- Location
- Baytown, TX
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Operations
- Seniority
- Entry
- Education
- High School
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- ApplyToJob
Description
Company Overview
Come join a winning Team! Since 1970 Plastic Express has met the bulk trucking, bulk terminal, packaging, and warehousing needs of the plastics industry. Our strategic locations, modern systems, and dedicated employees allow us to provide custom tailored logistical solutions to fulfill the most challenging needs of our customers. Plastic Express operates from 22 full-service facilities, more than 40 bulk terminals, and 52 railcar terminals offering more than 8,500 railcar spots across the country. We are located near 9 major ports in the U.S. and rely heavily on our rail infrastructure to handle imports /exports as well as regional distribution. At many of the Plastic Express sites, we also handle some non-plastic commodities, which include; paper rolls, steel, building materials and other dry bulk materials. Plastic Express owns and operates roughly 250 trucks, with approximately 250 trailers performing full bulk truck distribution business. Plastic Express is headquartered in Houston, TX and has over 600 employees nationwide. Our goal has always been to exceed our customer's expectations, and our can do-attitude is what differentiates us from the competition.
Plastic Express employees have always been our key to success and total customer satisfaction. We are always looking for dependable & talented business professionals that will help us to grow and to continue our “Can Do” tradition.
Essential Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Job Summary:
With reporting responsibilities to the Rail or Production Manager, this position is directly responsible for performing essential rail functions in a safety sensitive and production environment.
Essential Functions/Duties:
Additional Specific Duties:
Licenses/Certificates:
Supervisory Responsibility:
Position is directly responsible for performing essential rail functions in a safety sensitive and production environment.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position. Days and nights up to 12 hour shifts at times
Travel:
Little to no travel is expected for this position.
Benefits and Perks:
Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted and/or changed at any time at the discretion of management.
In line with Plastic Express’ Environmental Promise, the hired individual is expected to enthusiastically support all facets of Operation Clean Sweep; specifically, making a conscious effort to prevent pellet, flake and powder loss into the environment and ensure any spills are swiftly and effectively cleaned up.
Come join a winning Team! Since 1970 Plastic Express has met the bulk trucking, bulk terminal, packaging, and warehousing needs of the plastics industry. Our strategic locations, modern systems, and dedicated employees allow us to provide custom tailored logistical solutions to fulfill the most challenging needs of our customers. Plastic Express operates from 22 full-service facilities, more than 40 bulk terminals, and 52 railcar terminals offering more than 8,500 railcar spots across the country. We are located near 9 major ports in the U.S. and rely heavily on our rail infrastructure to handle imports /exports as well as regional distribution. At many of the Plastic Express sites, we also handle some non-plastic commodities, which include; paper rolls, steel, building materials and other dry bulk materials. Plastic Express owns and operates roughly 250 trucks, with approximately 250 trailers performing full bulk truck distribution business. Plastic Express is headquartered in Houston, TX and has over 600 employees nationwide. Our goal has always been to exceed our customer's expectations, and our can do-attitude is what differentiates us from the competition.
Plastic Express employees have always been our key to success and total customer satisfaction. We are always looking for dependable & talented business professionals that will help us to grow and to continue our “Can Do” tradition.
Essential Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Job Summary:
With reporting responsibilities to the Rail or Production Manager, this position is directly responsible for performing essential rail functions in a safety sensitive and production environment.
Essential Functions/Duties:
- Rail Operations – Operating Rail Mover
- Performing Light Maintenance
- Training new staff when requested
- Record keeping
- Communication of issues with Management
- Additional duties and responsibilities may be added or deleted at any time.
Additional Specific Duties:
- Annual Rail Certification will be required
- Previous rail experience is preferred.
- Must be able to safely operate a rail king and must pass site rail king certification.
- Minimum education required is a high school diploma or equivalent.
- Must be able to perform physical labor such as; lifting up to 55 lbs., moving up to 250 pounds, climbing ladders, operate control panels and working with hand tools.
- Must be able use fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and/or hear.
- Employee must possess vision abilities required by this job function to include close visual confirmation of finely printed documents, have distance vision to safely and correctly identify objects and or markings.
- Must have peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus on subjects or objects at any safe working distance
Licenses/Certificates:
- Rail Certified – Given Once Hired
- Must have the ability to think independently and make decisions that are in the company’s best interest.
- Must have excellent interpersonal, communications, and organizational skills.
- Must be multi-task oriented with the ability to handle many activities simultaneously. Must be able to work overtime, long hours, weekends, and holidays.
Supervisory Responsibility:
- None
Position is directly responsible for performing essential rail functions in a safety sensitive and production environment.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position. Days and nights up to 12 hour shifts at times
Travel:
Little to no travel is expected for this position.
Benefits and Perks:
- Family health benefit packages - after 90 days
- Vacation pay - after 90 days
- Holiday pay - after 90 days
- Company matching 401k retirement program - after 90 days
Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted and/or changed at any time at the discretion of management.
In line with Plastic Express’ Environmental Promise, the hired individual is expected to enthusiastically support all facets of Operation Clean Sweep; specifically, making a conscious effort to prevent pellet, flake and powder loss into the environment and ensure any spills are swiftly and effectively cleaned up.
If you have an interest in working at Plastic Express, please forward your resume including a brief work history.