Rail Yard Operations Manager

Martin Marietta; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with bonus

Performance bonus

Take-home company vehicle

401(k) with company match

Pension plan

Job summary

Martin Marietta is seeking a Rail Operations Manager to coordinate and oversee operations at the Rail Yards in Houston, TX. The role supervises approximately 25 employees and drives safety, efficiency, and on-time delivery across multiple yards.

Responsibilities include managing rail unloads, trucks and deliveries, optimizing loading/unloading, coordinating maintenance, and partnering with accounting and sales to optimize costs and service. Strong leadership and bilingual ability are valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 2–5 years of experience in rail distribution operations or similar.
• Proficient in Microsoft products.
• Ability to travel during the day and overnight if needed.
• Able to physically perform the essential functions for this job.
• Able to work flexible hours, including weekends and holidays.
• Proven customer service skills and logistics focus, demonstrated capacity to develop relationships, resolve issues, and negotiate as required.
• Bilingual (Spanish).

Responsibilities

• Exemplifies MM safety values and drives culture forward through language and training.
• Promote safety upstream activities and create plans to implement valuable suggestions.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory and company work rules and procedures including compliance requirements.
• Oversees and coordinates all aggregate rail unloads, transfers and internal/external customer deliveries to maximize customer service and minimize cost.
• Identifies opportunities to improve rail loading and unloading productivity.
• Oversee and ensure that all preventative and routine maintenance on mobile and plant equipment is complete.
• Strong leadership skills; possess the ability to lead, manage and motivate; have a proven track record for creating employee ownership of safety, production and quality.
• Builds relationships with company employees, vendors, and internal and external customers to ensure an efficiently functioning department.
• Acts as liaison between logistics and sales personnel.
• Support optimization of private/dedicated rail fleet to reduce/contain freight costs, working with counterparts in other districts to best utilize rail fleet.
• Executes strategies to enhance regional logistics customer service and on-time delivery performance.

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

Martin Marietta is seeking a Rail Operations Manager to coordinate and oversee operations at the Rail Yards in Houston, TX. The role supervises approximately 25 employees and drives safety, efficiency, and on-time delivery across multiple yards.

Responsibilities include managing rail unloads, trucks and deliveries, optimizing loading/unloading, coordinating maintenance, and partnering with accounting and sales to optimize costs and service. Strong leadership and bilingual ability are valued.