About
Who We Are
Team Services is a second-generation, family-owned and operated company, continuing the legacy of 50-year industry veteran, Jim Fletcher. Founded in 2007, Team Services began by providing shore tankerman services to the inland marine transportation system along the Gulf Coast.
Over time, we expanded our offerings to crude storage terminals, performing total site management, including tank farm, rail, truck and pipeline operations. From inland marine to offshore support, Team Services has you covered.
What Sets Us Apart
Team Services is committed to delivering Operational Excellence to the industry with a total teamwork approach. This concept extends to our customers, employees, and their families.
- We are a woman-owned company
- We are employee and family-focused
- We strive to understand our customer business needs
- We provide seamless integration
- We offer education and apprenticeships
- We give back to the industry and to our local communities
Training + Experience
We understand our customer’s safety and operational needs and develop employee-focused training and career growth plans.
Employee development begins with participation in the Team Services Apprenticeship Program, which:
- Trains and develops tankermen through a customized, proprietary 4-6 month program
- Culminates in the successful completion of our in-house Coast Guard Approved Dangerous Liquids School and Marine Firefighting School
- Incorporates the Safety Net process, providing hands-on supervision to newly released tankermen.
Focus on Safety
ZERO HARM: We relentlessly pursue an incident-free workplace through proactive risk management, teamwork and continuous improvement.
STOP-WORK AUTHORITY: Every team member is empowered to halt operations in the presence of newly developing or unresolved hazards to safeguard our workforce and environment.
COMMUNICATION: Safety discussions initiate every meeting, reinforcing our shared responsibility. Our robust near-miss and hazard reporting program gives a channel for every team member to contribute to a safer environment.
RISK ASSESSMENT: Hazard assessment and risk mitigation play a pivotal role in our operations, creating a proactive culture where every risk is identified and tackled head-on.
Our Achievements
At Team Services, safety is the core of our business. We are a three-time recipient of the prestigious AEU National Safety Award for Marine Cargo Handling, 2016, 2019, and 2021 from among over 1,400 competing.
How We
Seamlessly Integrate
Our Teams
We take a customized approach by integrating each customer's unique company culture, procedures and safety programs into one unified Team Services training program.
Our Partners
AEU
Avetta
AWO
GICA
GHPB
GNOBFA
GNO Port Safety Council
ISN
LCA
WGMA
Our Culture
Through employee engagement, Team Services has identified and adopted eight Core Values that guide our business.
Mission
We are committed to identifying the needs of our customers, exceeding their expectations, and executing Operating Excellence with a commitment to continuous improvement in true teamwork fashion.
Vision
To be the trusted partner providing seamless integration of people, processes, and solutions to our customers.
Values
Through employee engagement, Team Services has identified and adopted eight Core Values that guide our business:
Integrity, Compliance, Professionalism, Evolution, Trust, Humility, Respect, Fulfillment.
ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY STATEMENT
We believe all incidents are preventable.
We take a proactive approach, using Safety Management Systems as the foundation for our business. We maintain a full consensus and commitment to zero spills, incidents, or injuries. We expect this consensus and commitment to be driven at all levels of business. As environmental stewards, we are committed to sustainability and reducing pollution through awareness and control of emissions.
Our Executive Team
Katie Fletcher Freeman
Board Chair, Owner
Vanessa Fletcher Richard
Board Chair, Owner
Derek Freeman
Chief Operating Officer,
Board Chair, Owner
Brian Richard
Chief Financial Officer,
Board Chair, Owner
Will Hayes
Director of Marketing and Business Development
Scott Spearman
Director of Operational Excellence
Todd Stokes
Manager of Operations–Louisiana
Daryl Holloway
Manager of Operations – Texas
Richard Schwing
Manager of Operations – South Texas
Nick Millet
Director of Human Resources
Brad Steimel
Manager of H.S.S.E.
Matt Schittone
Manager of Compliance
Yvonne Fletcher
Founder
Jim Fletcher
Board Member, Founder
How We Serve
We believe in serving others first—in our community, our industry, and most importantly, our people. Putting to action one of our core values, humility, helps us to stay aligned with what is most important, the people around us. This value is a pillar on which our company continues to stand since day one.
Community
We invest in our Team as well as our communities. Each year, our team members nominate and vote on recipients of the Team Services Community Connect program award.
Through this program, we provide 10 local nonprofit organizations with a monetary donation to continue their meaningful work. We want our team to have a voice in how our philanthropic dollars are shared by choosing organizations most important to them.
Charitable causes we support include:
Industry
We believe in contributing to our industry with the best trained team and the highest quality service to seamlessly integrate with our customers’ operations.
We grow our employees from the ground up with the Team Services Tankerman School, Apprentice Program, ongoing continuing education, employee development, and training with a low employee/supervisor ratio. Our hands-on approach develops the culture of safety and supports performing the Team way, which leads to incident and injury prevention.
We contribute by participating in the following organizations:Â
Our People
We believe that a healthy employee is key, so we strive to lead the industry by having a robust benefits program, covering 100% of employee health premiums.
As a family-owned company, we believe that strong family support helps our employees perform their best. When a family is thriving, so is our team. We cover a portion of family health insurance benefits and host events throughout the year to celebrate the contributions made to help our Team succeed.
We offer competitive wages, as well as appreciation events and anniversary and incentive programs, that enable our Team members to support their families.