Water Transportation Workers

Water Transportation Workers typically perform the following tasks: • Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials. • Plan, develop, or implement warehouse safety and security programs and activities. • Inspect physical conditions of warehouses, vehicle fleets, or equipment and order testing, maintenance, repairs, or replacements. • Plan, organize, or manage the work of subordinate staff to ensure that the work is accomplished in a manner consistent with organizational requirements. • Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting, or shipping. • Analyze all aspects of corporate logistics to determine the most cost-effective or efficient means of transporting products or supplies. • Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports, or customer issues. • Develop and document standard and emergency operating procedures for receiving, handling, storing, shipping, or salvaging products or materials. • Monitor operations to ensure that staff members comply with administrative policies and procedures, safety rules, union contracts, environmental policies, or government regulations. • Analyze the financial impact of proposed logistics changes, such as routing, shipping modes, product volumes or mixes, or carriers. • Monitor inventory levels of products or materials in warehouses. • Establish or monitor specific supply chain-based performance measurement systems. • Prepare and manage departmental budgets. • Monitor product import or export processes to ensure compliance with regulatory or legal requirements. • Prepare management recommendations, such as proposed fee and tariff increases or schedule changes. • Interview, select, and train warehouse and supervisory personnel. • Advise sales and billing departments of transportation charges for customers' accounts. • Analyze expenditures and other financial information to develop plans, policies, or budgets for increasing profits or improving services. • Confer with department heads to coordinate warehouse activities, such as production, sales, records control, or purchasing. • Implement specific customer requirements, such as internal reporting or customized transportation metrics.