A system for automatically controlling a work vehicle during the performance of an earthmoving operation, the system comprising a lift assembly including a boom (24, 26) and an implement coupled to the boom (24, 26), the implement being pivotable relative to the boom (24, 26) between a load-carrying position and a load-dumping position, the system comprises: at least one sensor (38, 40) supported relative to the lift assembly, the at least one sensor (38, 40) being configured to generate data indicative of a vertical height of a dump pile located at a dump location within a worksite; and a computing system communicatively coupled to the work vehicle and the at least one sensor (38, 40), the computing system being configured to: receive an input associated with initiating an automated dumping operation to allow a load of worksite materials contained by the implement to be released onto the dump pile at the dump location; determine a current vertical height of the dump pile based at least in part on the data from the at least one sensor (38, 40); determine a dumping height of the implement for performing the dumping operation based at least in part on the current vertical height of the dump pile; control an operation of the lift assembly to move the implement to the dumping height in response to receiving the input associated with initiating the dumping operation; and control an operation of the lift assembly to pivot the implement relative to the boom (24, 26) from the load-carrying position to the load-dumping position to release the load of worksite materials onto the dump pile from the dumping height, the system is characterized by the dump location being spaced apart from a current dig location of the work vehicle in a horizontal direction across the worksite, characterized by the computing system being further configured to determine a travel path for moving the implement between a starting point disposed at or adjacent to the current dig location to an ending point disposed at or adjacent to the dump location, the ending point being positioned above the dump pile and at the dumping height, and characterized by controlling the operation of the lift assembly to move the implement to the dumping height by controlling the operation of the lift assembly to move the implement along the travel path from the starting point to the ending point. at least one sensor (38, 40) supported relative to the lift assembly, the at least one sensor (38, 40) being configured to generate data indicative of a vertical height of a dump pile located at a dump location within a worksite; and a computing system communicatively coupled to the work vehicle and the at least one sensor (38, 40), the computing system being configured to: receive an input associated with initiating an automated dumping operation to allow a load of worksite materials contained by the implement to be released onto the dump pile at the dump location; determine a current vertical height of the dump pile based at least in part on the data from the at least one sensor (38, 40); determine a dumping height of the implement for performing the dumping operation based at least in part on the current vertical height of the dump pile; control an operation of the lift assembly to move the implement to the dumping height in response to receiving the input associated with initiating the dumping operation; and control an operation of the lift assembly to pivot the implement relative to the boom (24, 26) from the load-carrying position to the load-dumping position to release the load of worksite materials onto the dump pile from the dumping height, receive an input associated with initiating an automated dumping operation to allow a load of worksite materials contained by the implement to be released onto the dump pile at the dump location; determine a current vertical height of the dump pile based at least in part on the data from the at least one sensor (38, 40); determine a dumping height of the implement for performing the dumping operation based at least in part on the current vertical height of the dump pile; control an operation of the lift assembly to move the implement to the dumping height in response to receiving the input associated with initiating the dumping operation; and control an operation of the lift assembly to pivot the implement relative to the boom (24, 26) from the load-carrying position to the load-dumping position to release the load of worksite materials onto the dump pile from the dumping height, characterized by the computing system being further configured to determine a travel path for moving the implement between a starting point disposed at or adjacent to the current dig location to an ending point disposed at or adjacent to the dump location, the ending point being positioned above the dump pile and at the dumping height, and characterized by controlling the operation of the lift assembly to move the implement to the dumping height by controlling the operation of the lift assembly to move the implement along the travel path from the starting point to the ending point.