Supervisor, Operations

Operations Supervisor

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 executionbalancing 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.

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 rolesincluding forklift operationswhen needed to maintain continuity

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

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

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

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

Compensation & Setup

• Pay: $62,000 $72,000 base salary
• Location: Onsite | Dallas, TX
• Benefits: Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and paid time off

Physical Demands And Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands

• Heavy physical activity performing strenuous daily activities of a primarily productive/technical nature.
• While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, balance, reach/handle items, work with fingers, have color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and talk and hear others in conversations via the phone or in person.
• The employee is occasionally subjected to odors from the dock area and lifts objects up to 100 lb.

Work Environment

• The noise level is loud based on multiple printers and forklifts running outside of the door.
• Work in outdoors and indoors shop environment with adequate ventilation.
• Might be required to occasionally work in wet or humid conditions (non-weather), near fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals, vibrations, and outdoor weather conditions.
• The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principal functions of the position and are not intended to be all inclusive. The position and any of the requirements listed above are subject to change at any time according to the changing needs of the company.

Roadrunner is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We will not accept unsolicited candidates from external recruiters or recruiting agencies. Thank you!