Assistant Manager-Terminal

• Assist the Terminal Manager with quote rates for potential business.
• Communicate with the Port Authority daily.
• Maintain a safe and efficient work environment, including ensuring that all PPE is always worn and distributed for jobs that require additional PPE.
• Ensure and maintain a drug- and alcohol-free work environment.
• Ensure and maintain a hostile-free and discrimination-free work environment.
• Manages the availability of equipment and personnel required for timely completion of scheduled vessel operations, ensures that staff and equipment are fully utilized, optimizes resource utilization and uptime to meet the economic performance indicators, and assists as necessary with other required tasks to turn the vessel around within a specific time.
• Oversees ramp supervisors and union-represented personnel in proper operating procedures, and as needed will counsel, discipline, and/or make termination recommendations to ensure an efficient operation while working within the definitions of the labor agreement.
• Plans, designs, and implements rigging arrangements.
• Completes various reports and forms such as shift production, payroll, and safety summaries; Produces reports to respective parties within required deadlines.
• Responsible for investigating and reporting damages and liabilities to the appropriate management and authorities.
• Responsible for learning, navigating, and adhering to all union contracts.
• Serves as a key coordinator between all parties, customers, agents, and labor.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes-Ramp Managers, Hostler Drivers, Lift Equipment Operators, and Administrative Staff.

Work environment:

• Must be able to work in rotating shifts, days, evenings, and nights.
• Must be able to work in extreme outdoor temperatures, both hot and cold, extremely dusty conditions, and occasionally, conditions of high levels of noise.
• The ability to work in an environment that may be hazardous to persons unable to see and hear fast-moving equipment
• The ability to drive 10%.