Castelioncorporation Dispatcher role coordinating safe movement of cargo including hazardous materials between company facilities and partners. Requires compliance with federal and state safety regulations.
Responsibilities
Manage incoming service requests, monitor routes, and ensure timely communication between customers, field personnel, and supervisors.
Receive and prioritize calls, route resources, track progress, maintain logs, and resolve service issues.
Coordinate the transportation of hazardous materials, energetic materials, chemicals, rocket motor components, production hardware, tooling, and other mission-critical cargo between Castelion facilities, vendors, test sites, and external partners.
Verify and ensure drivers and equipment comply with applicable hours-of-service requirements, vehicle weight limits, routing restrictions, cargo securement standards, and hazardous materials transportation regulations.
Coordinate closely with Shipping & Receiving, Inventory, Engineering, Production, and other Operations teams to support time-sensitive material movements.
Follow applicable emergency response procedures in the event of a spill, vehicle incident, or transportation emergency.
When not actively involved in dispatching, you will support Shipping & Receiving and Materials operations, including shipment preparation, packaging, loading and unloading, material movement, and other logistics activities.
Adapt to changing priorities between scheduled transportation loads and urgent, mission-driven logistics requirements as company priorities evolve.
Maintain urgency without compromising discipline. Changing priorities must never compromise safety, traceability, or accountability.
Qualification
Experience operating forkliftsAbility to perform physical workFlexibility to work overtimeAbility to obtain and maintain a UExperience packaging
Required
3 years of experience working with hazardous materials in a shipping, receiving, transportation, or material-handling environment.
Working knowledge of DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR Parts 100–185).
Ability to complete and maintain required DOT hazardous materials employee training, including general awareness, function-specific, safety, security awareness, and other training applicable to assigned job duties.
Working knowledge of applicable Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR), including driver qualification, vehicle inspection, hours-of-service, cargo securement, and hazardous materials transportation requirements.
Ability to read and understand shipping papers, markings, labels, placards, emergency response information, and other required hazardous materials documentation.
Experience operating forklifts, pallet jacks, and other material-handling equipment.
Ability to perform physical work, including lifting and moving materials weighing 25–50 lbs.
Strong attention to detail and commitment to safety, particularly when working around hazardous or energetic materials.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and exercise sound judgment in the field.
Clear communication skills and the ability to coordinate across multiple teams in a fast-paced environment.
Flexibility to work overtime, accommodate changing schedules, and support occasional extended or regional routes as operational requirements dictate.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Preferred
5 years of experience working with hazardous materials in a shipping, receiving, transportation, or material-handling environment.
Experience in the movement of Class 1 explosives, energetic materials, rocket motors, propellant, or ordnance.
Experience in the movement of Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosives.
Experience with DOT-regulated hazardous materials transportation and strong familiarity with 49 CFR Parts 100–185.