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National Express Scheduler/Lead Dispatcher in Springfield, Virginia

Description

National Express LLC (NELLC) is the North American subsidiary of National Express Group, PLC, one of the premier transportation firms in the United Kingdom. We operate across 34 states and three provinces. All organizations share a strong commitment to provide the highest level of transportation safety, quality transportation, outstanding customer service and positive employee relations. National Express School (NEXS) operates more than 22,500 school buses, serves more than 550 school districts in 31 states and three provinces, and transports more than 1.3 million students on a daily basis. National Express Transit (NEXT) operations transport more than 22 million passengers annually with more than 2,800 vehicles. National Express Shuttle (WeDriveU) serves more than nine million corporate and university passengers annually. NELLC’s corporate headquarters, located in Lisle, Illinois, houses the administrative and corporate support functions for the organization. Our 290 local customer service centers (CSCs) are supported by regional operations teams located throughout North America. Learn more at nellc.com.

We offer medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance coverage, holiday pay, and PTO accrual. Additionally, employees are able to enroll in a retirement savings plan.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage the manual and computerized scheduling practices of the CSC

  • Working knowledge or ability to quickly learn the following computer programs:

  • Ecolane

  • VIA

  • Thorough understanding of all aspects of organization to include dispatching and call taking

  • Achieve contractual requirements for on-time performance for ride times and productivity.

  • Schedule and assign drivers and vehicles in accordance with the service hour schedules and scheduled trips for each day.

  • Assist drivers while they are in service to carry out the assigned trips on time, providing address assistance and telephoning passengers as needed.

  • Monitor the performance of scheduled trips, reassigning trips and/or adjusting the number of vehicles in service as needed to ensure on-time performance in the most efficient manner.

  • Ensure that unanticipated service demands, passenger and vehicle accidents, other events and general service delivery are handled and performed in accordance with city policies and procedures.

  • Must have strong geographic knowledge of DC Metro area, particularly, Northern Virginia.

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or equivalent

  • Strong customer service skills required

  • Routing knowledge

  • Solid data entry skills required

  • Proficient use of computers required; Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.,

  • Strong verbal communication skills and telephone etiquette skills; ability to respond and present professionally to callers and customers.

  • Highly organized and able to work with minimal supervision

At National Express our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

National Express LLC’s independent subsidiaries and affiliates are an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer

The pay rate range, along with most all of the other terms and conditions of employment, vary between different sites, geographical markets, customer/ contractual terms and positions.

Job: Operations Field

Primary Location: United States-Virginia-Springfield-Highland, VA

Work Locations Highland, VA (7047_Highland, VA)7307 Highland StreetSuite CSpringfield, 22150

Organization Transit

Schedule Full-time

Employee Status Regular

Travel No

Req ID: 231391

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