Assistant Superintendent - Fargo, ND

R.J. Corman Careers•West Fargo, ND

1d•Onsite

About The Position

R. J. Corman Railroad Services is seeking a dependable, safety-focused Assistant Superintendent for its Emergency Response team in Fargo, North Dakota. This hands-on role assists with managing a derailment team and involves traveling to support railroad customers, clear derailments, and restore rail operations. The position is suited to individuals who enjoy outdoor work and challenging tasks as part of a skilled team. A CDL-A is required. The Assistant Superintendent helps manage derailment operations, customer relationships, personnel, equipment, training, safety, regulatory compliance, and division readiness. Work may take place in an office, at a shop, or at outdoor wreck sites, including in and around moving vehicles and equipment. The role involves travel in and out of state to wreck sites, exposure to weather, and strenuous physical work.

Requirements

CDL-A required.
Demonstrated experience managing derailment operations or other related heavy-equipment or recovery-type operations.
One to three years of operator experience in derailment or similar recovery operations.
Ability to train employees in derailment equipment operation.
Basic personal-computer data-entry and retrieval skills.
Basic business math, oral communication, and writing skills.
Ability to perform physically strenuous work; frequently bend, stoop, kneel, and crouch; lift and carry objects up to 50 pounds; and occasionally use a 30-pound claw bar or a 10-pound sledgehammer with the stated force requirements.
Ability to walk, climb, and maintain balance safely on equipment, stairs, ladders, uneven terrain, rails, and ballast.
Ability to navigate into confined spaces if necessary.
Ability to work outdoors in weather and wear required personal protective equipment at wreck sites.
Ability to travel in and out of state to wreck sites.
Successful completion of pre-employment criminal-background checks and substance-abuse testing, including a urine drug test, as described in the posting.

Nice To Haves

Specific experience with operations and scheduling activities, with an emphasis on maintaining good employee relations.
Experience with word-processing and spreadsheet programs.

Responsibilities

Assist with the safe, efficient, and profitable daily management of emergency and pre-set derailment operations for a single operating division.
Maintain business relationships with customers of derailment services within the assigned division market.
Supervise personnel and equipment during on-call wreck-site work, equipment repair, maintenance, and readiness at the division shop.
Perform non-wreck general services for railroad customers.
Help establish positive customer relationships and generate new and repeat business for the assigned derailment division.
Assist with troubleshooting customer complaints related to divisional services.
Assist with recruiting, selecting, placing, and arranging operational, safety, and hazardous-materials training for division personnel within company guidelines.
Plan and schedule work to ensure readiness, mobilization, response time, on-site efficiency, demobilization, and enroute safety comply with the company customer-service plan.
Obtain appropriate over-the-road permits for divisional equipment movements, including overweight equipment, and comply with state, county, and local travel-route guidance.
Use shop time efficiently for training, equipment readiness, and maintenance of the building and grounds when not working on customer assignments.
Enforce work, safety, and conduct rules and implement disciplinary procedures; when necessary, determine and carry out termination actions within company guidelines.
Ensure division employees maintain good customer relations at work sites.
Manage divisional compliance with company policies and procedures, including shop housekeeping, job-cost coding, customer billing, purchasing, credit and fuel-card use, equipment use, expense and time reporting, human resources, safety, and DOT matters.
Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local employee-safety and DOT regulations, including drivers’ hours-of-service requirements and vehicle and equipment operation rules.
Ensure timely reporting and investigation of employee injuries and vehicle accidents.
Manage maintenance and repair programs for division vehicles, machinery, and equipment.
Perform other duties as assigned.