Dispatcher Cover Letter Example

Roughly 160 loads cross my board each week, and 94% of them arrive on time, because I check every route and appointment time the day before. I am applying for the Freight Dispatcher job at Arkansas River Freight, where I want to run a board of that size for a carrier that is growing.

At Red Plains Freight I assign 38 trucks and drivers to those loads across four states, matching each one to driver hours and equipment. I brought empty miles down from 18% to 13% by pairing a return load before each truck delivers. Every delay, breakdown and detention claim goes into the record the same day, so billing can charge in full and nothing is lost at shift change. A clean handover note is the last thing I write each day.

A Tulsa terminal puts Arkansas River Freight's trucks on the lanes I have dispatched from this city for five years, and I would like to help build that board from its first week. Your drivers will also need support by phone and message at any hour. On our shared on-call rotation, one week in four, I answer driver calls and messages within ten minutes, and I brief drivers on weather and road closures at the start of each shift. I learned the night side as a dispatch assistant at Cimarron Carriers, covering the night desk for a full season.

Send me a sample day of loads and driver hours, and I will plan the board the way I would on a Monday morning. That exercise could happen on any afternoon next week, and I would also like to hear how your dispatchers will split the Tulsa and Fort Smith boards.