Transportation Manager

Florida East Coast Railway • Fort Pierce, FL

20h • Onsite

About The Position

Directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in makeup and break-up of trains and switching inbound and outbound traffic of railroad yard by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.

Requirements

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Must have current driver’s license.
• Must have completed engineer’s certification program.
• Must be familiar with federal and local regulations regarding train operations.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of two years’ college education, or equivalent from two-year college or technical school, in related transportation fields preferred but may be waived.
• Six months’ experience and/or training as a yardmaster preferred but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Reviews train schedules and switching orders, and observes traffic movement in yard to determine which tracks can be made available to accommodate inbound and outbound traffic.
• Directs routing of inbound and outbound traffic to specific tracks.
• Reviews waybills or other shipping records indicating material to be loaded or unloaded, tonnage of cargo, type of carrier, and planned routes.
• Provides instruction concerning switching of cars, makeup and breakup of trains, and routing of inbound and outbound traffic to ensure safe and efficient conduct of yard activities.
• Directly supervises varying numbers of train service employees assigned to yard crews as well as through freight and/or local crews operating into and out of the terminal/yard.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees