Rail Shop Coordinator

Rail Shop Coordinator

The Woodlands, Texas, United States

New

Logistics Supply Chain

Requisition # 2601005

2 days ago Post Date

Delivering Goods For The Good Of All - TrinityRail

While TrinityRail has built one of the broadest and deepest railcar platforms in the world, it’s what’s inside our cars that counts. We are proud to manufacture, maintain, and manage the railcars that deliver the indispensable goods that keep our lives, and our economy, rolling. “Delivering Goods For The Good Of All” is why we proudly come to work each day, and this is why our company exists. This is our purpose.

TrinityRail provides railcar manufacturing, leasing solutions, maintenance & parts, and fleet management. For more information, visit trinityrail.com. Learn more about Trinsight: Trinsight is TrinityRail's cloud-based platform purpose-built to bring your fleet into focus, allowing you to transform and streamline your supply chain with real-time tracking, analysis and management features that modern logistics demands.

RSI Logistics, recently acquired by Trinity Industries Inc., is looking for a Railcar Shop Coordinator. The Shop Coordinator’s primary objective is to manage and enhance the coordination and monitoring of railcar shipments to/from and between origin and shops. More generally, maximize timely and successful shipments of railcars for maintenance, qualifications, and/or cleaning. On an ongoing basis, mitigates service disruptions, and optimizes shipments to minimize out of service time of the railcar.

The Shop Coordinator will interact directly with the client, railroads, railcar shops, railcar owners, and other RSI personnel. The role operates in a professional office environment and requires mechanical aptitude and decision-making skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure railcars moving to/from shops have proper billing instructions applied. Troubleshoot billing issues in a timely manner. Knowledge of bill of lading requirements, basic EDI terminology, and rail routing options is critical to perform this task.

• Monitor railcar movement, identify railcars moving out of route or not in a timely manner, and intervene in a timely manner.

• Open escalation logs with the railroads where necessary, track all communication and track issues to close. Communication escalations internally.

• Collaborate with client and car owners to ensure shopping instructions are accurate and complete.

• Create bills of lading and/or diversion requests to move the railcar(s) from client facility to home shops.

• Work closely with maintenance coordinators to align maintenance priorities and escalate issues.

• Ability to read, understand, evaluate and verify a wide range of materials and information to recognize and correct discrepancies and or areas of improvement as necessary.

• Follow and maintain SOPs/KPIs as necessary.

• Minimum of 2-5 years of experience in shop and maintenance of rail operations or rail logistics coordination.

• Must have a valid driver’s license and passport.

• Bachelor's degree in logistics supply chain management preferred, and or in a related field equivalent to logistics or business.

• OTMA/Hazmat certification preferred.

• System savvy (prior ERP experience or Rail TMS/SAP software experience highly preferred.)

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail ensure timely completion.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and work independently and collaboratively with a team.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (strong Excel knowledge is required), Microsoft Teams, Zoom.

• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.

• Vendor/Client relationship management preferred.

• Knowledge of safety regulations from AAR, OSHA, and DOT.

• EOE

• Trinity Industries, Inc., and its subsidiary or affiliated companies are committed to equal employment opportunity. It is our policy to consider candidates for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.