Starting salary: $58,000.00 - $63,000.00 annually

General Purpose

The primary purpose of the Assistant Trainmaster position is to lead the operations and business management of the Bogalusa facility, including P&L management, safety management, environmental compliance, operations leadership, and other duties as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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  Supervises and coordinates the activities of train crews.
• Cover vacations and absences for team members by filling in as locomotive engineer or conductor. This position requires overnight, and weekend work as needed.
• Receives oral or written instructions from Manager or Customer indicating which cars are to be switched.
• 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.
• Manage cars online through various RMI reports.
• 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.
• Must ensure all reporting is done accurately and timely, including daily crew work sheets and weekly operational reporting.
• Approve all man hours under his/her area of responsibility and forward these hours to the necessary personnel or department on a timely basis.
• Initiate and provide an accurate, complete, and timely investigation of all accidents and incidents, including causes, remedial action, and recommended solutions.
• Understand the quantitative factors contributing to the major costs on the railroad and understand the extent of their effect toward financial performances.
• Adjust locomotive consist requirements based on HP and trailing tons daily, with a goal to minimize locomotive fuel and maximize locomotive utilization.
• Understand all outstanding track conditions within his/her territory, including slow orders, and their effect on productivity/efficiency.
• Demonstrate predictable, reliable, and timely attendance.
• Knowledge of and skills in applying basic federal railroad regulations, guidelines and rules.
• Ability to read and comprehend written safety rules, procedure and safety manuals, government regulations, operating and maintenance instructions, memos and other work-related information.
• Ability to apply common sense 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 effectively communicate instructions, directions, processes, procedures, safety rules and regulations to co-workers, supervisors, and others in written, oral, diagrammatic and schedule form.
• 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.
• Ability to make independent judgments using sound reasoning skills and knowledge base.
• Ability to think and act quickly in responding to emergency and non-emergency situations.
• 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 pass training and required testing.
• Performs other duties as requested or required.

Machines, Tools, Special Equipment, Personal Protective Equipment Used

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  PPE; hard hat, vest, safety glasses, FR clothing, gloves, steel toed boots

Education and Experience

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  High school education or general education development (GED), and minimum of 12 months job-related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to pass training and required testing.

Certificates and Licenses

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  Must hold, and continue to hold, a current locomotive engineers and conductor’s certification.