Container Yard Supervisor – logistics and transportation | Saudi Arabia
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Role Overview
The Container Yard Supervisor will oversee daily container yard operations for a logistics and transportation company.
The role covers receiving, storing, handling, and delivering containers while maintaining safe and efficient operations.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role Overview
The Container Yard Supervisor will oversee daily container yard operations for a logistics and transportation company.
The role covers receiving, storing, handling, and delivering containers while maintaining safe and efficient operations.
Key Accountabilities
- Supervise container receiving, storage, handling, movement, delivery, entry, and exit procedures.
- Plan container locations and stacking to maximize yard capacity and efficiency.
- Maintain accurate container locations and align physical inventory with operational records.
- Monitor container condition, document visible damage, and report findings.
- Manage yard equipment, trucks, operators, staffing, and shift task allocation.
- Monitor yard occupancy, productivity, equipment utilization, truck turnaround time, and operational KPIs.
- Coordinate with maintenance teams regarding equipment breakdowns.
- Ensure compliance with safety procedures, PPE requirements, and operational standards.
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
- Proven hands-on experience in container yards, container terminals, logistics yards, or a related field is required.
- Experience with container receiving, delivery, storage, stacking, and movement operations is required.
- Strong knowledge of yard planning, stacking, inventory control, and yard space utilization is required.
- Previous supervision of yard teams, equipment operators, and shifts is required.
- A university degree is preferred, while strong hands-on container yard experience is prioritized.
- Container damage assessment experience and knowledge of Container Yard Management Systems are advantageous.
- Strong communication, computer, reporting, and operational KPI monitoring skills are required.
- English communication skills are preferred.
Location
- The source description states that the role is located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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