TW Perry Dispatcher Delivery

Builders Firstsource

The Role

Overview

Assigns motor vehicles and drivers for building material delivery and dispatch.

Key Responsibilities

  • key issuance
  • route planning
  • vehicle allocation
  • mileage tracking
  • radio dispatch
  • customer coordination

Tasks

-Issues keys, record sheets, and credentials to drivers. -Establishes service or delivery routes. -Compiles list of available vehicles. -Maintains record of mileage, fuel used, repairs made, and other expenses. -Investigates overdue vehicles. -Directs activities of drivers by two-way radio. -Records time of departure, destination, cargo, and expected time of return. -Assigns orders to lift operators to be pulled from inventory. -Assigns helpers to drivers. -Confers with customers to expedite or locate missing, misrouted, delayed, or damaged merchandise. -Assigns vehicles according to factors such as length and purpose of trip, freight or passenger requirements, and preference of user.

Requirements

  • problem solving
  • math skills
  • regulation interpretation
  • business writing
  • presentation
  • common sense

What You Bring

-Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. -Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. -Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write basic business correspondence. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from employees, customers, and members of management.

The Company

About Builders Firstsource

-Survived the Great Recession, then expanded rapidly through acquisitions like ProBuild (2015) and merger with BMC (2021). -Projects range from single-family homes to light commercial builds, including off-site prefabricated trusses, panels, and millwork. -Invests in digital tools (e.g., MyBLDR.com via acquisition of Paradigm) and factory-built components to streamline homebuilding. -Maintains its own fleet of trucks and in-house installation services, offering one-stop solutions that most competitors lack. -Stands out for integrating over 60 acquisitions while keeping local teams, and executing major share buybacks alongside growth.

Sector Specialisms

Residential

Commercial

Industrial

Infrastructure

Energy

Heavy Civil

Marine

Transport

Utilities

Water Resources

Solar

Wind

Nuclear

Government

Buildings