Assistant Weighmaster

The Assistant Weighmaster maintains records on rail car demurrage, types, and weights, and reviews invoices and freight bills to ensure accurate recordkeeping. This role tracks inbound and outbound rail cars transporting raw materials and finished products, weighs empty and loaded rail cars as well as interplant scrap loads, and maintains accurate records of all transactions. The Assistant Weighmaster also receives incoming phone and two-way radio communications, relays information to the appropriate personnel, prepares correspondence, and enters rail car, raw material, and product information into the General Yards Department computer system.

Key Responsibilities:

• Promotes a culture of safety and environmental compliance by following and enforcing all Company safety and environmental policies.
• Maintains rail car records in the Rail Cars at AMERICAN (RCA) and ASI systems, including inbound and outbound shipments, demurrage, weights, locations, and material movements.
• Weighs intraplant, inbound, and outbound rail cars and maintains accurate records, scale tickets, and supporting documentation.
• Receives and processes rail car and truckload shipments, enters material and vendor information into company systems, and makes corrections and adjustments as needed.
• Reviews freight bills, invoices, and demurrage charges for accuracy and coordinates corrections when required.
• Directs truck carriers, rail personnel, and plant personnel regarding material deliveries, unloading locations, rail car movements, and loading requirements.
• Maintains records and files related to rail car transfers, material receipts, outbound shipments, inventory, ISO compliance, and departmental operations.
• Prepares daily and monthly reports, switch lists, correspondence, and other documentation related to rail car activity, materials, and demurrage.
• Orders rail cars and raw materials, coordinates deliveries with vendors and carriers, and assists with inventory management.
• Monitors rail car locations, availability, and utilization, reconciles physical inventory to system records, and works to resolve discrepancies.
• Communicates with vendors, railroad carriers, customers, and plant departments to coordinate shipments, provide information, and resolve issues.
• Performs Weighmaster duties as needed and works closely with the Weighmaster to coordinate work and maintain records.
• Answers phones, dispatches requests, relays information through two-way radio communications, and maintains departmental correspondence and files.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must exhibit prior clerical experience performing office tasks, such as developing correspondence, producing reports, answering the phone, paying invoices, filing, etc.
• Must exhibit a working knowledge in the use of word processing, spreadsheet, and database software, such as Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Must exhibit technical knowledge, such as receiving, transferring, and issuing raw materials.
• Must exhibit a tolerance for stress, the ability to manage multiple tasks, work independently, and meet deadlines under a dynamic work schedule. The nature of this job requires performing job duties with numerous interruptions.
• Must exhibit good attention to detail and good organizational skills.
• Must exhibit good oral and written communication skills with all levels of the Company (i.e., good command of grammar and spelling). Must exhibit the ability to communicate in a courteous, polite, and effective manner, both verbally and in written format.
• Must be able to rotate shifts and work extra hours on weekdays, weekends, and holidays as required to fulfill job duties.
• Must exhibit the ability to understand and accurately use basic math involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, including fractions and decimals.
• Must exhibit a record of punctuality and good attendance.
• Must exhibit the ability to work with confidential information and maintain confidentiality.
• Must exhibit the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the job duties.
• Must be physically able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Due to the hazardous nature of the job environment (mobile equipment, overhead cranes, etc.), an acceptable level of vision and hearing is required in order to identify and respond to visual and audible warnings in a safe manner.
• Must meet the physical requirements for safe operation of mobile equipment as administered by the Company.
• Must exhibit good interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with persons of different socio-economic, cultural, and educational backgrounds. Must exhibit the ability to cooperate well with other individuals and establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Must exhibit the ability to learn.
• Must exhibit professionalism and good judgment.
• Must be able to learn to read and interpret specifications for projects, such as product/material codes.
• Must possess a valid state issued driver's license.
• Must exhibit good reasoning and analytical skills for identifying and resolving problems.
• Must be able to learn to use measuring instruments, such as rail car scales, sand and cement level indicators, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior office experience dealing with truck and railroad freight.
• Exhibit experience working with material receiving systems, such as the Rail Cars at AMERICAN (RCA), Actuator-Sensor Interface (ASI), JD Edwards, or similar systems.

Essential Physical Functions:

• Sitting required while at desk typing, writing, working on computer, and performing routine desk activities. Sitting also required while driving mobile equipment.
• Standing required on even and uneven surfaces while weighing cars, checking cars in yard, at files, etc.
• Walking required on even and uneven surfaces to check rail cars and for long distances as necessary.
• Climbing stairs required to get to office.
• Climbing fixed ladder required to check rail cars.
• Balancing required on stairs and ladder. Balancing also required to maneuver in work area and throughout plant.
• Stooping and/or crouching required to check materials and to access file drawers.
• Overhead reach required to climb ladder.
• Forward reach required for routine desk activities and weighing cars.
• Bended reach occasionally required for filing and accessing supplies.
• Handling required to use phone, climb ladder, drive, operate controls on equipment, etc.
• Use of fingers required for typing, phone, calculator, writing, paperwork, etc.
• Talking required for communication via two-way radio, phone, and person-to-person.
• Vision required for inspecting rail cars, safety, identifying materials, quality, filing, sorting mail, weighing cars, and other desk activities.
• Hearing required for safety and communication.
• Lifting and carrying occasionally required for printer paper weighing up to 40 pounds lifted from floor to waist and carried approximately 20 feet. Lifting and carrying frequently required for items weighing less than 10 pounds.
• Pushing and pulling required for file drawers with approximately five to 10 pounds of force. Duties may be performed outdoors in all types of inclement weather.

AMERICAN Benefits:

• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• Quarterly Profit-Sharing Bonus Plan (Employee-Owned Company)
• Medical, Dental and Supplemental Vision
• Generous 401k and Savings Plan (Company Match)
• Wellness Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program

About AMERICAN:

Founded in Birmingham, Alabama in 1905, AMERICAN is a manufacturer of fire hydrants, valves, ductile iron and spiral-welded steel pipe for the waterworks industry, and high-frequency-welded steel pipe for the oil and natural gas industries. AMERICAN's diversified product line also includes fire pumps, structural casing and piling, castings for waterworks products and large machinery, and specialty rubber products. For more than a century, AMERICAN has been committed to doing things The Right Way by applying the Golden Rule in life and in business, always exceeding customer expectations, by empowering and supporting our team members, and by being a good neighbor in our communities.

EOE/VETS/DISABILITY