Trailer Pool & Yard Coordinator

RJW Logistics Group is hiring in Mesquite, TX for a full-time Trailer Pool & Yard Coordinator. The role is onsite, on the first shift from 7am to 4pm, Monday through Friday, with hours that may vary based on business needs. The company emphasizes its people and is rolling out an Employee Ownership Program designed to reward and involve staff in the company’s success.

The program offers an ownership stake, potential for increased earnings through share appreciation, and a sense of belonging as part of a collaborative community. It costs nothing to participate, and shares are issued on a yearly basis tied to salary. RJW positions this as more than a benefit, it's a path to a brighter future for teammates who actively contribute to the company’s growth.

Note: this position is not remote and RJW will not be providing relocation assistance.

Trailer-yard flow on a busy day

The Trailer Pool & Yard Operations Coordinator keeps Dallas-area trailer movement organized, ensuring the right trailers are available where and when they’re needed. In practice, you’ll track inventory, location, and status across the carrier pools and align trailer supply with inbound, outbound, appointment, and overall operations. You’ll identify empty or loaded trailers, as well as any damaged, out-of-service, or misplaced equipment, and you’ll help drive timely resolutions while maintaining precise records. Communication with carriers and internal teams on arrivals, pickups, releases, and swaps is a daily focus, with an eye toward reducing detention, congestion, and dwell time in the yard.

You’ll also steer yard movement by dispatching spotters according to dock priorities and live-load windows, sequencing moves to keep warehouse and transportation flows safe and efficient. Clear instructions are shared through radios, phones, or yard-management systems, and you’ll track open move requests until they’re completed or handed off. When conditions shift, late arrivals, blocked doors, equipment issues, or urgent customer needs, you’ll adjust priorities and collaborate with spotters, dock teams, security, and transportation personnel to keep operations moving. Building solid working relationships with carriers and internal stakeholders is part of the job, as is contributing to daily operating reviews and suggesting practical process improvements. You’ll also observe company, customer, site-security, and yard-safety requirements every day.

In addition, you’ll review scheduled yard checks for completeness and accuracy, compare them to trailer-pool records and dock activity, and investigate discrepancies such as missing trailers or stale status updates. You’ll create clear action lists for unresolved yard exceptions, escalate safety or service concerns promptly, and maintain shift notes to ensure clean handoffs to the next team or shift. Overall, you’ll serve as the central point of contact for Dallas yard activity during your shift and provide timely updates to leadership, warehouses, carriers, dispatch, and transportation partners.

What makes you a fit

To thrive in this role, you’ll need a practical, safety-first mindset and the ability to turn yard data into real-world decisions. You should be comfortable working a fast-paced yard environment, with a knack for organizing multiple moving parts and communicating clearly with a broad set of stakeholders. The job requires on-site work in a yard and warehouse setting, with exposure to outdoor conditions, noise, and changing weather, so reliability and situational awareness are key.

• Two or more years of experience in yard operations, transportation, dispatch, fleet coordination, logistics, or a related field
• Experience coordinating trailer movements, yard activity, drivers, spotters, or carrier operations
• Ability to read and interpret yard checks, trailer status reports, dispatch queues, and schedules
• Strong organizational skills with the capacity to manage several priorities in real time
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Proficiency with email, spreadsheets, radio communication, and transportation or warehouse-management systems
• Ability to work on-site in a yard and warehouse environment, including outdoor exposure, noise, and variable weather
• Willingness to work the assigned schedule, including weekends, holidays, or variable shifts when required by operations

How you look on paper and in practice

Must-haves are grounded in real-world experience. You should bring at least two years in yard operations or related fields and have demonstrated ability to move trailers, manage yard activity, and coordinate with drivers and spotters. Your resume should reflect your skill in reading yard checks and status reports, along with experience using email, spreadsheets, radios, and relevant systems to track and schedule moves. Highlight your ability to stay organized under pressure and to communicate changes quickly to operations leadership and partners on the ground.

Nice-to-haves heighten your profile: familiarity with carrier trailer pools or dedicated transportation operations, comfort with yard-management or dock scheduling tools, and experience dispatching spotters or coordinating hostler activity. Knowledge of trailer identification, equipment status, and yard safety and compliance practices helps, as does experience using spreadsheets to track inventory and performance. If you can speak English and Spanish, that’s a plus.

Education wise, a high school diploma or equivalent is required, with additional logistics or operations training seen as a bonus. The company emphasizes core competencies like operational urgency, safety, attention to detail, clear communication, problem solving, and the ability to prioritize in a fast-moving environment, along with teamwork and accountability. Success is measured by accurate trailer-pool visibility, timely completion of spotter move requests, reduced dwell time and congestion, resolved yard-check discrepancies, reliable handoffs, and compliant operations.

Compensation, schedule and on-site realities

The role pays $20-$24 per hour and requires on-site work in Mesquite, TX. The workweek is the first shift, Monday through Friday, 7am–4pm, with hours potentially varying to fit business needs. RJW’s benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, paid holidays, time off, retirement plan participation, and additional employee programs. An important note is that relocation assistance is not offered, and the position is not remote. The company’s Employee Ownership Program adds an ownership component to your compensation and a sense of shared purpose, with shares awarded annually based on salary and no cost to participating employees.

On the ground, you’ll operate in a fast-paced yard and warehouse setting, with regular movement between office, yard, dock, and trailer areas. Expect exposure to uneven surfaces, moving equipment, and outdoor conditions, plus the need to communicate in a noisy environment using standard office and operations technology. The company reserves the right to change duties or terms of employment as needs arise, and employment is at-will.

Advice for applicants you can put to use

Lead your resume with the two-plus years you’ve spent in yard operations or related logistics roles, and call out any hands-on experience coordinating trailer movements, yard activity, or carrier operations. If you’ve used yard-management or dock scheduling tools, mention those systems by name along with the outcomes you achieved, such as reduced dwell time or improved handoffs.

When you describe the must-have skills, back them up with specifics. For example, note a project where you interpreted a yard check and resolved discrepancies, or a time you synchronized inbound and outbound moves to meet a tight schedule, including how you kept stakeholders informed throughout the process.

Prepare for interviews by outlining a concrete example of how you handled a real yard constraint, late arrivals, blocked doors, or equipment issues, and what steps you took to maintain safety and service levels. Be ready to discuss how you communicate priorities across teams and how you would approach a typical day on the Dallas yard for RJW.

Smart questions to ask include how the Employee Ownership Program has impacted day-to-day decision making in yard operations, what metrics the team uses to gauge yard efficiency, and how the company envisions future improvements to trailer utilization and detention reduction.