Terminal Operations Manager, Yard.

Maersk
Elizabeth, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 3/25/2024 CLOSED ON 4/24/2024

Job Posting for Terminal Operations Manager, Yard. at Maersk

The Manager of Yard Operations is responsible for managing all yard container handling including OTR deliveries and pick-ups, heavy lift, empty return/dispatch, internal yard grooming & housekeeping details. Expectation is that the yard is operating per our safety standards with high efficiency and quality work. Ensuring maximum production levels with efficient utilization of labor and equipment, while accurately collaborating/communicating to all levels of our organization and our customers.

We offer

APM Terminals offers tremendous growth, career and leadership opportunities for those with the ambition, drive and dedication to become one of the best. If you see yourself being part of a team that helps the global economy grow through our worldwide network of customers and terminals, then we want to hear from you!

Key responsibilities

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
  • Structure and establish goals and procedures, set priorities, and efficiently execute daily tasks with considerations to safety, efficiency, lean methodology, cost controls, and efficient utilization of equipment and labor.
  • Manage the training, development, and accountability of the execution team, collaborating with centralized strategy.
  • Daily monitoring of safety, yard efficiencies, cost controls, production, and security.
  • Responsible for controlling and executing the complete yard process to achieve maximum productivity and efficiency with due consideration to vessel and inter-modal operations.
  • Manage continuous process of yard integrity while performing on-going space utilization analysis working with strategy and optimization team.
  • Maintain the safest working conditions for yard operations while ensuring that all company, state and federal laws and policies are adhered to. Also provide clear direction and understanding to all ILA employee’s and assistant managers.
  • Oversee that ILA contract is followed and hold labor accountable accordingly. Participation in the grievance process as necessary.
  • Build, maintain and enhance relationships between departments, steamship lines, affiliated business units and local unions. Promote good will among internal and external customers, vendors, and the OTR community. Exceed all service requirements while staying within contractual boundaries.
  • Support the management of customer service initiatives to include maintaining and building upon existing BCO relationships and improve the level of service that we offer.
  • Lead Elizabeth’s Way of Working initiatives for the yard through training, problem solving, Kaizen and continuous improvement. Support Global Initiative’s, with an improvement management mindset.

We are looking for

CRITICAL QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
Necessary to perform the requirements of the position:
  • Education – Minimum four (4) year degree from an accredited college or equivalent Terminal Operations working experience of five (5) years
  • Accountability - Ability to set operational plans with short-term impact by maintaining standards that lead to high performance and execution
  • Agility - Ability to modify important changes rapidly
  • Collaboration - Ability to exchange and adapt skills when working together across boundaries
  • Functional Excellence - Broad knowledge in job area/discipline or expertise in a specific discipline.

DIMENSIONS:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit, work at a computer terminal. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work is mostly performed outdoors. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will have to withstand exposure to outdoor/adverse working conditions. The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; extreme cold. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; extreme heat and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is occasionally noisy.

Must be able to work variable shifts including evenings & weekends.


At APM Terminals, we are a team of over 20,000 employees spread across more than 60 countries united by a passion to provide our expertise in port operations and container management services. By providing the expertise and port infrastructure essential to world trade, we actively support the advancement of the societies around us, enabling local economies to unlock their potential and build an even stronger global community. Working with a team of talented professionals you will get a chance to experience different cultures and make friends all over the world. You’ll find a culturally diverse, stimulating environment at any of our offices, terminals or depots. When you join APM Terminals, the world is your workplace. APM Terminals is an independent business unit within the Danish Maersk Group – a Global Fortune 500 company with about 89,000 employees and offices in 130 countries with global growth opportunities in a range of fields from shipping and energy to our offshore and manufacturing industries - Join us to achieve even your most ambitious career goals!


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