Trainmaster - Gillette, WY

Description

• Receives oral or written instructions from Manager or Customer indicating which cars are to be switched
• Initiate and provide an accurate, complete, and timely investigation of all accidents and incidents, including causes, remedial action, and recommended solutions
• Notifies train crew of switching orders and, whereby, which cars are to be moved to specified locations of yard, using radio, telephone, verbal, or hand signals
• Approve all man hours under his/her area of responsibility and forward these hours to the necessary personnel or department on a timely basis
• Manage cars online through various RMI reports
• Adjust locomotive consist requirements based on HP and trailing tons daily, with a goal to minimize locomotive fuel and maximize locomotive utilization
• Must ensure daily train lists are accurate as generated by the customer service department, and accurate as completed by the train crews within his/her territory
• Supervises and coordinates the activities of train crews
• Must ensure all reporting is done accurately and timely, including daily crew work sheets and weekly operational reporting

Requirements

• Understand all outstanding track conditions within his/her territory, including slow orders, and their effect on productivity/efficiency
• Valid driver's license
• Operations training at the Safe Performance Center in Birmingham, Alabama
• Ability to talk to and effectively communicate with co-workers, yard personnel, switching crew, engineers, railroad officials and others in a clear, concise, courteous, efficient, and professional manner
• Ability to make independent judgments using sound reasoning skills and knowledge base
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form; and/or to apply principles of logic to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; and/or to apply principles of rational systems to solve practical problems
• Ability to think and act quickly in responding to emergency and non-emergency situations
• Must hold, and continue to hold, a current locomotive engineers and conductor’s certification
• Ability to pass training and required testing
• Understand the quantitative factors contributing to the major costs on the railroad and understand the extent of their effect toward financial performances
• Ability to effectively communicate instructions, directions, processes, procedures, safety rules and regulations to co-workers, supervisors, and others in written, oral, diagrammatic and schedule form
• Knowledge of and skills in applying basic federal railroad regulations, guidelines, and rules
• Demonstrate predictable, reliable, and timely attendance
• Ability to train switch crews and other yard personnel to perform job-related duties; and to provide training related to federal and company regulations, rules, safety guidelines and preventive maintenance
• PPE; hard hat, vest, safety glasses, FR clothing, gloves, steel toed boots
• High school education or general education development (GED), and minimum of 6 months job-related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to read and comprehend written safety rules, procedure and safety manuals, government regulations, operating and maintenance instructions, memos, and other work-related information

Benefits

• Leadership and development programs offered through Watco University
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Paid on-the-job training with peer trainers
• Career advancement opportunities

Training + Development

Interview process

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Security clearance