Texas Maintenance Foreman

360 Rail Services • La Porte, TX

43d • Onsite

About The Position

360 Rail Services, LLC is a locally owned and operated Railroad Design, Maintenance, and Construction company. Headquartered in Englewood, CO, we serve a variety of industries including, but not limited to, Energy, Agriculture, Aggregate, and Transit. This position is for our Texas office. 360 Rail Services is looking for individuals who are hardworking, independent, and self-driven to join us in the exciting field of building and maintaining America's railroads. Experience in the rail industry is mandatory. We offer competitive salaries and an excellent benefits package that includes health and dental, which is 75% paid for the employee, 401k match, and paid time off. We also offer a quarterly profit-sharing and bonus plan where each employee working on a project will be able to take part in the profit of the project based on their position, experience, and contribution to the project. The Track Maintenance Foreman is responsible for managing and directing a crew of workers to deliver a successful project by meeting or exceeding corporate and project goals for safety, quality, profitability, and scheduling, resulting in extreme customer satisfaction. 360 Rail Services will provide you with training manuals and instructional materials to help you develop your ability to perform qualified track inspections and repairs. We will also provide you with the training necessary to develop your skills and experience to advance to higher management levels within the company.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years construction or maintenance crew experience in the rail construction industry. We will not contact you if you do not have this experience.
• Knowledge of all aspects of track construction and maintenance.
• Ability to read and understand project specific documents including schedules, standard railway plans and specifications.
• Ability to keep records and to prepare work and time reports.
• Ability to understand and efficiently carry out instructions.
• Proficiency in FRA Safety Track Standards
• Ability to supervise the work of others and clearly communicate instructions to crew.
• Thorough knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions of the work being performed.
• Strong client relation skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.
• Ability to pass background check, pre-employment physical and drug screen.
• Frequently stands, walks, climbs, balances, lifts, bends, and moves objects up to 90 pounds.
• Exposed to all weather conditions including very hot and very cold weather.
• Exposed to loud noise.
• May be exposed to live track/trains and high voltage

Responsibilities

• Pre-plans work activities with Manager of Track Maintenance to develop best means and methods, including safety action plans.
• Reviews all project documentation and plans to ensure that the work in the field is built to the most recent specifications.
• Plans the day-to-day operations on assigned project and ensures that proper resources are in place for the timely completion of work. This includes labor, tools, equipment, and material.
• Takes responsibility for crew performance as it relates to company goals, safety audits, and following company policies and procedures. Initiates follow up action as necessary including training, orientation, discipline, etc.
• Conducts daily briefing with crew to review production goals, performance feedback, safety and schedule, hazards, and to solicit feedback from the workers.
• Always maintains a dedication to safety by modeling, providing education and enforcing safe work practices and company policies and procedures.
• Ensures that proper safety equipment is available and used by all field personnel.
• Communicates with customers and ensures a high level of customer satisfaction.
• From time-to-time travel to job sites within the state and outside of the state will be required with overnight stays.
• Train and motivate workers
• Perform a variety of administrative tasks such as production reports, timesheets, equipment logs, inspection reports, change orders, cost estimates and updating project files
• Perform other related administrative or project-based duties as assigned
• Expand track maintenance customer list

Benefits

• health and dental, which is 75% paid for the employee
• 401k match
• paid time off
• quarterly profit-sharing and bonus plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed