DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION
Gilligan Oil Services
ROLE FOCUS Safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective bulk-fuel transportation
BASE SALARY $120,000+ Depending on Experience, plus 30% annual performance bonus
Position Summary
Gilligan Oil Services is preparing to bring fuel transportation in-house. The Director of Transportation will help build, launch, and lead a safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective bulk-fuel transportation operation. The role is accountable for establishing the people, processes, systems, equipment standards, and operating structure needed for dependable delivery execution, regulatory compliance, cost control, and long-term growth.
Key Responsibilities
Build and Launch the Transportation Operation
• Partner with company leadership to develop and execute the plan for bringing fuel transportation in-house.
• Establish the operating structure, policies, procedures, systems, and performance standards needed for a safe and successful launch.
• Execute fleet and equipment planning, driver staffing, dispatch processes, technology, vendor relationships, and operational readiness.
Safety, Compliance, and Risk Management
• Ensure transportation activities comply with applicable federal, state, and local requirements, including relevant hazardous materials, commercial-driver, training, inspection, and recordkeeping requirements.
• Maintain and reinforce safe procedures for loading, unloading, spill response, incident escalation, and emergency readiness.
• Conduct operational audits and field observations, identify deficiencies, and oversee timely corrective actions.
• Support incident investigations, regulatory inspections, internal audits, and the closure of related findings.
Fleet, Equipment, and Carrier Oversight
• Manage transportation assets and equipment standards for trucks, tank trailers, and related components.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance and verify that required inspections are completed and documented on schedule.
• Select, onboard, and manage carriers and third-party logistics partners in accordance with company requirements.
• Monitor fleet and carrier performance using service, safety, compliance, utilization, and cost metrics.
Operational Performance and Cost Control
• Track on-time delivery, turnaround time, incidents, and other approved key performance indicators.
• Control logistics costs through load planning, carrier negotiations, capacity management, and continuous improvement.
Documentation and Audit Readiness
• Ensure accurate completion and retention of bills of lading, manifests, inspection of records, permits, and other required transportation documents.
• Maintain readiness for regulatory inspections, customer reviews, and internal audits.
• Standardize operating procedures and train employees and business partners on documentation requirements and escalation paths.
Team Leadership and Cross-Functional Coordination
• Build and lead a high-performing transportation team, including drivers, and dispatchers.
• Recruit, train, develop, and retain transportation talent while establishing clear expectations and accountability for safety, service, compliance, and results.
Required Qualifications
• Five or more years of progressively responsible transportation, fleet, logistics, or related operational experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing regulated carrier operations, transportation safety, and compliance programs.
• Strong knowledge of transportation regulations and safety practices applicable to bulk-fuel or hazardous material operations.
• Experience with dispatch systems, shipment-tracking tools, scheduling processes, spreadsheets, analytics, and logistics reporting.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, including the ability to remain calm and respond effectively under pressure.
• Ability to establish clear expectations and drive accountability across employees, carriers, and vendors.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with bulk fuel, petroleum delivery, tanker operations, hazardous materials, terminal operations, loading racks, metering, gauging, or sampling practices.
• Experience building, launching, bringing in-house, or significantly scaling a transportation or fleet operation; experience leading CDL drivers and managing third-party carriers is preferred.
• Relevant safety or compliance training related to hazardous materials, incident response, defensive driving, or commercial transportation.
• Experience implementing Lean or similar continuous-improvement methods or developing new operational processes.
Work Environment and Additional Requirements
• Requires occasional work at terminals and participation in incident response, inspections, audits, and other field activities.
• This is a hands-on leadership role. The schedule may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, or on-call coverage based on transportation volume and operational needs.
• If assigned backup-driving duties, the employee must maintain all licenses, endorsements, permits, medical qualifications, and training required for those duties.
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals to perform the essential functions of the position.
Performance Measures
Performance will be evaluated against company-approved targets in the following areas:
• Safe launch and growth: successful development and implementation of Gilligan Oil Services' internal fuel transportation operation.
• Delivery reliability: on-time delivery and schedule attainment.
• Safety and compliance: incident and near-miss performance, corrective-action closure, inspection results, audit findings, training completion, and documentation accuracy.
• Cost and productivity: cost per mile, cost per load, utilization, turnaround time, and carrier performance.
• Team and continuous improvement: hiring, development, retention, accountability, and scalable process improvements that increase safety, service, efficiency, and reliability.
How to Apply
Submit a résumé describing your transportation, fleet, bulk-fuel, or hazardous-materials logistics experience and any relevant compliance certifications or training to:
Neal McDermott
Director of Wholesale Accounts
Gilligan Oil Services
3805 Edwards Road, Suite 520
Cincinnati, Ohio 45209
