Logistics Associate Jobs in Berkeley, CA (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary:
In collaboration with other Logistics team members and local Construction Operations Leadership, the Logistics Supervisor oversees end-to-end fleet logistics, coordinating transportation, dispatch, and asset movement between fabrication shops, tool cribs, warehouses, and job sites. This role ensures on time, first-time-right delivery of tools, materials, and equipment while managing drivers, vendors, and real-time operational issues to fully support all field operations throughout the assigned regional area.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee and optimize all local hub trucking and transportation operations, ensuring maximum efficiency in route planning.
• Act as the primary liaison between fabrication shops, tool cribs, and warehouses to synchronize loading schedules and material availability.
• Guarantee a "right-the-first time, every-time" delivery standard, ensuring all payloads arrive at job sites strictly on schedule.
• Coordinate the proper staging, securing, and dispatching of all assets, ranging from delicate tools to heavy construction equipment.
• Manage internal drivers and third-party freight vendors, monitoring performance, compliance, and safety protocols.
• Proactively identify transit bottlenecks, weather delays, or logistical conflicts, implementing rapid contingency plans to prevent field downtime.
• Adhere to and promote company policies while instilling a culture of accountability, integrity, ethics, and respect within the department.
• Continually evaluate all personnel to ensure safety habits, personal conduct, and performance are exceptional. 

Position Requirements (Work Experience, Skills, Licenses, etc.): 

• Proven track record as a Logistics or Transportation Manager, overseeing end-to-end fleet and dispatch operations, ideally within construction, manufacturing, or industrial fabrication environments.
• Proactive problem-solver with a strong ability to resolve logistical disruptions, including transit delays, weather impacts, and scheduling conflicts.
• Deep familiarity with San Leandro and Bay Area freight routes, traffic patterns, and commercial vehicle restrictions.
• Strong understanding of DOT regulations, OSHA compliance, and load-binding safety standards.
• Proficient with dispatching software, GPS tracking systems, and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to bridge communication gaps, provide clear direction, and align shop foremen, warehouse crews, and field superintendents.
• Thrives under pressure, maintaining professionalism, urgency, and accuracy in fast-paced conditions. 

Education and Experience: 
Required: 

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Valid driver's license
• Experience managing asset staging, load planning, securing, and dispatching tools, fabricated materials, and heavy equipment
• Experience managing drivers and third-party freight vendors, including performance oversight and compliance monitoring
• Experience ensuring strict on-time delivery performance and execution standards for field operations

Desired:

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or equivalent experience 

ACCO Competencies:

• Proactivity/Initiative: Recognizes what needs to be done and accomplishes it in a manner appropriate for one's level/position and with minimal supervision.
• Perseverance: Shows wherewithal to fight for difficult goals despite challenges and to bounce back from adversity.
• Motivation/Dedication: Commits to excellence in pursuing unselfish goals. Initiates action with collective goals, takes responsibility, and shows personal humility.
• Technical Curiosity/Willingness to Learn: Interest in seeking out new experiences, knowledge, and candid feedback; demonstrating an openness to learning and change.
• Insight: The ability to gather and make sense of information that suggests new possibilities.
• Engagement: Shows a knack for using emotion and logic to communicate a persuasive vision and connect with people.
• People Skills: Is approachable and gains the mutual trust and respect of others. Understands people's strengths & weaknesses and actively seeks to understand other perspectives.
• Communication: Fosters open, honest, candid and respectful communication. Effectively assesses, defines and communicates issues in a timely manner, both written and verbal.
• Teamwork: The ability to effectively work toward common goals with others by supporting, encouraging, and sharing information in an authentic and approachable manner.
• Big Picture: Understands and contributes to the organizations' short- and long-term business strategy. On a personal level has independently developed a vision for short- and long-term career success.
• Problem-Solver: Ability to identify, analyze, and solve problems in support of personnel, group, department, or organizational objectives.
• Execution: Effectively takes a vision and translates into action by including the right people. Identify and remove barriers, when possible, to achieve results. Demonstrates appropriate compromise, effective time management, prioritization practices and holds team members (including themselves) accountable for their performance/conduct.
• Professionalism: Respectfully observes and challenges the status quo with intent for improvement. Can take direction, accept feedback, and take full responsibility for their actions. Lead by example through positive influence and ethical leadership with consideration of the entire organization. 

Job Responsibility Level:
People manager with direct reports

Travel Requirements:
Travel to other facilities/warehouse locations may be required 50% of the time.

Hours:
This is a non-exempt position from Monday through Friday. Work hours begin and end between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm with a one-hour break for lunch and two rest breaks. Eight hours per day is required and other occasional overtime may be necessary for business needs 

Physical Demands:
(The physical demands 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.)
    Must frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
    Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
    Prolonged sitting.
    Frequently required to reach with hands and arms.
    Occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch.

Competitive Wages:

$41.31 to $52.77 per hour. Applicants, please note that actual compensation is determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location, among others. The offered wage or salary is only one aspect of an employee's total compensation.

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Here at ACCO, we are a part of something bigger. Just ask our customers: California Academy of Sciences, L.A. Live, and San Francisco 49ers Stadium. While we have been around for 80+ years, we continue to grow at a dynamic pace. And we are looking for talented individuals to join our team.
What's great about working at ACCO is that we're a big enough company to be the leader in HVAC mechanical contracting in California and the Southwest U.S., but as a 100% employee-owned ESOP, we're a private company with a family-oriented feel. Several of our employees have worked at ACCO for twenty-five, thirty, and even over forty years! Together, the employees of ACCO are comprised of intelligent, dedicated, and entrepreneurial team members who put customers first and enjoy what they do.

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