
Website Canadian National Railway
Job Description:
Intermodal Spareboard employees work on call and are given a minimum of 2 hours notice before their shift as they do not have a preset schedule for the week. They normally perform the tasks of Helper/Attendant, Equipment Operator and Heavy Equipment Operator.
Job Responsibilities:
- Ensuring proper container/trailer placement on rail cars
- Performing various tasks to ensure proper placement and setup of containers and train cars.
- Interpreting and completing paperwork associated with the loading/unloading of railcars and trailers
- Performing basic hand and horn signals to guide the Heavy Equipment Operators in the performance of their dutie
- Lifting, carrying, placing and removing inter-box connectors (IBCs) weighing 8 to 10 lbs
- Driving pickup and hitch trucks, operating yard tractors, forklifts and small cranes
- Performing various tasks to ensure the proper setup of guides on the rail cars
- Lifting rail car hitches
- Driving pickups and hitch trucks as well as operating yard tractors
- Setting up rail cars, assisting heavy equipment operators in loading/unloading containers and emptying chassis/trailers to and from rail cars
- Connecting and disconnecting gensets (portable fossil-fuel powered generators)
- Shunting inbound and outbound loads to and from railcars for inbound/outbound trains
- Placing, removing and locking/unlocking train connectors
- Heavy Equipment Operator:
- Loading reefers from carters
Job Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent General Education Diploma (GED)
- Lift-truck operator certification
- Good hand-eye coordination
- Proficiency in the operation of lift-truck, up to 21,000 pounds (10,000 kg) capacity
- Perform duties of Helper/Attendant, Equipment Operator and Heavy Equipment Operator
- This job is considered safety sensitive so you need to have a drug test
- Proficiency with shovels, rod/pry bars, sledgehammers, jackhammers, wrenches, hand/power drills, hand tools and technical instruments (meters), etc. If experienced, use of heavy equipment such as backhoe, trencher, and directional barring machine
Job Details:
Company: Canadian National Railway
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Location: Montreal, Quebec, CA
Application Deadline: N/A
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