Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters jobs in Alaska

Summary

Nightly (10 : 30 pm - 6 : 30 am) cleaning of Alaska Railroad passenger coaches. Duties will change on a nightly basis due to staffing levels or operational concerns.

Essential Duties and responsibilities : Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Completion of nightly duties as assigned to meet or exceed AKRR, ESS standards.
• Perform duties according to ESS, AKRR Health and Safety requirements.
• Ability to fulfill a complete work week schedule as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities : This job has no supervisory responsibilities, self-motivation and accountability are required.

Qualifications : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience : A high school education, or six months related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills : Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.

Ability to print and speak simple sentences.

Mathematical Skills : Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

Reasoning Abilities : to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Duties : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel;

reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk for extended periods of time.

The employee is occasionally required to sit or smell. The employee must frequently lift and / or move up to 35 pounds.

Work Environment : The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and occasionally high.

Associates must be well aware of work environment surroundings due to nightly maintenance activities of AKRR personnel. Associates will frequently enter and exit rail coaches by the use of vestibule stairs.

Exterior operations require the use of water delivered via a high-pressure hose, and an aerial lift. Additional PPE and certifications are required for these duties.

About ESS Support Services

Even in the most remote locations, from offshore oil rigs in the Gulf to coastal logging camps in B.C., or feeding summer Cadet camps in the Yukon, ESS Support Services is there.

We are the market leader in providing remote foodservice and related support assistance to clients, wherever their location, no matter how extreme the environment may be.

Services extend across North America, and include such facilities as drill camps, mining camps, construction camps, permanent facilities, pipeline camps, offshore, forestry camps oil & gas installations, military situations and correctional facilities.

We support every aspect of daily community life for our clients' resident workers 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.

ESS Support Services offers a competitive wages; which, coupled with the benefits and 401k opportunities through our owner company, Compass Group, this could be just what you have been looking for in remote site work.

For general information on benefits and programs :

We are committed to ensuring that our online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers.

If you require assistance in the application process, please contact us at :

ESS Support Services

Alaska Regional Office

800-478-1207, ext 829;

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers applicants without regard to race, sex, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status.

Last updated : 2024-04-05