Rail Operations Specialist

A Snapshot of Your Day

As a rail specialist within the Grid Technologies Order Execution Team, you will support the execution team in managing rail operations as it pertains to deliveries within the United States and Canada. Working with our contracted logistics suppliers and the railroads, your efforts will ensure a high quality, safe and on-time transportation concept is executed involving rail. Working with the railroads, you will optimize routes, clearances and placement of cars to support the overall project delivery plan. The railcar specialist may support scheduling of any SE managed railcars as needed.

- Ensure clearances and routes are approved in a timeline manner

- Optimize routes to best utilize rail assets while maximizing on-time delivery and minimizing risk to cargo

- Report on operational activities to include transit time and railcar utilization

- Support proposal / sales phase with preparing project estimates for rail and identify high risk movements early

- Maintain working relationship with all major railroads, identifying changs in network practices and informing internal stakeholders of changs that could impact project delivery performance.

What You Bring

- A degree in the transportation field is preferred but can be substituted with years of specific rail experience.

- Seven plus years in rail operations including heavy and over dimensional moves

- Ability to analyze data, identify market trends and effectively communicate the impact to a business

- Excellent interpersonal, presentation and both verbal and written communication

- Demonstrated ability to take the initiative and proactively resolve any issues

- Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

About The Team

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

- Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture

- Company paid Health and wellness benefits

- Paid Time Off and paid holidays

- 401K savings plan with company match

- Family building benefits

- Parental leave

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