Key skills
Leadership
About this role
Start a Watco Career and Discover the Difference
Keep the world's supply chain moving. That's what the Watco team does every day at our short line railroads, switching sites, terminals, ports, and logistics hubs. Whether you're at one of these locations or in a support-services role, there's one thread that ties everyone together. We're all or the same team. One Watco.
Here's what you can expect from Watco:
• Outstanding culture recognized by Forbes and Newsweek
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Paid on-the-job training with peer trainers
• Training for conductors, engineers, mechanics, and MOW Team Members at Watco's Safe Performance Center
• Leadership and development programs offered through Watco University
• Career advancement opportunities
Starting Pay: $20.00 - $22.00 per hour DOE
Schedule: M-F 6:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Experience working in a lumber yard or around forklifts is strongly preferred, as this role is designed to cross-train into a Forklift Operator position.
Job Summary
A Groundsman is responsible for performing a variety of manual and equipment-assisted tasks to support terminal and warehouse operations at our North Bergen Transload Terminal, a rail-to-truck facility serving the Metropolitan New York area. This role supports daily transloading activities—primarily handling lumber and other materials—through loading, unloading, material handling, housekeeping, and basic maintenance. Ensures all work is completed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with company procedures and safety standards.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
•Must maintain regular, dependable attendance and a high level of performance
•Follow written and verbal directions to complete assigned tasks on schedule
•Read, write, and communicate in English & understand basic math
•Learn from directions, observations, and mistakes and apply procedures using good judgment
•Working knowledge of Watco Safety and Operating principles
•Complete all applicable documentation, recordkeeping and daily inventory
•Must be able to bend, stoop, lift up to 50 pounds alone, twist, climb. Must be able to talk and hear well enough to communicate with all team members, vendors, and customers 100% of the time
•Participate in safety briefings, job briefings, and any other pass on information from team members, management or customer
•Operate in a manner where SAFETY and ENVIRONMENT are of the highest importance
•Perform structural inspections as required
•Start, stop, and operate engines/pumps within defined operating parameters
•Perform all work in compliance with Company standards, procedures, and regulatory requirements
•Ability to work outside majority of the time and withstand extreme weather conditions
•Must be able to work with a team, take direction and follow work rules, as well as, take on additional job responsibilities as needed or assigned
•Flexibility required; ability to work days, nights, weekends
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily and be able to pass and/or obtain all reporting, testing, and certifications as required for this position and location. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Work effectively as part of a team, follow directions, and take on additional responsibilities as assigned
Maintain regular attendance, dependability, and high performance standards
Perform tasks outdoors in various weather conditions
Follow all company standards, procedures, regulatory requirements, and safety principles
Read, write, communicate in English, understand basic math, and apply instructions with good judgment
Must be able to work a flexible schedule, including day and night shifts, with availability for overtime, weekends, and holidays as required by business needs