Job Description
Position Summary
The General manager is responsible for the coordination of efforts between all railroad departments. This position will directly supervise all departments on the railroad including but not limited to, trainmasters, supervisors, and hourly team members in the departments of operations, locomotive, car repair and maintenance of way. This position will also have responsibility for the facilitation of dispatching, customer support, finances, and billing. The General Manager is also responsible for helping to maintain the ONETEAM culture by fostering a pleasant work environment, ensuring high levels of organizational effectiveness, and communication.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Achieve performance goals with optimum safety, economy, efficiency, and effectiveness
ensuring profitability of all departments.
Establish operating budgets based on yearly projections.
Establish methods of ongoing controlled surveillance of both the quantitative and financial
measurements. Quantitative measurements will be compared to goals and budgeted
financial projections will be compared to actual performance by month.
Controlling expenses in all areas of the operation. The President will be accountable to
ensure all company policies and procedures are being followed by team members in his
charge and all are administered fairly and equitably.
Prepare and conduct performance appraisals for all managers and personnel reporting to
him directly and approve all performance appraisals prepared by managers and supervisors
prior to review with the personnel reporting to them, to ensure equality and effectiveness.
Selection, training, and positive motivation of a viable management team to conduct
company business and guide manageable and profitable company growth is central to the
Presidents responsibility.
To manage, direct and provide insight and follow up to all departments within the railroad.
To establish operating budgets from forecasts provided by historical data and department
manager input.
To establish performance goals, quality standards, and monitor both quality and quantity of
all facets of the railroad, ensuring profitability.
Sufficient experience or equivalent working knowledge and understanding of all railroad
operations and knowledge of handling the following commodities: Steel Products, Dry Bulk
Products, Lumber, & Liquid Chemicals.
To manage and ensure a positive relationship between all our customers including but not
limited to our class one partners, freight customers, and other interchange partners.
Accountable for the planning, coordination, and implementation of all railroad activities,
assuring optimum economy while maximizing efficiency ensuring profitability of the
company.
Accountable for asset utilization. This will entail routine evaluation of railroad requirements,
capital improvement projects to maximize efficiency. Excess assets and facilities will be
offered as a revenue source.
Accountable for the selection, training, and motivation of a viable management team to
conduct all railroad business and guide its day-to-day management and profitable growth.
Accountable for customer satisfaction through personal contact and management of systems
providing accurate accountability of car location, car hire, demurrage, receivables, and
efficient movements of each car move.
Accountable for the development, approval, and periodic review of operating procedures for
all railroad activities. This area will include all technical, operational, and support functions.
Accountable for the development of budgets and operating plans to not only outline
departmental budgets and activities, but also complement the corporate strategic plan.
Accountable for the development and adherence to safety and environmental law
compliance. This will include adherence to all company policies and procedures in the areas
including long term protection from future company liabilities.
This description is general and illustrative of the type of duties required for this position. This
description is not all inclusive and is not meant to be a detailed description of each and every
duty performed by the incumbent, but established as a guideline and basis for sound
Requirements and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in related field and/or minimum ten (10) years relevant job-related
experience.
The General Manager of this Railroad shall have at least three (3) years of freight
rail experience (within the last ten (10) years) as a senior operating officer in a comparable
operating environment.
The General Manager of this Railroad shall have at least two (2) years’ experiences
in senior management of a freight rail operating environment that includes coordinating
shipments with or through Class I operations and/or managing freight operations with large
volumes of freight traffic
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty
satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability
required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance
instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions,
proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of
basic algebra and geometry.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written,
oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in
standardized situations.
Work Environment:
This position is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The
position must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move
up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision,
and ability to adjust focus.
Must be flexible to working hours that include days, nights, weekends, and holidays if
needed.
Machines, Tools, Special Equipment, Personal Protective Equipment Used:
Hammers, ratchets, chisel, pry bar, wrenches, and brushes.
PPE; hard hat, vest, safety glasses, FR clothing, gloves, steel toed boots
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Holiday work, Full time, Flexible hours, Night shift,