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Supervisor, Operations
RoadrunnerUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 Jun 2026
💰 $65,000/yr($60,000/yr – $65,000/yr)
About the role
The Operations Supervisor is a critical execution leader within the service center, ensuring daily dock, freight, and operational activities run with precision, safety, and financial discipline. This role exists to translate network strategy into real-world execution—balancing throughput, cost control, service quality, and compliance in a fast-paced LTL environment.
As Roadrunner continues to scale its Smart Network™, this position plays a key role in protecting shipment integrity, optimizing load flow, and maintaining operational consistency across linehaul and local delivery functions. Success in this role means running a clean, compliant, and high-performing dock, delivering reliable service outcomes, and contributing directly to terminal profitability and network efficiency.
As Roadrunner continues to scale its Smart Network™, this position plays a key role in protecting shipment integrity, optimizing load flow, and maintaining operational consistency across linehaul and local delivery functions. Success in this role means running a clean, compliant, and high-performing dock, delivering reliable service outcomes, and contributing directly to terminal profitability and network efficiency.
What you’ll do
1. Execute dock and terminal operations with precision
- Oversee daily dock operations including load planning, freight handling, and linehaul coordination
- Ensure freight is processed accurately with proper routing, documentation, and data entry
- Maintain high standards for load quality, minimizing damages, OS&D incidents, and rehandling
- Step into operational roles—including forklift operations—when needed to maintain continuity
2. Optimize service center performance and cost control
- Monitor daily operating costs and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and margin performance
- Support budget attainment through effective labor utilization, contractor coordination, and workflow management
- Ensure billing, rating, payroll, and administrative processes are completed accurately and on time
3. Drive safety, compliance, and risk management
- Maintain a safe and compliant work environment aligned with DOT, OSHA, and hazardous materials standards
- Support contractor compliance including equipment standards, qualification requirements, and operational procedures
- Enforce freight security protocols and ensure adherence to company and regulatory policies
4. Lead and develop frontline teams
- Supervise, coach, and direct service center personnel with clear expectations and accountability
- Provide real-time feedback, performance management, and development support
- Foster a culture of ownership, teamwork, and operational excellence through visible leadership
5. Coordinate across network stakeholders
- Partner with linehaul contractors, drivers, and internal teams to ensure seamless freight movement
- Communicate effectively with corporate teams, customers, and external partners
- Resolve operational issues quickly, applying sound judgment in dynamic, variable conditions
What you bring
- Bachelor’s degree or 1–2 years of relevant operations or logistics experience (or equivalent combination)
- Experience in transportation, LTL, warehouse, or service center operations preferred
- Demonstrated ability to supervise, train, and evaluate team members
- Strong working knowledge of safety protocols, compliance standards, and hazardous materials handling (Hazmat certification preferred)
- Forklift certification (or ability to obtain)
- Solid analytical and mathematical skills with the ability to interpret operational and financial data
- Proficiency in PC applications (email, spreadsheets, database systems); AS/400 experience preferred
- Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage across all levels of the organization
- Proven ability to prioritize, delegate, and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Strong problem-solving capability in situations with limited standardization
How you operate
- You think in systems, not tasks—understanding how decisions impact network performance
- You own outcomes, not activity—delivering measurable results under pressure
- You move decisively while maintaining control and operational discipline
- You lead from the front—modeling accountability, work ethic, and safety standards
- You communicate clearly—ensuring alignment across teams, contractors, and stakeholders
- You balance speed and accuracy—protecting both service and profitability
- You adapt quickly—navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities with confidence
About Roadrunner
We’re not just moving freight; we’re reimagining long-haul shipping. Our Smart Network™ offers more direct long-haul metro-to-metro routes than any other nationwide LTL carrier in the United States, with service extending into Canada and Mexico and terminals across 40+ metro markets. Powered by AI and machine learning, our operati
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