Forman Dock

By Gardewine North

Dead Line: September 28, 2021

• Ensures all dock activities are carried out efficiently and effectively to ensure ultimate customer satisfaction with on time and accurate deliveries
• Minimize OS&D by ensuring stripping and loading of trucks is done accordingly to operational procedures
• Supervise, coach and develop terminal employees in all operational areas, operation of equipment, safety and teamwork
• Schedule and monitor the use of equipment to maximize utilization
• Provide ongoing training to lead hands
• Maintain staff levels that insure an acceptable and standard level of productivity and performance
• Monitor freight movement to ensure maximum load factors and service levels
• Work with all employees to ensure smooth operations under all conditions
• Assist with terminal other operational activities
• Administer reporting and record keeping on productivity, utilization and service levels
• Minimize severity or frequency of accidents of contractors and dock personnel through risk identification process
• Review weekly dock schedule
• Plan work schedules, ensuring adequate staffing requirements
• Directs activities of dockworkers; inspecting completed tasks
• Develop and execute training plan for dock workers
• Ensure housekeeping, productivity, and quality of work standards are maintained
• Achieve departmental, as well as personal goals
• Manage inventory of tools and supplies to reduce risk, loss and damage
• Provide consistent communication with dispatch and terminal manager on activities
• Practices Safe work procedures and ensures team practices safe work
• Assists as needed in other terminal functions that support goals and objectives

• Experience working in a large commercial/industrial facility leading a team. 
• Ideally, you have post-secondary education and a minimum of three years’ experience in general freight operations. 
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks, work under pressure and manage critical and unplanned requirements.
• Strong interpersonal skills to foster and build working relationships with business unit leaders in addition to vendors, contractors, and suppliers.
• Competent ability and capacity to get the job done through a hands on approach.
• Experience using all Microsoft Office programs.
• Working knowledge of WHMIS and the Health & Safety Act.