Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
1 to less than 7 months
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Establish work schedules and procedures
- Co-ordinate activities with other work units or departments
- Monitor movement of supplies and materials between departments
- Perform routine clerical duties
- Read blueprints, written specifications and production drawings
- Prepare and submit reports
- Ensure smooth operation of computer equipment and machinery
- Arrange for maintenance and repair work
- Ensure accuracy of completed time sheets, payroll and other summaries
- Ensure proper functioning of equipment
- Light cleaning duties
- Maintain work records and logs
- Monitor personnel workloads and locations
- Organize warehouse and work areas
- Perform general office duties
- Resolve work related problems
- Recruit and hire staff
- Co-ordinate activities with warehouse and production units
- Co-ordinate traffic flow of supplies
- Compile worksheets and specifications of orders
- Consult with production supervisor to schedule production runs in a cost and time-efficient manner
- Create, investigate, track and complete work orders
- Estimate materials and labour required for production
- Monitor production progress
- Prepare and maintain progress and other reports
- Project management
- Provide customer service
- Train workers in duties and policies
- Arrange training for staff
- Conduct performance reviews
- Co-ordinate, assign and review work
- Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies
- Advise vehicle operators of traffic and other problems
- Assist with maintenance of communications equipment
- Communicate with ships, aircraft and other remote operations
- Dispatch personnel according to schedules and work orders
- Dispatch personnel as required by emergency situations
- Follow-up on issues with work orders
- Handle wake-up calls
- Keep track of shipments
- Knowledge of cross border dispatching regulations and practices
- Knowledge of highway trucking and associated rules and regulations
- Maintain vehicle operator work records
- Operate computer-aided communications and dispatching equipment
- Operate radio equipment
- Plan, organize and oversee operational logistics of the organization
- Receive requests for emergency assistance or service
- Record mileage, fuel use, repairs and other expenses
- Schedule assignments and co-ordinate activities of vehicle operators, crews and equipment
- Organize and maintain inventory