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
• Leadership and development programs offered through Watco University
• Career advancement opportunities
Starting Pay Rate: $24.00 per hour
Schedule: 7 Days on 7 Days off
Job Summary
In this role, the primary responsibility is the safe and efficient loading of crude oil and natural gas liquids into tanker railcars. Duties include operating and monitoring pumps and related equipment, inspecting and securing railcars, and ensuring product transfers are completed accurately and in compliance with company and regulatory standards. This position requires a strong commitment to safety, attention to detail, and the ability to work outdoors in a fast-paced industrial environment.
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 and understand basic math
•Learn from directions, observations, and mistakes and apply procedures using good judgment
•Working knowledge of Watco Safety and Operating principles
•Transloading of Oils and Liquids, primarily crude oil
•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 customers
•Operate in a manner where SAFETY and ENVIRONMENT are of the highest importance
•Climb onto top and underneath railcars in order to inspect and seal railcars using a checklist
•Perform structural inspections as required
•Prepare equipment for product transfer
•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 maintain regular, dependable attendance and a high level of performance
•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
Qualifications
Valid driver's license preferred