Locomotive Operator
Locomotive Operator
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Responsibilities:
If you are looking for a job with a starting rate from $28.77 per hour based on experience with paid vacation and holidays health benefits group term life insurance short term disability benefits and a 401(k) with a company paid match please read below!
- Engage and disengage track switches to switch cars for loading unloading making up or breaking up of trains.
- Manually knuckles and unknuckles rail cars.
- Communicates with locomotive operator through hand signals and/or two way radio.
- May assist locomotive operator in driving switching locomotive within the plant for loading and unloading of s metals and/or product.
- Inspects each load of s and picks up nonferrous material.
- Observes traffic signals in the yard and operates locomotive in accordance with SSAB Policy and Procedures.
- Performs daily preventative maintenance on locomotive crane and mobile equipment and logs all problems/services performed to include fueling and checking fluid levels.
- Communicates with other departments/coworkers requiring service through twoway radio and hand signals.
- Climbs on and off rail cars to inspect load.
- Assists in rerailing derailed rail cars.
- Assists with maintenance during down time.
- Assists in training of coworkers as needed.
- Operates hand torch to cut s.
- Participates in daily housekeeping for a safe work environment.
- Operates scale system via computer.
- Assures all trucks and/or railcars to be weighed are identified weighed and logged.
- Performs visual inspection of vendor s to confirm grades of different types of raw materials.
- Directs loads to proper inventory pile location.
- Maintains weigh ticket files.
- Monitor weigh tickets for accuracy of inventory movement charge numbers.
- Monitor functions and accuracy of scale and related systems.
- Report raw material problems to S Processing Department.
- Assists Facilitators and coworkers in scale operations and/or training.
- Downgrades as appropriate with production supervisor.
- Work independently in the absence of supervision.
- Assist with maintenance/cleanup as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Cleaning switch stands and removing snow and ice when necessary
Environment: Variable (Potentially 100% outdoors)
Qualifications :
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- 1 3 years experience as a crane/heavy equipment operator is preferred.
- Ability to work in a steel mill environment which may include dust and extreme weather conditions and uneven surfaces.
- Good communications skills and the ability to read operating instructions Physical Requirements:
- Ability to climb stairs climb ladders reach squat tolerate prolonged standing/walking balance bend from trunk walk up inclines operate mobile equipment crawl kneel push/pull objects.
- Ability to operate hand controls with both hands.
- Ability to operate foot pedals with both feet.
- Have sufficient neck range of motion (flexion/extension 60 degrees lateral flexion 40 degrees rotation 70 degrees.)
- Ability to tolerate working in cramped quarters and heights.
- Ability to swing a 10 lb. sledgehammer repetitively.
- Ability to tolerate working in all environmental weather conditions.
Vision: Normal depth perception normal (correctable) vision and ability to distinguish color.
Personal Protective Equipment:
Required: Hard hat steel toe boots with metatarsal protection safety glasses gloves hard hat and flameant uniform.
Additional Information :
We offer competitive benefits including health insurance life insurance and disability plans as well as a 401k with company matching.
Harsco Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex national origin age disability pregnancy protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This commitment applies to decisions made with respect to hiring placement training compensation benefits promotions demotions transfers terminations layoffs return from layoffs administration of benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment.
If you have a difficulty applying for any job posted on the Harsco Environmental website because a disability prevents you from using the online system Harsco Environmental offers the following alternate application procedure: Contact Sharon Geibel Recruiter at and Harsco Environmental will arrange for an alternate method of applying and will consider your application together with all other applications received for the job. Please email only for disability application. No other inquiries will receive a response.
Disclaimer:
This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this position.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
