Job Description

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

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• 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.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES.

• 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.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed be­low are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Rea­son­able accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• 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.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• 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.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• 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.

REASONING ABILITY

• 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.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND/OR REGISTRATIONS

• Must have current driver’s license.

OTHER SKILLS AND/OR ABILITIES.

• Must have completed engineer’s certification program; must be familiar with federal and local regulations regarding train operations.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with dis­abilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly re­quir­ed to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, han­dle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, dis­tance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the abil­ity to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT.

• The work environment characteristics described here are rep­re­sentative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with dis­abil­ities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near mov­ing mechanical parts and in high, precarious places.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.