What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Rail Coordinator/Trainer position at Trinity Careers?
RSI Logistics, recently acquired by Trinity Industries Inc., is looking for a Senior Site Rail Coordinator/Trainer. This position will be responsible for executing the movement of railcars to include planning and coordination of specific railcars to/from manufacturing locations, storage and storage in transit yards, customers and other third party sites. The Senior Site Rail Coordinator/Trainer will maintain target levels for loaded and empty railcars in accordance with manufacturing, supply and demand. This includes railcar scheduling & distribution/coordination of information/reports. In addition to understanding the roles and responsibilities of a site rail coordinator, this position will also be responsible to ensure work processes are documented and stored in a retrievable fashion. The Senior Site Rail Coordinator/Trainer will also ensure new hires are properly trained, and that there is a back up system in place to ensure coverage for all desks.
What You’ll Do:
- Work with relevant personnel from manufacturing and supply chain organizations to meet inbound railcar needs, raw materials and safety stocks.
- Ensure local yards have ample capacity, adequate supply of the correct railcars types, and maintain fluidity.
- Coordinate and schedule railcars by ordering them for relevant locations from serving yards, lease tracks, etc., and assigning them to specific loading racks, including exact spots.
- Execute shipments of loaded and empty railcars, including hazardous materials, between plants, to storage facilities, or other necessary destinations as required.
- Ensure all railcars departing for Mexico have cleared customs process and are not subject any holds.
- Maintain proactive relationships with local railroad contacts, plant switching operators, and relevant personnel from manufacturing and supply chain organizations to meet.
- Communicate with class I, regional, and shortline railroads operations departments proactively to mitigate any planned or unplanned service issues.
- Promptly escalate service issues/disruptions, Master data issues through the proper channels within the organization.
- Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation for rail-related emergencies.
- Process One Time Movement Authority (OTMA) documentation to the FRA.
- Provide information necessary and participate in quarterly stewardship meetings.
- Work directly with multiple customer contacts and 3rd party vendors within the overall supply chain
- Review and fulfill open orders movements both outbound and inbound
- Generate and verify both loaded/empty billing to railroads via SAP or RR website direct
- Expedite high priority shipments
- Ensure all work procedures are documented in a consistent format, in a detailed manner that can be easily interpreted.
- Establish and maintain a document retrieval system to ensure SOPs are filed consistently in a way in which they can be easily found and retrieved.
- Ensure new hires are thoroughly trained as they are being onboarded, and ensure a smooth transition to perform the work independently.
- Ensure back up procedures are fully documented and that back up personnel have been trained appropriately.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in rail operations or logistics coordination.
- Bachelor's degree in logistics, transportation, or a related field preferred.
- Strong knowledge of rail industry regulations and safety standards.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficient in the use of logistics software and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
