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Plastic Express Terminal Rail Manager in City of Industry, California
Company Overview
Come join a winning Team! Since 1970 Plastic Express has met the bulk trucking, bulk terminal, packaging, and warehousing needs of the plastics industry. Our strategic locations, modern systems, and dedicated employees allow us to provide custom tailored logistical solutions to fulfill the most challenging needs of our customers. Plastic Express operates from 22 full service facilities, more than 40 bulk terminals, and 52 railcar terminals offering more than 8,500 railcar spots across the country. We are located near 9 major ports in the U.S. and rely heavily on our rail infrastructure to handle imports /exports as well as regional distribution. At many of the Plastic Express sites, we also handle some non-plastic commodities, which include; paper rolls, steel, building materials and other dry bulk materials. Plastic Express owns and operates roughly 250 trucks, with approximately 250 trailers performing full bulk truck distribution business. Plastic Express is headquartered in Houston, TX and has over 600 employees nationwide. Our goal has always been to exceed our customer's expectations, and our can do-attitude is what differentiates us from the competition.
Plastic Express employees have always been our key to success and total customer satisfaction. We are always looking for dependable & talented business professionals that will help us to grow and to continue our “Can Do” tradition.
Job Summary:
With reporting responsibilities to the AVP of Rail Operations, this position is directly responsible for the management of the company’s Rail Operations on behalf of Loup Logistics at the Valla Terminal in Santa Fe Springs, California. Must provide positive leadership for company and temporary staffing in a safety sensitive and production environment. Direct daily management to include: Daily communication with railroads, Switching operations, Maintaining inventories, Production scheduling, Scheduling and performing light maintenance, Employee development, Employee counseling, Employee discipline, and training, Record keeping and communication of issues with management. The Terminal Rail Manager will be supported by a Terminal Rail Supervisor for this site.
This role works closely with the Safety Director, Quality Manager, Rail Operations, Customer Service representatives (CSR’s), Trucking department and Sales department. Must oversee the facility and rail yard operations to meet KPI targets and goals. Additional duties and responsibilities may be added or deleted at any time.
Essential Functions/Duties:
Employee Management
Must provide positive leadership for all Terminal staff.
Ensuring all staff is eRailsafe Qualified, Registered and Certifications are valid.
Maintain the appropriate amount of staffing to accomplish the required production goals for all Terminal Rail activities.
Maintain a Safe work environment and drive the company’s safety culture into all aspects of the job functions.
Ensure Terminal Rail employees are following work instructions and training is implemented for the continued use of all loading equipment, transfer pumps, hoses, fall protection, etc.
Maintain meticulous records of employee training, employee counseling, and employee reviews.
Continuous training and development of employees and temporary staff.
Ensure all employees have been trained in each function they perform.
Set an example of professionalism and create an environment where people are committed to professionalism and cleanliness.
Hands on leadership with operational and technical skills to ensure that "best practices" are being utilized.
Create an environment for team building with emphasis on individual development and growth.
Terminal Rail Yard
Daily review, coordination and inspection of all Railcar activities.
Clear communications with the Rail Road and Local Operating authorities.
Maintain meticulous physical and computer inventories of customer railcar inventory. Inventory accuracy should be maintained at 100%.
Supervise and Manage appointments for approved vendors, customers, & third-party contractors entering the Rail Terminal.
Ensuring all visitors and guests signing in at the office, and are given a safety brief for yard safety.
Ensuring Operation Clean Sweep initiatives are being communicated and every employee is pledged.
Work with administrative systems to support operation to meet deadlines.
Communications as needed with vendors operating within the Rail Terminal by supplying inventory reports.
Maintain meticulous records as required by customer and company policies.
Committed to teaching and promoting personal responsibility for identifying and performing safe behaviors, conditions, and environmental responsibilities.
General Terminal Maintenance
Prepare and execute a compressive preventive maintenance schedule for all operating equipment.
Routinely look at all maintenance items and look for trends/ reoccurring items and develop plan for permanently correcting items.
Perform routine and/or required light maintenance on all related company issued and managed equipment.
Supervise any outside maintenance work and contractors.
Ensure that all safety procedures are being followed during any mechanical failure and/or maintenance.
Maintain highly detailed maintenance records and logs.
Order and maintain spare parts for the related equipment.
Communicate all related equipment issues with the AVP of Rail Operations.
Maintain a clean Rail Yard and ensure that all employees keep excellent housekeeping practices in all operational areas (office areas and rail yards).
Record Inspection Logs must be retained on site.
Safety and Compliance
Ensure all employees operate in compliance with FRA, OSHA and Union Pacific regulations and company safety policies.
Vehicle Certification & Training for all employees who use any of the following; Golf Cart, Ariel lifts, Forklifts & Man Lifts, Company provided vehicles.
Record Inspection Logs must be retained on site.
Maintain employee files to include: safety meetings, training, and discipline for any violations of company policies or law.
Audit Employee Time Logs for accuracy.
Conduct / Supervise and document daily/weekly/monthly safety meetings. The Terminal Rail Manager must personally conduct a documented safety meeting with all Rail staff once per calendar month at a minimum. This standard will enforce the dedication to our safety culture.
Additional Specific Duties:
Responsible for training and managing the progress of training for any employee in need of training and report employees progress to the relevant manager.
Train new hires and retrain new hires as required, in groups or individually.
Cross train in all departments as required, to assist on the development of training aides, including but not limited to: Inventory Management, Material Handling of PE Issued Equipment, Rail & Switching Operations, Rail Terminal Inventory Management & Software, and any additional programs as assigned.
Ensure SOP’s are rolled out and training completed.
Actively seek to support implementation of and contribute ideas and suggestions for continuous improvement, may perform quality-control tasks.
Maintains and assists in development of training methods/procedures.
Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted and or changed at any time at the discretion of the management.
Qualifications:
Required Education and Experience
Minimum education required is a high school diploma or equivalent, a 4-year college business degree is preferred.
Must possess 5-10 years previous Management/ Supervisory experience.
Must have the ability to think independently and make decisions that are in the company’s best interest.
Computer proficiency in a Windows environment, especially using Excel spreadsheets and business management systems along with customer interface systems.
Excellent interpersonal, communications and organizational skills.
Strong analytical abilities for planning, forecasting, inventory management, product scheduling, and product balancing.
Must be multi-task oriented with the ability to handle many activities simultaneously.
Must be able to work long hours and weekends and available for travel on the company’s behalf.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. These tasks include, but are not limited to:
Must be able to perform physical labor such as; lifting up to 55 lbs., moving up to 250 pounds, climbing ladders, operate control panels and working with hand tools.
Must be able use fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and/or hear.
Employee must possess vision abilities required by this job function to include close visual confirmation of finely printed documents, have distance vision to safely and correctly identify objects and or markings.
Must have peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus on subjects or objects at any safe working distance
Licenses/Certificates:
- None
Additional Job Details:
Supervisory Responsibility:
Terminal Rail Supervisor
Terminal Rail Technicians/Transload Operators
Work Environment: This job operates in a combination of outside an active Railyard, Professional office, and Truck Yard. This role routinely uses standard Railyard & Trucking equipment such as; Forklifts, Golf carts, Ariel Lifts, Bulk Trailer Equipment, Gas powered Machinery, Diesel powered Machinery, Heavy lifting machinery, Radios & vehicles, in addition to office equipment such as computers, phones, and printers/scanners.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
- This is a full-time, Exempt position.
Travel:
- Minimal to no travel is required for this role.
Compensation:
- $90,000 - $100,000.00 annually, based of experience. Exempt.
Benefits and Perks:
Family health benefit packages
Vacation pay after 90 days
Holiday pay after 90 days
Company matching 401k retirement program after 90 days
Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted and/or changed at any time at the discretion of management.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
In line with Plastic Express’ Environmental Promise, the hired individual is expected to enthusiastically support all facets of Operation Clean Sweep; specifically, making a conscious effort to prevent pellet, flake and powder loss into the environment and ensure any spills are swiftly and effectively cleaned up.
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