Shift Leader

GATX Corporation; Colton (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

GATX Corporation in Colton, CA seeks a Rail Car Production Supervisor to oversee shift production, ensure safety, quality, and cost targets, and lead a team of hourly and salaried staff. You will coordinate with management, safety, quality, maintenance, and vendors to keep production on track and compliant with standards.

You will perform quality audits, drive continuous improvement, and mentor staff while upholding AAR regulations and GATX policies.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years in a fast-paced production environment with rail care experience preferred.
• Prior supervisory and management experience is required.
• General Inspector Qualification preferred; VT Certification a plus; capable of computer-based reporting.
• High school diploma required; bachelor's degree preferred; willingness to pursue certification as needed.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes and supervises shift production to meet repair priorities and resource availability.
• Provide leadership for day-to-day operations across departments; ensure quality and safety audits.
• Perform estimates for repairs; conduct inspections per AAR and GATX standards; direct groups of employees.
• Maintain shift transitions and effective communication with Quality Managers; ensure administrative tasks are complete.

Skills

Technical ability

Analysis

Management skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

High School Diploma

BS Degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

LCA

MMS

Shop Portal

MIS

SEM

SharePoint

Railinc

ETQ

Power-BI

Job description

Overview

Founded in 1898 and headquartered in Chicago, IL, GATX Corporation (NYSE: GATX) is an industry leader with 125+ years of success—success that is powered by our people. We are proud of our high-performance culture, hard-working and enthusiastic management team, and beautiful office space in the Willis Tower.

At GATX, we hire the best and offer our employees a dynamic, energetic, collaborative environment to enable them to make an impact from day one. Enjoy the perks and benefits of a global company with the close-knit culture and community of a much smaller one. In the same way we strive to empower our customers to propel the world forward, we are dedicated to providing our people with the tools and resources they need to move forward in their careers.

Position Purpose:

Oversee all operations leading/directing rail-carproduction for Service Center. Accountable for leadership of skilled labor employees including all aspects of safety, quality, production and cost. Ensures the highest quality work in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible.

Scope of Work:

This position will interact with all employees including management, safety, human resources, quality, maintenance and corporate representatives, customers and vendors. The impact of this position on the business is very important as it ensures that daily safety, quality, production, environmental, and cost goals are achieved. The person in this position will have a high level of interaction with hourly employees throughout the daily schedule. The decisions made by the person filling this position are of a highly technical nature in the mid range of complexity and independent judgment as relates to rail-carrepair. This position’s primary functions are conducted in accordance with established policy and principles. This position has approximately 6 salaried employees reporting to it. All supervisors within the responsible departments will report to this position.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes and supervises shift production in accordance with priority goals and availability of resources to ensure adequate and timely completed repairs. Provide leadership, direction and management for the day-to-day operation for all departments ensuring that rail-carsare appropriately processed and maintained correctly. Performs in process quality audits.
• Uses technical experience, expertise and problem-solving ability to achieve and maintain quality repair. Maintains an effective workforce by training, counseling and motivating agreement workers. Prepares estimates for repairs; performs in process and outbound inspection to rail-carsin accordance with AAR and GATX standards. Plans, assigns and directs focus of groups of employees in the production and maintenance classification.
• Communicates work area status/activities to the Quality Manager(s). Communicates with other work areas to facilitate smooth car flow. Responsible for shift transition between shifts and shifts pass down.
• Ensure that all necessary administrative work is complete and accurate.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ experience in a fast-paced production environment with preferably 2-4 years rail-carexperience preferred.
• Previous supervisory experience required.
• Previous management experience preferred.
• General Inspector Qualification preferred.
• VT Certification or the ability to gain this certificate preferred.
• Minimum High School Diploma or equivalent.
• BS Degree Preferred.
• Advanced computer skills, including experience or the ability to be proficient with the following systems;
  • MS Office Suite, LCA, MMS, Shop Portal, MIS, SEM, SharePoint, Railinc, ETQ, Power-BI

Key Competencies:

• Supports a respectful and inclusive work environment.
• Knowledgeable of AAR regulations and rail-carrepairs.
• Read and interpret technical documents such as QA Documents, IO instructions, FM instructions, work orders, drawings, AAR Field Manual and AAR MSRPs.
• Strong technical ability, analysis, and management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication skills, both verbal and written.

• Physical ability to inspect/supervise car repair activities across various departments.

This position requires minor travel.

NOTE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

The salary range for this position is $83,000-97, 000. This range for this position is a reasonable estimate and takes into account several factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to geographic location, skill set, experience, education, training, internal equity and other business needs.

Posting Duration

This posting will remain open until the role is filled.As of the post date, the salary range for this position is:

Min

USD $83,000.00/Yr.

Max

USD $97,000.00/Yr.This role may be eligible to participate in the Company’s short-term incentive plan, the details of which will be provided to the applicant upon hire.This range is a reasonable estimate and takes into account several factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including, but not limited to, geographic location, skill set, experience, education, training, internal equity, and other business needs.