Shift Supervisor - Night Shift
Waabi· Operations – Road Operations
Hybrid (Lancaster, TX)Full-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Waabi is hiring a Night Shift Shift Supervisor to manage the people and truck operations on the night shift at the Lancaster, TX terminal, ensuring safety, compliance, and successful handoffs to day shift.
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end night shift operations for Vehicle Operators and Fleet Specialists, partnering with Dispatch to assign work, execute testing missions, complete commercial runs, and meet KPIs.
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Vehicle Operators, including performance, development, scheduling and time off requests, and corrective action.
- Uphold safety and compliance standards in the terminal and in the field, and enforce pre-trip inspections, post-trip DVIRs, and Enhanced Inspection Program requirements.
- Evaluate crew performance through direct observation, remote monitoring, ride-alongs, and safety event reviews, and deliver real-time coaching and corrective action.
- Actively manage crew fatigue — enforce rest and meal periods, adjust assignments when someone is not fit for duty, and escalate patterns before incidents.
- Own personnel-to-vehicle assignments in partnership with Dispatch and Leads, accounting for platform qualification, certification tier, and Hours of Service.
- Build, document, and own the night-to-day shift handoff to ensure issues and status carry forward cleanly.
- Serve as the on-site escalation point for in-field and terminal issues, initiate incident response, and escalate Priority and Critical events with Dispatch.
- Run daily compliance and terminal checks across fleet management tools, ELD logs, dispatch status, 5-S audits, attendance, and timekeeping; coordinate with Fleet Readiness to triage issues.
- Represent Waabi professionally with customer facilities, carrier partners, and site contacts overnight.
- Maintain and improve Waabi’s culture of safety and speak up when something is not right.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in fleet operations, logistics, or transportation management.
- Proven leadership experience managing CDL operators or shift-based teams (supervisor, team lead, or lead driver).
- Active Class A CDL strongly preferred.
- Deep knowledge of transportation regulations (DOT, FMCSA), especially Hours of Service and compliance for commercial operators.
- Experience in a technical or testing environment; prior autonomous vehicle experience is a strong plus.
- Proficiency with fleet management software, scheduling tools, and telematics platforms.
- Strong written communication for shift records and handoffs.
- Sound judgment under ambiguity and bias for action; ability to make defensible decisions overnight with limited on-site support.
- Willingness to work the night shift with flexible start/end times, extended shifts up to ~14 hours, weekends, holidays; ability to travel to remote sites as needed.
- Prior experience supervising an overnight or 24/7 shift, or standing up a new shift/site/team is a strong plus.
- EIP certification or CVSA inspection training and experience conducting safety observations or investigations are a plus.
- Passion for self-driving technology and safety-focused operational excellence.
Skills
Required:Fleet operations managementLeadership and people managementRegulatory compliance (DOT, FMCSA, Hours of Service)Pre-trip / post-trip inspections (DVIR, EIP)Communication and handoff documentation
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity awards.
- Health and wellness benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision).
- Paid parental, medical and family care leave.
- Generous PTO policy.
- Retirement savings plans (401(k) or RRSP).
- Health savings account contribution options.
- Daily drinks, snacks, and catered meals (in office).
- Team building activities and social events (on-site, off-site, virtual).
- Additional country-specific benefits; evolving perks as the company grows.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Waabi
pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks.
Waabi is pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks. We developed a next-generation approach leveraging an end-to-end interpretable and verifiable AI model that’s powered by the industry's most realistic neural simulator. This dramatically reduces the development time and resources needed to bring self-driving vehicles to public roads — safely and at scale.
Autonomous trucksPhysical AIneural simulatorAI modelself-driving vehicles
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