Entry Transloading Operator
Listed on 2026-01-25
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Transportation
Transportation Logistics, Railroad
Delivering Goods For The Good Of All™ - Trinity Rail
While Trinity Rail has built one of the broadest and deepest railcar platforms in the world, it’s what’s inside our cars that counts. We are proud to manufacture, maintain, and manage the railcars that deliver the indispensable goods that keep our lives, and our economy, rolling. “Delivering Goods For The Good Of All” is why we proudly come to work each day, and this is why our company exists.
This is our purpose.
Trinity Rail provides
- Railcar Manufacturing: - Railcar Leasing Solutions: - Railcar Maintenance & Parts: - Fleet Management Services: more information, visit us at more about Trinsight®: is Trinity Rail 's cloud-based platform purpose-built to bring your fleet into focus, allowing you to transform and streamline your supply chain with real-time tracking, analysis and management features that modern logistics demands
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For decades,
Trinity Rail has been delivering the goods that keep North America moving. A humble promise to transport the everyday things that make everybody's lives better. It's our commitment to being stewards of the supply chain connecting companies with customers. People with products and Delivering Goods for the Good of All. While we've built one of the broadest and deepest railcar platforms in the world, to us it's what's on the inside that counts.
And the purpose these products serve for you like grain the secret ingredient for making memories, or gravel that paves the way for a getaway, fuel to power the road trip of a lifetime, cars that transport us to exciting new places, and essential chemicals that purify our water food and promote a healthy way of life. Indispensable goods that truly move us and keep our lives, and our economy rolling.
Trinity Rail is proud to
RSI Logistics
, a subsidiary of Trinity Rail
, is seeking a Transloading Operator for our Petersburg, VA rail transload terminal.
A Transloading Operator is responsible for transferring bulk materials—such as liquids, gases, grains, or other commodities—from one mode of transportation to another. This role is common in industries like oil and gas, agriculture, rail and trucking logistics, and shipping terminals.
What you'll do:
- Operate equipment to load and unload materials between railcars, trucks, containers, or storage tanks.
Monitor and control the flow of materials during transloading to ensure safety and efficiency.
- Inspect equipment and connections for leaks, wear, or damage.
- Follow safety protocols and environmental regulations during all operations.
- Maintain accurate records of materials handled, quantities, and transfer times.
- Effectively communicate with, drivers, and other team members to coordinate logistics.
- Perform routine maintenance and cleaning of transloading equipment and work areas.
- Assist with basic loading/unloading tasks under supervision, initially assisting, but in time conducting loads on their own
- Learn safety protocols and equipment operation.
- Perform manual labor such as connecting hoses, cleaning, and staging materials.
- Independently operate transloading equipment (e.g., pumps, valves, forklifts).
- Monitor material transfers and ensure compliance with safety standards.
- Troubleshoot minor equipment issues.
- Ability/willingness to cross train in other forms of transloading.
- Pre and post inspection of equipment and necessary documentation.
- Performs light maintenance repairs to equipment and railcars.
- Available to work Monday-Friday 4:30 am
-1 pm with some weekends - Other duties as assigned
What you'll need:
- High school diploma or equivalent (some positions may require technical training or certifications).
- Experience with forklifts, pumps, hoses, valves, and other industrial equipment.
- Strong understanding of safety procedures, especially in hazardous material handling.
- Ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions and perform physical labor.
- Good communication and teamwork skills.
- Detail oriented.
- Able to read and comprehend training manuals.
- Basic computer or tablet skills for logging data and reports.
- Often outdoors (including rain, cold, snow, heat at rail yards, ports, or industrial facilities.
- May involve shift work,…
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