Transportation Analyst III

The Transportation Analyst III supports transportation operations for the Precast facility, ensuring safe, compliant, cost-effective, and on-time delivery to customers and project sites.

This role serves as a liaison between internal drivers and external carriers, negotiates freight rates, monitors market conditions, coordinates delivery priorities, and maintains fleet compliance with preventative maintenance requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Support transportation schedules for Precast deliveries based on production schedules, project requirements, customer commitments, and resource availability.
• Analyze freight rates, carrier performance, and service metrics to identify opportunities that support cost control, delivery reliability, and customer service.
• Monitor freight market trends, carrier capacity, fuel costs, lead times, and lane availability; analyze and communicate impacts to support business decision-making.
• Coordinate with Project Managers, Production Managers, QC Managers, Billing, customers, and leadership to confirm delivery requirements, resolve schedule conflicts, and support accurate documentation and invoicing.
• Prepare shipment documentation, including bills of lading, delivery tickets, freight invoices, purchase requisitions, and supporting records.
• Collaborate with Quality and production teams to align delivery plans with product readiness, quality requirements, load securement, and customer specifications.
• Coordinate and monitor vehicle maintenance and compliance activities, ensuring accurate documentation and timely follow-up on outstanding requirements.
• Collect, analyze, and report transportation performance data, including on-time delivery, carrier performance, freight spend, equipment utilization, safety compliance, and customer service issues.
• Support continuous improvement in route planning, load optimization, delivery communication, freight cost reduction, and driver productivity.
• Maintain transportation records and ensure compliance with company policies, customer requirements, DOT/FMCSA requirements, and applicable regulations.
• All other duties as assigned.

Experience, Education, & License Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of 5+ years of relevant transportation, logistics, dispatch, fleet, or freight management experience required.
• Experience with precast concrete, construction materials, heavy haul, flatbed, or oversized load transportation preferred.

Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of transportation planning, freight negotiation, carrier management, dispatch, fleet maintenance, and delivery scheduling.
• Ability to manage competing project, production, customer, carrier, and driver priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong written, verbal, and cross-functional communication skills with customers, drivers, carriers, project managers, production, QC, billing, and leadership.
• Proficiency with transportation management systems, ERP platforms, dispatch tools, and shipment documentation workflows.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook for reporting, scheduling, and communication.
• Customer-focused approach with the ability to resolve delivery issues and maintain positive relationships with customers, drivers, carriers, and internal teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills for transportation delays, equipment issues, site constraints, and changing delivery priorities.
• Continuous improvement mindset focused on route optimization, load planning, fleet utilization, safety, and cost reduction.
• Ability to understand Precast project scope, delivery constraints, site access requirements, product readiness, and customer shipping needs.
• Knowledge of driver qualification, DOT/FMCSA compliance, vehicle maintenance requirements, and transportation safety practices preferred.

Competencies

• Safety
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Customer focus
• Integrity and trust
• Continuous improvement
• Adaptability
• Accountability
• Attention to detail
• Critical thinking