatives and standards
- Provides leadership for the improvement and optimization of all operational processes through partnering with internal and external entities to identify opportunities to increase revenue and reduce cost
- Responds to and resolves customer and/or driver complaints, concerns or operational issues
- Reviews transportation contracts and provides pricing for customer RFQ’s
- Promptly and thoroughly investigates any and all service failures and accidents, and reports results to senior leadership to prevent future incidents
- Coach, lead and develop approximately 25-40 drivers, dispatchers and logistics professionals
- Negotiates haul rates with owner operators and third-party drivers, and builds relationships to improve rates on backhauls or extra-capacity moves
- Assesses and makes buy/sell recommendations of internally owned fleet of trucks and trailers
- Seeks out innovative ways to create differentiation and growth, and to improve systems/processes
- Coach and manage a fleet of drivers to ensure high on-time delivery performance and fleet profitability
- Accountability for personal actions and decisions, as well as leading accountability within the team, including holding the team accountable, following through on commitments, meeting deadlines, and clearly defining expectations
- Makes effective decisions through defining and considering all options and forecasting the outcomes of each option.
- Conducts business with integrity to build trust and relationships with internal and external entities
- Drives departmental and company results through personal ownership, tenacity and with steadfast determination
- Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
- Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
- Ability to act decisively and effectively in stressful situations with a sense of urgency.
- Thorough knowledge of DOT laws and regulations.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to lead, develop and manage staff.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administrations, Supply Chain or Logistics preferred
- 7+ years work experience in the transportation industry (asset-based trucking and/or freight brokerage company)
- Must be bilingual (English/Spanish)
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Bridge & Road is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.
Benefits & Compensation
We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)! To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned.
Austin Bridge & Road is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
See the “Know Your Rights” poster available in English and Spanish.
About Austin Bridge and Road
A leader in the heavy highway and transportation industry for more than 100 years, Austin Bridge & Road delivers asphalt and concrete services, and builds landmark projects such as complex highway interchanges, tollways, runways, bridges, rail projects, and water/wastewater facilities.
To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/bridge-road.
No Third-Party Inquiries Please
This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).
Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.
Accessibility Note
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Equal Opportunity Employer
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