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Cooper Consolidated is a balanced, asset-based provider of midstream stevedoring, barge, marine, and logistics services. With operations based along the lower Mississippi River between Southwest Pass and Baton Rouge, we provide cargo handling and movements throughout the U.S. inland waterway system. Our expert team ensures your important cargo is safely transported from origin to destination while making the experience as easy and worry-free as possible.
At Cooper Consolidated, our goal is to be the leader in the cargo handling industry. The key to this rests squarely with our people, and the backbone of how our people operate is our unique culture. The CC Way - 28 principles of our high-performing culture - describes the values, behaviors, and practices that are the foundation of this culture. It's what makes us a leader in our industry.
This job is primarily responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations at the assigned location ensuring safe, consistent, efficient and profitable operations. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, management of assigned location staff, staffing, logistics, inventory, maintenance, efficiency, quality, and customer service. Additionally, the job incumbent will promote and maintain a positive image within their local communities.
In this job, you will:
Actual responsibilities performed may vary dependent on daily needs and type of facility.
- Ultimately responsible for assigned location results; work with location management to ensure operations are optimally profitable; develop location benchmarks, report on location results and develop improvement plans for areas falling below benchmark.
- Supervise employees in all activities for all applicable operations at assigned location(s).
- Actively lead, direct, and communicate company's safety program to assigned staff; schedule and moderate monthly safety meeting, set safety goals and work with safety team to ensure they are achieved, monitor and perform safety behaviors and audits.
- Ensure employees perform all duties within compliance of OSHA, company safety, and environmental regulations; including wearing appropriate PPE for task being performed; and assist management to ensure environmental controls and procedures are appropriately managed (where applicable).
- Work with management team to develop and revise production forecasts with input from other responsible departments within the organization, where applicable.
- Oversee staffing and job development activities (e.g. staffing/scheduling, training, coaching, input on employee performance management and corrective actions,); develop, communicate, and manage staff performance expectations that align with company goals. Assist with and/or plan staffing schedules and direct work duties to assigned staff.
- Determine need for and schedule third party vendors as appropriate.
- Conduct quality internal audits as required; review, understand, notify management when needed.
- Ensure efficiencies are met for loading/unloading procedures by communicating with vessel officers and marine fleets.
- Ensure staff and facilities are compliant with all applicable state and federal regulations; take appropriate actions to correct/report incidents/findings where applicable.
- Actively participate in trainee program; coach trainees through their curriculum and plans/checklists.
- Other duties as assigned; including walk through, audits, inventory monitoring, maintenance needs, housekeeping as needed, etc.
Here’s what you’ll need to be considered:
Education
Required - High school diploma or equivalent. Preferred – Bachelor’s degree.
Experience
Required - 3 years' experience in various sides of the specific business unit.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Oversee all logistics processes and optimizes transportation resources to ensure timely delivery execution.
- Working knowledge and understanding of location cost structures, safety, efficiency, preventive maintenance, OSHA, and EPA guidelines.
- Basic computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
- Effective leadership skills.
- Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of people within and outside the organization.
- Strong decision-making and conflict management skills.
- Strong trouble shooting and problem-solving skills.
- Strong time management, organizational, and prioritization skills, with ability to remain flexible to changing priorities.
- Ability to perform job duties of any job supervised at assigned location.
- Good mechanical skills.
- Ability to understand, interpret, and follow all operating and emergency procedures.
- Ability to effective coach, mentor, and lead staff to accomplish assignments.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Physical Demands & Requirements
Heavy work. Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Ability to push/pull up to 50 lbs. frequently, where applicable. Ability to climb ladders, up to 120ft.
Ability to climb ladders and perform work at significant heights. Ability to perform work in confined spaces.
Ability to climb, crouch, stoop, bend, and squat, frequently. Ability to stand and walk constantly/continuously.
Ability to balance constantly/continuously. Ability to kneel occasionally.
Ability to safely walk on barge surface(s) with the ability to work around deep water, where applicable. Ability to understand and communicate verbally, in person and over two-way radio; where applicable. Ability to work in an environment with high dust levels around grain and other bulk products.
Ability to work outside in extreme weather conditions. Ability to be on call, as needed.
Ability to meet requirements of PFT and fit testing, when applicable.
Ability to meet requirement of and utilize all applicable PPE, when applicable.
Ability to distinguish, with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality odors, or recognizing particular odors, using nose.
Ability to work during non-standard business hours that may include evening, nighttime, weekends, holidays, and/or extended hours
Uses near, far and peripheral vision and depth perception for task(s) being performed; may need to be able to identify problems with grain.
The physical environment is dependent on the activities of the workday; can be inside where there are limited extremes to heat and/or cold and/or outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions.
Here’s additional information you need to know:
Environmental Conditions
The work environment described here are meant to be representative of those an employee would normally encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.
The physical environment requires the employee to work both inside and outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions. Frequently required to use personal protective equipment.
Travel, up to 20%.
Are you ready to make a meaningful career move & an impact at Cooper Consolidated, LLC? Apply today!
Known in our industry for stability and high ethics, Cooper Consolidated, LLC offers a stellar benefits package including: an outstanding 401(k) retirement plan with company contributions, medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, & disability benefits, flexible spending accounts, paid leave (holidays, vacation, sick), wellness programs, recognition programs, community involvement opportunities, and much more!
Cooper Consolidated, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal links in English or Spanish are listed here. Also, we are unable to legally hire anyone who is not eligible to work in the United States nor are we able to sponsor visas.
The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this position. It should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.
All Third Party Agencies, Headhunters, and Recruiters
Cooper Consolidated, LLC and its Subsidiaries only forms contracts with recruiters with whom we have an established relationship and with whom we have in place a signed contract. All contact from third parties must go through our Human Resources Department. Any contact made outside of our Human Resources Department by a third party will cancel any future business relationships between the third party and Cooper Consolidated, LLC and its Subsidiaries.
