Supervisor, Operations - Industrial Rail

These are just a few of the benefits you can expect from working with Savage:

• Opportunities for Growth
• Annual Bonus
• Paid Holidays & Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Profit Sharing
• Excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with match
• We provide Uniforms & PPE (laundering included) 

Here is what you will be doing:

• Actively supervise and instruct in all activities in railcar washing, switching, and loading areas including:
• Detailed inspection of railcars before loading to ensure cars are in good order.
• Safe switching and indexing of railcars within structures.
• Accurate loading of correct products as documented in Customer systems and in communication with Customer operators in plant.
• Accurate sampling of products in correlation with loads.
• Reconciliation and tracking of all activities.
• Use loading management software to ensure that all railcars that enter, exit, or load within the process area are accurately documented.
• Oversee safe execution of rail movements and switch lists based on day-to-day needs and changes.
• Proactively predict logistics difficulties, use problem solving skills to actively prevent logistics difficulties before they happen.
• Frequently communicate with Customer plant operators to ensure paring of loading activities with plant production.
• Drive over all quality control and product control between two Customer partners.
• Actively foresee and manage needs for the correct volume, type, and owner of railcars to meet production needs which will change from day to day.
• Drive front-line walk downs of work areas and loading superstructure to complete tier-1 maintenance checks.
• Respond to active reporting needs from the Customer and Savage Logistics or Operations Managers.
• Will need to accurately and professionally hand off logistics tasks surrounding shift changes.
• To lead the Operation Clean Sweep and 5S efforts at facility.

Requirements of a successful Operations Supervisor:

• Detailed understanding of the needs of rail movements and mechanical reliability in order to provide a continual stream of cars to the loading area.
• Safety leader in areas with heavy equipment, moving railcars, and 8-10 Team Members working per shift.
• Supervise and instruct Team Members who may be performing separate tasks at once.
• Communicate detailed instructions and patiently repeat instructions in order for them to be performed correctly.
• Work a rotating shift, 24-hour day-time schedule. This will result in holidays and weekends being on rotation as well as rotations on night shift.
• Able to work with limited supervision – can accurately and efficiently keep railcar washing and loading activities progressing with limited input from Operations Manager.
• Demonstrates a sense of ownership for responsibilities, understands the correct execution of their tasks have implications for the entire team.
• Can proactively identify problem areas with customers and work with manager to develop a resolution.

What we need from you:

• 3-5 Years’ experience in a rail switching operations minimum.
• Experience with in-plant or bulk plastics rail activities strongly preferred.
• A background taking on additional or progressive responsibilities.
• High school graduate or GED equivalent required.
• Understand and apply SHAP’s safety process.
• Active role in S7 implementation.  

Here are some of the physical requirements for this role:

• Work will be primarily outdoors and exposed to the elements.
• Office environment located in an industrial plant.
• Must be able to sit for prolonged periods of times.
• Travel long distances, on occasion, for additional training or support.

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