Job Details
Qualifications
- Communication skills
- Driver's License
- High school diploma or GED
- Management
- No experience needed
- Under 1 year
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- On-the-job training
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Safety equipment provided
- Vision insurance
Job Description
NO CDL REQUIRED - Entry Level - On the Job Training
We are hiring immediately for this position at the Industrial Rd Norfolk Southern Railyard in Harrisburg, PA in a recession proof industry! This is an entry level position with on the job training. We'll teach you everything you need to know in order to be successful on the job. No Experience is required. The job is a combination of a Hostler Driver and Ground Person as they are 1 and the same job.
Watch this YouTube video to see what you'll be doing. Copy and Paste:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uriQMlaUUsI
You'll have the potential to make $55,000-$70,000 a year in hourly pay with overtime included!
We're hiring for the below shift start time: (These will be ElGHT hour shifts with a mandatory four hour holdover when necessary)
- 5:00AM
- 2:00 PM
- 5:00 PM
- 10:00 PM
Benefits: (Medical Starts after 60 days and the first of the month after that. Other benefits start after your 90 day probationary period)
- Affordable Healthcare and Vision Benefits, Free Dental
- Free Life Insurance
- 6 paid holidays as well as paid personal days and Vacation Pay
- $100 boot reimbursement
- 401K available
- Yearly Raises
- Advancement Opportunities to become a packer operator, foreman, supervisor and even management.
Qualifications: (NO RAILROAD EXPERIENCE REQUIRED)
- Be at least 18yrs old & have a valid Driver's License.
- Pass a 7 year background check. (Felonies in the last 7 yrs, jail time, parole, or probation in the last 5 yrs or pending charges could disqualify applicants)
- Pass a drug test & a Physical Capabilities Test. **Job includes running heavy equipment and drugs including Cannabis are strictly prohibited**
- No GED or diploma required
- Strong communication skills required
APPLICANTS MUST currently live within a 45 minute commute of Harrisburg, PA. OUT OF AREA candidates and/or those requiring relocation will NOT be considered.
Responsibilities:
- A Hostler and a Jockey are the same thing.
- Drive a jockey truck moving 53ft trailers, containers, and chassis around the yard.
- Various Groundperson duties, climbing on and off railcars, locking and unlocking tracks, putting in and taking out inner box connectors (IBC's).
- Assist packer operators in loading and unloading the equipment using hand signals.
- Assist in the process of stacking and unstacking chassis as well as loading and unloading chassis racks
- Other assigned duties.
Work Locations:
Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Railroad PRS Office 4250 Industrial Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17110
This job would be suitable for persons looking for jobs in a warehouse, as a delivery driver, a forklift driver, working outdoors, ,a laborer, doing landscaping, and working in a railyard.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $55,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Safety equipment provided
- Vision insurance
Trucking driver type:
- Solo driver
Trucking home time:
- Home daily
Trucking route:
- Local
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Application Question(s):
- What town and state do you live in?
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Work Location: In person