Rail Operations & Scheduling Coordinator

Trinity Structural Towers; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

RSI Logistics, recently acquired by Trinity Industries, is seeking a Rail Site Coordinator to manage the movement and scheduling of railcars across manufacturing locations, storage yards, and customer sites. You will coordinate loading, ensure capacity, and maintain clear communication with railroads and suppliers.

This role requires a minimum of 2+ years in rail operations or logistics coordination, and proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in logistics, transportation, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience in rail operations or logistics coordination.
• Proficient in SAP and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong knowledge of rail industry regulations and safety standards.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to adhere to strict deadlines despite delays or disruptions.
• Strong attention to detail in high stakes operations environment

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with manufacturing and supply chain organizations to meet inbound railcar needs, raw materials and safety stocks.
• Ensure local yards have ample capacity, adequate supply of the correct railcar types, and maintain fluidity.
• Coordinate and schedule railcars by ordering them for relevant locations from serving yards, lease tracks, etc., and assigning them to specific loading racks, including exact spots.
• Execute shipments of loaded and empty railcars, including hazardous materials, between plants, to storage facilities, or other necessary destinations as required.
• Ensure all railcars shipping across international borders have cleared customs process and are not subject to any holds.
• Maintain proactive relationships with local railroad contacts, plant switching operators, and relevant personnel from manufacturing and supply chain organizations.
• Communicate with class I, regional, and short line railroads operations departments proactively to mitigate any planned or unplanned service issues.
• Identify and work to quickly mitigate local service issues by serving railroad or other rail related issues
• Promptly elevate service issues/disruptions, Master data issues through the proper channels within the organization
• This position follows a rotational work schedule
• Participate in after-hours support as needed to ensure continuous and reliable operations, and for other rail-related emergencies
• Weekend and Holiday coverage is required as part of the regular duties
• Process One Time Movement Authority (OTMA) documentation to the FRA
• Provide information necessary and participate in quarterly stewardship meeting
• Work directly with multiple customer contacts and 3rd party vendors within the overall supply chain
• Local inventory management of railcars within the facility to meet loading requirements and car count thresholds
• Review and fulfill open orders movements both outbound and inbound
• Generate and verify both loaded/empty billing to railroads via SAP or RR website direct
• Expedite high priority shipments

Skills

Logistics software

SAP

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in logistics

Job description

RSI Logistics, recently acquired by Trinity Industries, is seeking a Rail Site Coordinator to manage the movement and scheduling of railcars across manufacturing locations, storage yards, and customer sites. You will coordinate loading, ensure capacity, and maintain clear communication with railroads and suppliers.

This role requires a minimum of 2+ years in rail operations or logistics coordination, and proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office.