Area Manager - Railcar Repair

Compass Rail Services LLC; Westfield (MA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Compass Rail Services LLC seeks an experienced Operations Leader to manage up to 4 RRA locations in MA and PA, directing 2–4 crew members per site. You will onboard and train new crew members responsible for inspecting rolling stock for AAR/FRA defects, while achieving 100% billable hours across areas of responsibility.

The role reports to the Regional Manager and offers a salary range of $75k–$90k per year, with travel as needed to sites within the region.

Responsibilities

• Supervise inspection, maintenance, and repair of railroad rolling stock at multiple locations.
• Assemble and lead qualified crews; plan staffing for car flow.
• Maintain safety training and compliance with AAR/FRA/OSHA.
• Ensure 100% billable hours across all locations.
• Manage onboarding and training for new crew members.
• Coordinate with health and safety, quality, and other departments.
• Plan track closures and respond to derailments or bad orders.
• Oversee MRU call-out work and travel as needed.
• Report to Regional Manager.

Job description

Position Summary

• This position requires managing up to 4 RRA locations in MA and PA at a time with 2-4 crew members per location. (Crew sizes dependent on car flow)
• This position will oversee new hire onboarding and training initiation for new crew members that are conducting regular inspections of rolling stock to identify AAR/FRA defects such as worn-out components, damaged components, or loose fasteners.
• There will be target times and goals set forth as dictated by location specifics. Communication and strategizing are a key strong point for this position.
• Billable 100% of the time through hours generated at each location of responsibility. (Divided over all locations in area)
• Will report directly to Regional Manager
• Salary Range $75k/yr-$90k/yr

Primary Job Duties

Supervising and performing inspection, maintenance, and repair work on railroad rolling stock in multiple locations at a time via qualified individuals that are trained, ensuring they are safe and operational at locations of responsibility. Each area manager will have primary Job duties that are specific to their areas of responsibility but include the following:

• Maintain pre-determined RR Communication Structure with RR Ops team and share with CRS team.
• Identify, plan, schedule crews to maximize site profitability by strategizing to capture 100% of car flow.
• Maintain all established site-specific safety training on top of Compass' safety training requirements.
• Understand and update established SDOP at each location of responsibility as operations adjust to car flow/ demand
• Maintain material staging area to ensure compliance and organization. Identify any other special parts or equipment not currently incorporated at the location.
• Verify all trucks and equipment maintenance requirements are being met and documented.
• Identify labor needs as car flow increases and/or decreases and adjust to maintain profitability/ efficiency goals.
• Manage training requirements and documentation for all employees of responsibility.
• Ensure the target hours set forth by the estimating team are being met consistently. Any deviation from daily metrics is effectively communicated through the chain of command.

Other Job duties include:

• Coordinating with Director of Health and Safety ensuring that all maintenance and repair activities adhere to safety regulations and guidelines of AAR/FRA/OSHA to prevent accidents and injuries.
• Coordinating with Director of Quality in maintaining records of maintenance activities, inspections, and repairs for reporting and auditing purposes.
• Collaborating with sponsoring railroads other departments and agencies involved in rail operations, such as scheduling track closures for maintenance work, the billing department, and the purchasing department. Responding to track emergencies, such as derailments or bad order cars to quickly restore rail service for customers.
• Assist and coordinate with BD (Business Development) Personnel with local railroad potential new customer identification and qualification for MRU, and In Plant services – transload, car switching and in plant repairs, meeting potential customers, and establishing relationships with potential customers.
• Continuous Improvement: Work on ways to constantly produce more repair hours per car as well as further develop established team of carman.
• Continuously communicate with railroad contacts to ensure 100 percent of car flow is captured.
• Manage any Mobile Repair Unit (MRU) call out work/ projects at host railroads
• Fill in for any other sites/managers that are on vacation in their absence.
• Some overnight travel may be required.