Assistant Terminal Manager - Lodi, CA

Job Description

• Support the Terminal Manager in overseeing daily terminal operations
• Manage and coordinate loading, unloading, storage, and transfer activities for sweetener products
• Monitor terminal operations to ensure compliance with safety, quality, environmental, and regulatory requirements
• Supervise, train, and provide direction to terminal employees and contractors
• Ensure all employees follow company policies, standard operating procedures, and safety practices
• Assist with scheduling labor, equipment, shipments, maintenance, and customer deliveries
• Perform regular inspections of terminal equipment, tanks, pumps, piping, loading systems, and facility areas
• Coordinate preventative maintenance and repair activities with internal teams and external vendors
• Monitor inventory levels and assist with reconciling product receipts, transfers, and shipments
• Maintain accurate operational records, reports, logs, and documentation
• Respond to customer, carrier, and vendor inquiries in a timely and professional manner
• Support incident investigations, corrective actions, and root cause analysis
• Assist with audits, inspections, and compliance reviews
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, efficiency, service quality, and cost control
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Terminal Manager

• Strong leadership and supervisory skills
• Knowledge of terminal, warehouse, logistics, manufacturing, or bulk liquid handling operations
• Strong commitment to workplace safety and regulatory compliance
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to train, coach, and motivate employees
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to read, understand, and follow operating procedures, safety standards, and technical documentation
• Strong organizational and recordkeeping skills
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office and operational reporting systems
• Ability to work effectively with customers, carriers, vendors, and internal teams
• Ability to respond to operational issues outside normal business hours as needed

• A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
• An associate or bachelor’s degree in business, logistics, supply chain, operations management, engineering, agriculture, or a related field is preferred.
• Equivalent operational leadership experience may be considered in place of a degree.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in terminal operations, logistics, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, food processing, or a related industrial environment
• Previous experience supervising employees or leading operational teams
• Experience working in a safety-sensitive or regulated operating environment
• Experience coordinating equipment, maintenance, inventory, shipping, receiving, or customer delivery activities
• Experience using operational systems, inventory systems, or basic reporting tools

• Experience in bulk liquid handling, sweetener, food-grade, agricultural, chemical, or rail terminal operations
• Experience working with railcar, tanker truck, pump, tank, and transfer systems
• Experience with food safety, quality, GMP, HACCP, OSHA, EPA, or DOT requirements
• Experience participating in audits, inspections, incident investigations, or continuous improvement projects
• Experience managing union or hourly workforce teams
• Experience with SAP, inventory management systems, maintenance systems, or transportation management systems

• : $69,000 - $115,000