Transportation Supervisor - Oakland CA

Company: The Salvation Army ARC Oakland
Location: Oakland
Posted on: February 13, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description JOB TITLE: TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR DEPARTMENT: PRODUCTION FULL-TIME, BENEFITED POSITION $24.00 Hourly OAKLAND WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER - EXPERIENCED TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR OPENING QUALIFICATIONS: • High School Graduate. • Valid driver’s license. • Must pass TSA driver and safety training series. • Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, train, and motivate others • Ability to communicate effectively with fellow employees and donors. • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite • Working knowledge of DOT rules and regulation • An understanding of Safety Rules for Dock and Transportation • Minimum of five years minimum light industrial, transportation, or operations’ experience. • Minimum two years of supervisory experience. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: • Ability to sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist on an intermittent or continuous basis. • Ability to grasp, push, pull objects such as files, file cabinet drawers, clothing carts, merchandise carts, rolling clothing racks, fixtures, furniture dollies, platform trucks and carts, hand trucks and miscellaneous carts. • Ability to operate a telephone. • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. • Ability to operate a motor vehicle. • Ability to operate forklift. • Ability to perform various repetitive motion tasks. ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES: 1. Direct training and supervision of Drivers/Material Handler and beneficiaries assigned to the transportation department. Responsible for training and supervision of beneficiaries who are assigned as truck’s helpers. 2. Dispatches trucks daily ensuring on time delivery of store product and neat and orderly donation sites. 3. Dispatches trucks daily ensuring 100% donor pickups for Real Estate for Rehabilitation and Corporate pickups. 4. Ensure each truck, tractor and trailer meets TSA standards and supports production and retail operations. 5. Supervise the donation operations to include donation attendant training, CCC locations, donation bin placement, and donor relations. Ensures a quality donation experience for donors. 6. View Smartdrive reports each morning, giving proper coaching/disciplinary action as necessary. 7. Plan and conduct weekly Transportation Team meetings per ARC Policies. 8. Review and approve all direct report timecards, assure compliance with Wage and Hours requirements. 9. Ensure loading and unloading equipment is safe and operable to include carts, dollies, load binders, flat carts, etc. 10. Assures safety measures established and maintained by ARC policy and government regulations. 11. Plays critical role in driving company culture change efforts and change management processes 12. Must always be prepared for a Center Review and maintain review standards. 13. Other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned, from time to time, by the Operations Manager.

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