Rail Processor
About the role
We are currently seeking a Rail Loader to join the team! Love working with cars? Have mechanical or rail experience? Apply today!
At Wallenius Wilhelmsen, you'll join a global leader in shipping and logistics with more than 9,000 colleagues across 28 countries. Together, we help move vehicles, equipment, and goods around the world through innovative and sustainable solutions. Our ambition is to lead the way in transforming shipping and logistics. Our success is built on our people. Rooted in a strong safety culture and guided by our values – We Care, We Challenge, We Commit – we create an environment where people can grow, contribute, and perform at their best. As a global company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, we offer international opportunities within a collaborative and values-driven culture.
Responsibilities
- Prepare railcars for shipment, opening and closing railcar doors, setting bridge plates, blowing trash out of railcars, chocking vehicles, chock replacement
- Load and unload vehicles onto railcars in compliance with company quality standards
- Ensure vehicles are properly spaced within the rail, secure vehicles according to customer standards onto outbound railcars
- Perform repair and maintenance work- welding, metal cutting, etc.
- Maintain buck loader/ramps-lubing railcars, graphite door tracks, and other moving mechanical parts, etc.
- Conduct monthly inspections on bridge plates and paint bridge plates as needed
Requirements
- Previous rail department or mechanical experience preferred
- Physically able to safely lift 50 lbs. at shoulder level
- Able to work within the confined spaces of a railcar and work at heights of 20 feet 2 inches
- Valid Drivers License with acceptable driving record
- Must be willing to work in all weather conditions
- Walk and stand much of your day
- Must be able to perform repetitive, bending, stomping and hitting chocks to secure vehicles to railcars, able to walk, kneel, crouch and twist throughout the day.