Terminal Manager - Railroad

Industry : Railroad

 
 
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Job Profile

What does a Terminal Manager do? 

A Terminal Manager leads in efforts for the safe and efficient departure and arrival of trains within a railroad terminal as well as managing disciplinary actions, budgets and training efforts as they relate to a specified area.

 

Duties: 

  • Monitoring the progress of trains being made up in the yard and trains to arrive

  • Answering questions related to layoffs, claims, CBAs (Collective Bargaining Agreements), rule books (such as GCOR), amongst other traditional managerial questions that arise.

  • Testing employees to ensure adherence to rules as they pertain to their job functions

  • Attend disciplinary hearings and issue judgement

  • Manage direct reports, including Trainmasters and other related roles

 

Average US Compensation for Trainmaster : $105,000

 
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How do I get there? 

Terminal Managers tend to be promoted from the craft of conductor or engineer to a Trainmaster or else start as a Management Trainee for major Class 1 railroads. Terminal Managers typically promote from Terminal Trainmaster or Division Trainmaster

Major employers: 

  • BNSF Railway (Insert link to career page)

  • Canadian Pacific

  • Canadian National

  • CSX

  • Norfolk Southern

  • Kansas City Southern

  • Union Pacific

Career paths

  1. Conductor (Insert hyperlinks for these positions to be linked on our page)

  2. Engineer

  3. Trainmaster (Division or Terminal, but mostly Division)

  4. Terminal Manager

 

  1. Management Trainee

  2. Trainmaster

  3. Terminal Manager

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