Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
RoadStar LLC is looking for an
experienced OTR Truckload Dispatcher / Load Planner to join our operations team in Clayton, OH, just outside Dayton.
We are looking for someone with
at least 3 years of hands-on truckload dispatch/load planning experience who can independently manage a board of drivers, plan freight, understand HOS, communicate with customers and brokers, and actively source brokered freight when needed.
This is a hands-on operations role. You will be responsible for
planning trucks from load to load and making real-time decisions that maximize utilization, service, and revenue.
Core Responsibilities
- Independently dispatch and manage a board of OTR CDL-A drivers
- Plan trucks from load to load based on location, HOS, appointments, home time, available freight, and equipment
- Use DAT and other load boards to source and book brokered freight when customer freight is unavailable
- Find strategic reloads/backhauls that position trucks for upcoming customer loads
- Evaluate loads based on rate, mileage, deadhead, timing, HOS, and fit within the overall truck plan
- Negotiate rates and communicate directly with freight brokers
- Minimize empty miles, downtime, and unnecessary truck sitting
- Monitor trucks, driver hours, loads, ETAs, and potential service issues throughout the day
- Communicate directly with drivers regarding dispatch instructions, schedules, and changes
- Provide customers with load updates and proactively communicate potential delays
- Coordinate pickups, deliveries, reloads, and driver home time
- Troubleshoot breakdowns, appointment issues, HOS constraints, and other operational problems
- Assist with after-hours operational issues when necessary
- Maintain accurate load and dispatch information within the TMS
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of hands-on OTR/truckload dispatch or load-planning experience
- Previous experience independently planning and managing multiple CDL-A drivers
- Experience sourcing, negotiating, and booking spot-market/brokered freight
- Strong working knowledge of CDL Hours of Service (HOS) and OTR trip planning
- Ability to determine whether a driver can legally and realistically complete a load based on available hours and appointment times
- Ability to plan trucks several moves ahead rather than simply dispatch one load at a time
- Understanding of rates, deadhead, revenue per mile, utilization, and positioning
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Professional communication with drivers, customers, and brokers
- Ability to manage multiple active trucks and loads simultaneously
Computer & Technology Skills
Strong computer proficiency is required for this position. Our dispatchers work across multiple systems throughout the day and must be able to navigate technology quickly and efficiently.
- Experience working with transportation management systems (TMS)
- Experience with Samsara or similar ELD/GPS fleet-management platforms
- Experience with DAT or similar freight/load boards
- Comfortable working across multiple programs, browser tabs, email, spreadsheets, and dispatch systems simultaneously
- Able to quickly learn and efficiently navigate TruckMate
- Strong general computer skills, including accurate and efficient data entry
Compensation & Benefits
- $55,000–$57,500 per year , based on experience
- Health benefits available
- Modern office environment – new facility built in 2024
- Growth opportunity with a scaling transportation company
This is not an entry-level dispatch position. Applicants should have direct experience planning trucks, managing driver HOS, and booking brokered freight in a truckload environment.
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