Southern Logistics is looking for a Freight Broker to keep freight moving. Freight Brokers at Southern Logistics are responsible for securing reliable carrier capacity to cover customer shipments quickly and efficiently.
Success in this role means consistently finding the right truck, at the right time, and ensuring the load delivers without disruption. This is a fast-paced, execution-focused position where strong carrier relationships, urgency, and follow-through directly impact service quality and operational performance.
What You’ll Do
- Source and secure trucks to cover available freight across multiple lanes and markets
- Build and maintain relationships with carriers to ensure consistent, reliable capacity
- Negotiate rates with carriers to align with internal targets and load requirements
- Post loads and proactively reach out to carriers using DAT and Truckstop
- Coordinate load details from dispatch to delivery, ensuring on-time performance
- Communicate with carriers throughout the shipment lifecycle to prevent and resolve issues
- Track market conditions and carrier availability to improve coverage speed and effectiveness
- Maintain accurate load updates, carrier information, and documentation in Aljex
- Quickly resolve service issues to protect delivery timelines and customer commitments
What You Need to Succeed
- 2+ years of freight brokerage, dispatch, or carrier sales experience preferred
- Strong understanding of truckload markets and carrier behavior
- Proven ability to source trucks and cover loads in a fast-paced environment
- Effective negotiation skills with carriers
- High sense of urgency and ability to manage multiple loads at once
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- Experience using DAT and/or Truckstop
- Experience with Aljex or similar TMS platforms is a plus
What Sets Top Performers Apart
- Strong carrier network and ability to quickly find capacity in tight markets
- Consistent load coverage with minimal service failures
- Ability to anticipate issues before they impact delivery
- Speed, persistence, and follow-through under pressure
- Reputation with carriers as someone who is reliable and easy to work with
What You Can Expect from Southern
- Steady flow of freight — focus on execution, not selling
- Operational support and clear expectations
- Tools and systems (Aljex, DAT, Truckstop) to move quickly
- Performance-based incentives tied to execution and reliability
- A team environment that values responsiveness, accountability, and getting the job done
A Day in the Life
You start the day reviewing available loads and immediately working to secure trucks. You’re posting freight, calling carriers, negotiating rates, and locking in capacity. Throughout the day, you stay in constant communication with drivers to ensure pickups and deliveries stay on track, solving issues in real time. The pace is fast, priorities shift quickly, and success is measured by how efficiently you keep freight covered and moving.
About Southern
The Southern family of companies supports complex transportation, lifting, logistics, and fabrication needs across the United States. Together, our teams help move, lift, plan, and build the infrastructure that keeps critical industries running. From heavy haul transportation to crane operations, project logistics, freight brokerage, and fabrication, Southern offers employees the opportunity to build long-term careers inside a growing, vertically integrated organization known for safety, reliability, and operational excellence.
Southern Logistics serves as the essential link for complex freight solutions across North America. By leveraging a vast network of partner carriers and deep expertise in oversized permitting and project management, Southern Logistics provides the "brainpower" behind the movement of time-sensitive, heavy-haul cargo.
Southern is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
All positions are subject to applicable background checks, drug and alcohol screening, and compliance with DOT and FMCSA regulations where required.
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
