Job Title: Logistics Coordinator Company: Ryder Location: Belle Chasse, LA (on-site) Type: Full-time Pay: Not listed
Role Summary:
Coordinate day-to-day shipment and distribution activities for the branch: schedule and track shipments, communicate with drivers and carriers, manage documentation and shipment records, resolve delivery exceptions, and use the company TMS/operations systems to support on-time service and customer satisfaction.
Highlights:
Hands-on operational role that supports regional freight and transportation operations.
Good pathway into broader supply-chain or operations roles within a national logistics company.
Typically requires attention to detail, strong communication with internal and external partners, and comfort with shift-based schedules or variable hours.
Would You Take This Job?
This is a practical, operational logistics role with clear on-the-ground impact and potential career growth in transportation and supply chain. Considerations: on-site branch work, possible nonstandard hours, and no pay listed (ask during screening). Would you take this job? Why or why not?
Did a similar role down the road, and the Belle Chasse bridge/tunnel traffic can wreck morning ETAs - build a 30-45 minute buffer on LA‑23 for port/plant appointments. I’d ask what TMS they use and whether there’s an on‑call rotation after 5 pm, because that’s what makes or breaks coordinator jobs.
Quick tip from running Gulf Coast lanes: a lot of the refineries and chem plants down the Westbank won’t load without a TWIC and basic PPE, so add a “TWIC/PPE verified” check in your TMS before you tender to dodge those painful gate turnarounds — learned that the hard way .
I’d take it if the TMS lets you geofence arrivals; otherwise , manual check calls will eat your day. Set a simple rule — ‘no BOL, no roll’ — and have drivers snap gate-in/gate-out pics so you can kill detention disputes fast.
I’d take it; one trick that saved me in Belle Chasse was subscribing to 511LA alerts (https://511la.org) for the LA‑23 bridge/tunnel so when the draw opens I ping carriers and resequence in the TMS. If your TMS can’t bulk-text, keep a canned “bridge delay — hold at yard” note to fire off fast. @Ryder ops, this cut my exception calls by half on refinery days.
Quick tip from Belle Chasse: lots of sites want TWIC and basic PPE, so I add a ‘gate reqs’ field in the TMS and don’t dispatch until the driver texts proof — turnbacks there drive me nuts. Being on-site, I keep a one-pager at the dock with appointment numbers and after-hours contacts; if ops won’t print it, at least pin it in the TMS notes.
Looks solid, but only if they let you tweak SOPs. I drop a GPS pin and a note in each load — ‘Use Gate 3 off LA‑23 — don’t follow Google to admin’ — to cut turnbacks and do a 1 p.m. driver roll call for ETAs; @anna673’s 511 alert tip pairs well with that.
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