Claims Examiner

What You'll Do

You will administer all claims related to warehouse and transportation operations including cargo damage and loss, demurrage, and detention. Responsibilities include investigating claims, communicating with involved parties, resolving claims, and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations. You will also prepare reports, assign costs, and maintain ongoing communication with internal teams and external stakeholders, with occasional travel required.

Essential Functions

• Interpret and apply contract terms, tariffs, and warehouseman's receipts to ensure equitable claim solutions.
• Investigate, negotiate, and conclude claims with carriers, attorneys, insurance adjusters, and shippers to minimize company liability.
• Remain current on relevant laws and regulations affecting assigned claims.
• Assign cost recommendations to the appropriate claim party, including customers, carriers, or company entities.
• Review and approve claims up to $250,000 and prepare reports for customers and warehouses as requested.
• Maintain continual communication with Accounting, Finance, Business Development, Transportation, and Operations regarding the claims process and manage service level expectations.
• Facilitate process improvement ideas and monitor personal productivity to ensure team service levels are met.
• Other essential duties may be applicable and assigned as necessary.

What Experience and Education You Need

• Minimum 3 years of experience in transportation, warehouse operations, claims processing, shipping and receiving, or customer service.
• Minimum 2 years of exception management experience in over/short, damage, detention, or demurrage.
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in contracts, tort, damages, agency subrogation, contribution/indemnity, and applicable laws related to warehouse and transportation services.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).

What Could Set You Apart

• Professional designation in claims or insurance.
• Familiarity with Salesforce, Oracle, TMS, and WMS.
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple tasks efficiently.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with internal teams.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment when assessing claim impact on the company.
• Decision-making skills in collaboration with internal operations groups, customers, or claimants.
• Ability to adapt to changing workload assignments.

Physical Requirements

• Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, reaching, and/or bending.
• Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work, including the operation of computers, telephones, and similar equipment.
• Requires ability to comprehend and communicate with others verbally and/or in writing.
• May require travel by automobile and airplane for business.
• May require visits to warehouse operations in temperatures at or below freezing.
• May require the occasional lifting, carrying, positioning, and/or moving of objects weighing up to 20 pounds.