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Division Manager - Galesburg Engineering

In this role, you will provide leadership in all division activities within assigned area, including production, distribution, and marketing operations to meet customer service requirements. You will work with other divisions as well as other Mainline Services Business Units to resolve all internal and external Customer and Community relations issues that impact assigned customers and communities.

Key Competencies & Qualifications:

  • Responds to major railroad engineering jobs, derailments where engineering is needed, environmental remediation emergencies or non-emergency jobs in order to problem solve customer concerns, analyzes customer needs and/or sales opportunities, and assists foremen with operations direction
  • Maintains a safe, positive, and productive work environment, and directs the division’s achievement of its safety, financial, and customer satisfaction goals
  • Develops plans for efficient use of materials, machines, and employees
  • Schedules and coordinates, in conjunction with foreman/assistant division personnel, assignments to meet customers’ demands on emergency and non- emergency bases
  • Confers with customers and representatives of associated industries to evaluate and promote improved and expanded services in area
  • Reviews operations of competing organizations and plans and directs sales program to develop new markets
  • Assists with the analysis, computation, and presentation of bids
  • Schedules and implements maintenance and repair of field equipment and division facility
  • Reviews production costs and product quality, and modifies production and inventory control programs to maintain and enhance profitable division operations
  • Hires, trains, and supervises, regularly evaluates performance and counsels division staff. Ensures proper orientation of staff into the organization
  • Trains job foreman on equipment aspects and site supervision
  • Ensures completion and processing of all required administrative requirements expected from the division

Experience:

  • Minimum of five years of progressive experience in the railroad industry, including at least five years of direct work with Class I railroads.
  • Extensive, hands-on expertise in rerailing operations, freight car repair, load adjustment/transfer, and track maintenance.
  • In-depth knowledge of Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) regulations, including permitting for overweight and oversized loads.
  • Well-versed in Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations and adherence to standard operating procedures for safety and compliance.

Physical Demands:

  • Frequent walking and standing on uneven terrain, including ballast and other rough surfaces.
  • Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions, including extreme heat, cold, rain, and snow.
  • Expected 75% travel (Extended hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, as needed.)
  • Regular physical activity including ability to climb, balance, bend, twist, stoop, crouch or crawl.
  • Occasional lifting of items up to 50 pounds; heavier loads should be reduced or lifted with assistance or mechanical aids when possible.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Benefits:

Competitive Compensation

Benefits start first of the month following hire - Health, Dental, Vision, Disability

Paid time off - Accrual starts Day 1

401k with generous company match

Company Paid Life Insurance

Mainline observes eight holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day,  Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday After Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Referral Bonus Program

If you’re excited and ready to join our team, then click on the application link below to fill out your application. Our team will reach out to you and discuss the next steps.

Location
Galesburg, IL
Category
Engineering
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