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Job Details

Transportation Manager

Employer

Little Big Recycling

Date Posted

May 24, 2023

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $1,238.10 weekly
  • Work Hours 30 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Jun 23, 2023
Job Requirements

Employer

Little Big Recycling

Languages

English

Education

College/CEGEP

Tasks

  • Manage finances or budget
  • Recruit, train and supervise staff
  • Arrange for shipping documentation and the tracking and tracing of goods in transit
  • Ensure transport compliance with regulations
  • Establish and implement policies and standards for the transportation and storage of goods
  • Monitor company's or department's performance, prepare reports for senior management, and plan for changes to schedules and policies
  • Negotiate for services and preferential rates
  • Oversee the scheduling and dispatching of vehicles and goods
  • Oversee the setting of transportation service rates and monitor revenue
  • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate daily operations

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Values and ethics

Experience

Experience an asset


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Transportation Manager is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Transportation Managers, Operations
DIRECTIVE

Interest in co-ordinating information to direct, control and evaluate the operations of transportation companies, and to determine safety procedures for the handling of dangerous goods; and in overseeing dispatch of vehicles, vessels or aircraft and in recruiting personnel and overseeing their training

METHODICAL

Interest in monitoring company and departmental performance, in planning changes to schedules and policies and in ensuring that company procedures comply with transport regulations

social

Interest in negotiating with personnel and senior management to change schedules and policies

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

Compared to my abilities

The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.

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Selected abilities

Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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Interest Codes

Transportation Managers, Freight Traffic
DIRECTIVE

Interest in co-ordinating information to direct, control and evaluate companies or departments responsible for transportation and movement of goods, to set performance goals and to oversee the setting of service rates; and in recruiting personnel and overseeing their training

METHODICAL

Interest in overseeing the scheduling and dispatching of goods and the tracking and tracing of goods in transit, and in monitoring revenue

social

Interest in negotiating with carriers, warehouse operators and insurance company representatives for services and preferential rates

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

Learn About Interests

Learn More

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