Rail Coordinator

Rail Coordinator

Location: Houston, TX

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 6 months (with potential to extend or become long term)
• Pay Rate: $25.00 $30.00 / Hour (USD)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

This role requires working on a collaborative team with strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to interface with external rail vendors as well as internal stakeholders to identify and respond to rail trends, fleet metrics, and future operational requirements. The scope of accountability for the Rail team includes all bulk liquids (Crude Oil and other renewable/non-hydrocarbon feedstocks, Refined Products, Specialty Products, NGLs/LPGs etc.).

Key Responsibilities

• Perform daily tracking and tracing of rail fleet equipment, maintaining and documenting data in rail tracking system (Transmetrics TMS) and railroad systems.
• Ensuring shipment information is populated within Transmetrics TMS and cars are allocated appropriately.
• Daily proactive communication with railroads to resolve all types of service issues including First Mile and Last Mile local service.
• Generate bills of lading, diversions and or reships as needed.
• Assist with managing EDI billing issues as they arise.
• Assist Rail Operations to manage, investigate and resolve data discrepancies within Transmetrics TMS and adding comments to jeopardized in transit shipments.
• Coordinate with Rail Coordinators in managing rail fleet at storage facilities.
• Develop and manage rail reports for managing rail pipeline and regulatory testing and working with railroads on systemic resolution.
• Assisting Rail Coordinator with Supply management of empty and loaded railcars to/from all locations.
• Analysis and Query of rail movement data to build metrics, identify operational cost drivers, trends, and drive optimization improvements.

Required Skills

• Strong knowledge of rail systems and how the process works of getting freight from point A to point B and C.
• Ability to troubleshoot rail car delays by researching past status updates, calling the railroad, and researching the billing.
• Experience with rail car billing responsibilities.
• Ability to maintain a status log on rail cars to track issues, delays, and resolution actions taken.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including downloading and importing data, and using and creating pivot tables.
• Knowledge of Rail Station identifiers and Rail Codes (e.g., understanding that two adjacent facilities in the same city may have distinct Rail Station identifiers).
• Strong communication skills and customer service mentality.
• Attention to detail and initiative as a self-starter and problem solver.

Preferred Skills

• SAP experience.

About the Client

This client is one of the largest integrated downstream energy companies in the world, headquartered in Houston with operations and employees across the United States and internationally. The organization manufactures, transports, and markets energy products and chemical inputs that power the global economy, with a diversified business spanning refining operations, midstream transportation and logistics, chemicals manufacturing through a major joint venture, marketing and specialty products, and a growing renewable fuels platform giving employees broad exposure across multiple segments of the energy value chain. Employing approximately 14,000 people, this organization is a major employer in the energy sector with a long track record of operational excellence and a commitment to evolving its business toward lower-carbon energy solutions. Teams here span refinery engineers, logistics and midstream specialists, chemical scientists, renewable fuels analysts, and corporate finance and strategy professionals.

About GTT

GTT is an NMSDC-certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. GTT is a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, an Alaska-based company and one of the largest Alaska Native-owned corporations. An Inc. 5000 honoree and one of SIA's Best Staffing Firms to Work For, GTT connects professionals with Fortune 500 organizations across IT, engineering, construction, utilities, life sciences, financial services, and healthcare throughout the U.S. and Canada. We're committed to diverse, inclusive workplaces and to placing people in roles where they can do their best work.

Job Number: 26-13256

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