Rick Lucas

Transportation Specialist

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

About

 Proven extensive transportation experience encompassing over thirty years of experience in the industry ranging from junior roles in small rural operations to various executive management roles with major Canadian transportation companies, and recent petroleum transport management experience, providing a diverse knowledge and experience foundation to provide mentor and leadership capabilities whilst achieving corporate mandates;  Possess exceptional analytical and organizational skills demonstrated through entrepreneurism in the organizational and technological restructuring of two Canadian transportation companies;  Demonstrated passion for customer service and building on results through enabling change and challenging staff to realize their full potential while maintaining accountability and ownership;  Demonstrated ability to align operational and/or marketing results with corporate mandates, by recognizing the differences in human resources and capitalizing on individual recognizable strengths, thus creating an environment of mutual respect;  Provide strong team building skills contributing to consensus building and productive corporate culture through relentless support and training and possess the ability to optimize maximum value of capital and human assets with minimal risk, while developing strategies to satisfy long term growth mandates;  Demonstrated ability to establish and nurture many longstanding customer relationships, through positive communication skills;  Ability to establish, and implement departmental budgets, whilst working within corporate budget guidelines and parameters;

Experience

  • Manager Operations - MB & Prairies at HAP Transportation Group Ltd
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Mgr Sales at Agam Holdings Ltd.
    Aug 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Logistics Manager at HyLife
    Jun 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Field Service at Banister Pipeline Construction Company
    Aug 2018 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Manager Driver Recruiting / Safety & Compliance at Trappers Transport Ltd
    Apr 2016 - Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos