Transportation Managers

• Direct activities related to dispatching, routing, or tracking transportation vehicles, such as aircraft or railroad cars.
• Monitor operations to ensure that staff members comply with administrative policies and procedures, safety rules, union contracts, environmental policies, or government regulations.
• Serve as contact persons for all workers within assigned territories.
• Implement schedule or policy changes for transportation services.
• Monitor spending to ensure that expenses are consistent with approved budgets.
• Promote safe work activities by conducting safety audits, attending company safety meetings, or meeting with individual staff members.
• Prepare management recommendations, such as proposed fee and tariff increases or schedule changes.
• Direct investigations to verify and resolve customer or shipper complaints.
• Direct or coordinate the activities of operations department to obtain use of equipment, facilities, or human resources.
• Analyze expenditures and other financial information to develop plans, policies, or budgets for increasing profits or improving services.
• Collaborate with other managers or staff members to formulate and implement policies, procedures, goals, or objectives.
• Plan or implement energy saving changes to transportation services, such as reducing routes, optimizing capacities, employing alternate modes of transportation, or minimizing idling.
• Direct staff performing repairs and maintenance to equipment, vehicles, or facilities.
• Conduct employee training sessions on subjects such as hazardous material handling, employee orientation, quality improvement, or computer use.
• Recommend or authorize capital expenditures for acquisition of new equipment or property to increase efficiency and services of operations department.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Transportation Managers.

• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Transportation Managers.