Bulk Distribution Manager

Job Description

Job Description

American Welding & Gas, Inc. is searching for a dynamic, results-driven Bulk Cryogenic Distribution Manager to take the lead in our Beaumont-area operations!

If you’re a proven leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, knows how to drive operational excellence, and is ready to make a BIG impact , we want to hear from you! Join a growing team where your leadership, expertise, and results truly matter.

 

This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who understands transportation, CDL driver management, routing, dispatch, safety, and regulated bulk operations . You’ll be responsible for keeping our drivers, equipment, and customers moving safely and efficiently while ensuring we meet the highest standards for compliance and service.

What You’ll Do:

Routing & Dispatch:

• Plan and optimize daily and weekly delivery routes based on customer demand, inventory, delivery windows, driver availability, vehicle capacity, and Hours-of-Service requirements.
• Assign loads and routes to CDL drivers and communicate schedules, changes, and special delivery instructions.
• Monitor deliveries throughout each shift and quickly respond to delays, equipment issues, weather, road closures, emergencies, and product shortages.
• Coordinate closely with production plants, terminals, maintenance, customer service, and sales teams.
• Monitor tank telemetry, customer usage, and inventory levels to prevent runouts and improve delivery efficiency.
• Coordinate emergency, after-hours, weekend, and holiday deliveries when needed.
• Continuously improve route density, loaded miles, asset utilization, and on-time delivery performance.

Driver Leadership:

• Supervise, coach, schedule, and evaluate CDL drivers.
• Lead daily dispatch meetings and communicate safety priorities, route assignments, and operational updates.
• Monitor attendance, productivity, driving performance, documentation, and compliance.
• Coordinate driver onboarding, orientation, ride-alongs, recurrent training, and qualification records.
• Manage vacation requests, call-offs, overtime, staffing, and shift coverage.
• Investigate service failures, spills, product losses, accidents, near misses, and policy violations.
• Partner with Human Resources on coaching and corrective action when necessary.
• Build a culture of safety, accountability, professionalism, and exceptional customer service.

Safety & Compliance:

Safety is at the heart of this role. You will:

• Enforce company safety standards and applicable DOT, FMCSA, OSHA, hazardous-material, and environmental regulations .
• Ensure compliance with CDL qualifications, Hazmat and tanker endorsements, medical certifications, Hours-of-Service, ELD requirements, and drug/alcohol testing programs.
• Ensure drivers follow proper cryogenic product-handling, loading, unloading, pressure-control, grounding, parking, PPE, and emergency-response procedures.
• Maintain accurate driver qualification, inspection, training, shipping, and delivery records.
• Review vehicle inspection reports and coordinate timely repairs and corrective actions.
• Support audits, inspections, incident investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Reinforce stop-work authority and ensure unsafe deliveries are postponed or appropriately escalated.

Fleet & Operational Management:

• Coordinate tractor, tanker, trailer, and delivery-unit availability with maintenance teams and service providers.
• Monitor preventive maintenance, breakdowns, out-of-service equipment, and vehicle readiness.
• Track operating costs, overtime, fuel usage, empty miles, demurrage, product loss, and delivery efficiency.
• Develop contingency plans for severe weather, plant outages, equipment failures, driver shortages, and customer emergencies.
• Ensure permits, registrations, inspections, placards, emergency equipment, and vehicle documentation remain current.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, productivity, reliability, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

What We’re Looking For:

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3+ years of transportation, dispatch, logistics, or fleet-management experience.
• Experience supervising CDL drivers in bulk hauling, hazardous materials, industrial gases, fuel, chemicals, or a similar regulated operation.
• Working knowledge of DOT, FMCSA, Hours-of-Service, ELD, and hazardous-material transportation requirements.
• Strong route-planning, scheduling, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage urgent operational issues in a 24/7 delivery environment .
• Experience with transportation-management, routing, dispatch, telematics, ELD, and Microsoft Office systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Class A CDL with Tanker and Hazmat endorsements.
• Experience with cryogenic liquids, industrial gases, medical gases, or bulk tanker operations.
• Familiarity with customer tank telemetry and automated route-planning systems.
• Experience conducting accident investigations, safety training, or DOT compliance audits.
• Experience managing transportation budgets and operational performance reporting.

What This Role Requires:

This is a hands-on operational leadership position. The successful candidate must be comfortable working in an office, dispatch center, plant, terminal, vehicle yard, and customer-site environment.

You should also be comfortable with:

• Rotating on-call coverage, nights, weekends, holidays, and emergency response.
• Local and regional travel to terminals, customer sites, and incident locations.
• Working around heavy vehicles, pressurized systems, cryogenic products, and industrial equipment.
• Working in changing weather conditions.
• Wearing required personal protective equipment and following site-specific safety requirements.

Ready to Lead the Charge?:

If you’re an experienced transportation leader who knows how to manage drivers, optimize routes, champion safety, and keep a critical operation moving , this could be your next opportunity.

Join American Welding & Gas, Inc. and help us deliver more than products — deliver safety, reliability, and exceptional service to our customers every day.

 

American Welding & Gas is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or di