Hire a Remote Logistics Coordinator for Your Illinois Business
Full-time remote logistics and dispatch coordinators on Central Time for Chicago freight brokers, asset carriers, and 3PLs. McLeod and TMW trained, from $1,300 per month.
Why Illinois Freight Companies Hire Remote Logistics Coordinators
Chicago is the most important inland freight hub in North America. The Chicago CREATE program and BNSF, UP, CSX, NS, KCS, and CN rail interchange inside and around the city move a significant share of all US intermodal volume per AAR data. Add the trucking density around O'Hare, the enormous 3PL and broker cluster in the Chicago loop and west suburbs (Oak Brook, Schaumburg, Rosemont), and the downstate Bloomington-Normal manufacturing belt, and Illinois is where a huge portion of US freight admin work gets done. Every load has paperwork: rate confirmations, BOLs, PODs, tracking updates, detention claims, and factoring docs.
Local Chicago logistics coordinator pay runs $52,000 to $68,000 per year per Indeed and Glassdoor, or $4,500 to $5,800 per month loaded. The freight broker turnover problem is well documented, FreightWaves and Transport Topics regularly cover it. Keeping a 10-to-15-person Chicago operations floor staffed costs real money and creates hiring-cycle overhead.
A Teckas logistics coordinator works your Central Time shift, inside McLeod LoadMaster, TMW, Aljex, or Turvo, handling the load-by-load paperwork that your senior brokers and dispatchers should not be doing. BLS May 2023 median for logisticians is $79,400; for dispatchers (except police/fire/ambulance) it is $46,670. Brokerage support roles sit between those.
What Your Illinois Logistics Coordinator Will Do
- Build and manage loads in McLeod, TMW, Aljex, Turvo, or Alvys
- Carrier onboarding, packet review, and compliance tracking
- Rate confirmations, BOLs, PODs, and lumper receipt handling
- Track and trace via MacroPoint, FourKites, Project44
- Detention, layover, and TONU claim prep
- Invoice generation and factoring package prep (TAFS, Triumph, RTS)
- Email and phone follow-up with shippers, receivers, and carriers
Tools They Know
- TMS - McLeod LoadMaster, TMW (Trimble), Aljex, Turvo, Alvys, DAT Keypoint
- Visibility - MacroPoint, FourKites, Project44
- Factoring - TAFS, Triumph, RTS, eCapital
- Load boards - DAT, Truckstop.com
Cost: Illinois Local vs Teckas
| Chicago Local | Teckas Remote | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly (loaded) | $4,500 - $5,800 | From $1,300 |
| Turnover | High | Managed by us |
How to Hire
- Discovery call. Share lane mix, TMS, and load volume.
- Shortlist. 3 to 5 coordinators with McLeod or TMW experience.
- Onboard. First load built inside two weeks.
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