Lead Driver Manager

Lead Driver Manager

This position is for EPES Transport, LLC, a division of Penske Logistics, based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Lead Driver Manager plays a critical role in driver retention and operational efficiency. This position is responsible for training and counseling drivers, onboarding new drivers, and ensuring adherence to company policies and safety standards. The role focuses on optimizing driver performance, utilization, and compliance through effective communication and leadership.

This position is located in Charlotte, NC. Shift: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage 57 non-driver associates to ensure team productivity and alignment with company goals.
• Facilitate coaching and compliance processes including SmartDrive, CCR, HOS violation coaching, and driver/leader interactions.
• Ensure completion of all assigned trainings and initiatives by direct reports (Driver Managers) and indirect reports (Drivers).
• Review and correct weekly driver earnings reports to ensure accuracy.
• Coordinate with Load Planning and Customer Service to route drivers for coaching and counseling.
• Support Penske's Quality System objectives through active participation and leadership.
• Maintain Observation Priority List (OPL) for assigned GC fleet(s) to improve operational performance.
• Other projects as assigned

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Transportation, Logistics, or related field preferred
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in transportation or logistics required
• Intermediate computer proficiency required
• Must have strong communication skills (phone and in-person)
• Must be able to collaborate in both team & cross functional environments
• Ability to transition quickly between tasks required
• Knowledge of transportation operations, safety compliance, and driver management systems required
• Must have strong problem solving & decision making skills
• Must understand & recognize operational efficiencies
• Experience with cost reduction through fuel compliance, idle time management, and cruise control usage preferred
• Ability to coach and counsel drivers for performance improvement required
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment with defined performance metrics
• Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history), and drug screening are required.

Physical Requirements:

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

The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.

While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer