Rail Shop Coordinator

Trinity Structural Towers; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity Industries, Inc. is seeking a Railcar Shop Coordinator to manage and optimize railcar shipments to/from shops and between origin and home shops. The role focuses on timely, accurate movement while reducing downtime through proactive coordination.

You will interact with clients, railroads, and shops in a fast-paced office environment, requiring mechanical aptitude, strong communication, and knowledge of rail logistics and billing processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2–5 years of experience in rail shop operations or rail logistics coordination.
• Bachelor’s degree in logistics/supply chain management preferred or equivalent in business.
• Proficient with ERP systems, Rail TMS or SAP software.

Responsibilities

• Ensure railcars moving to/from shops have correct billing instructions; troubleshoot billing issues.
• Monitor railcar movement and intervene to maintain on-time scheduling.
• Open escalation logs with railroads and track communications to resolution.
• Collaborate with clients and car owners to ensure accurate shipping instructions.
• Create bills of lading and diversion requests to move railcars between facilities.
• Coordinate with maintenance coordinators to align priorities and escalate issues as needed.
• Read, understand, and verify diverse materials to identify discrepancies and improvements.
• Follow and maintain SOPs and KPIs.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Organizational skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in logistics or supply chain management

Tools

ERP system

Rail TMS

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

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: https://www.trinityrail.com/products/- Railcar Leasing Solutions: https://www.trinityrail.com/leasing/- Railcar Maintenance & Parts: https://www.trinityrail.com/maintenance/- Fleet Management Services: https://www.trinityrail.com/fleet-management/For more information, visit us at trinityrail.com.Learn more about Trinsight®: https://www.trinityrail.com/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 demandsVideo tranFor decades, _TrinityRail_ has been delivering the goods that keep North America moving. A humble promise to transport the everyday things that make everybody's lives better. It's our commitment to being stewards of the supply chain connecting companies with customers. People with products and Delivering Goods for the Good of All. While we've built one of the broadest and deepest railcar platforms in the world, to us it's what's on the inside that counts. And the purpose these products serve for you like grain the secret ingredient for making memories, or gravel that paves the way for a getaway, fuel to power the road trip of a lifetime, cars that transport us to exciting new places, and essential chemicals that purify our water food and promote a healthy way of life. Indispensable goods that truly move us and keep our lives, and our economy rolling. TrinityRail is proud to

RSI Logistics,recently acquired byTrinity Industries Inc.,is looking for aRailcar 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, maximized 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 escalates 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/KPI’s 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.

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 (hereinafter “Trinity”) 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.

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