Non - CDL Jockey Driver - Pacific Rail Services
Enola, PA 17025
About the Job
We are hiring immediately for this Jockey Driver position to join our team working at the Norfolk Southern Railyard in Harrisburg, PA in a recession-proof industry! This is an entry-level full-time permanent position with on-the-job training. No CDL is required. We'll teach you everything you need to know 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.
You will be an employee of Pacific Rail Services and not an employee of the Railroad.
Copy and Paste this Youtube video to see what you'll be doing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uriQMlaUUsI
You will be an employee of Pacific Rail Services and not an employee of the Railroad.
Copy and Paste this Youtube video to see what you'll be doing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uriQMlaUUsI
Starting Rate is $19.50/hr (Overtime is $29.25/hr) w/ Weekly Pay
- 2 raises each in your 1st and 2nd year, 1 raise yearly after year 3.
- Potential to earn $55,000 - $70,000 annually in hourly pay with overtime.
We're hiring for the below shift start time(s): (These will be ElGHT hour shifts with a mandatory four hour holdover when necessary)
- 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 lift operator, foreman, supervisor, and even management.
Qualifications: (NO RAILROAD EXPERIENCE REQUIRED)
- Must have a valid Driver's License and reliable transportation.
- 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 1-hour commute of Harrisburg, PA. OUT OF AREA candidates and/or those requiring relocation will NOT be considered.
Responsibilities: watch this Youtube video to see what you'll be doing
- Drive a jockey truck moving 53ft trailers, containers, and chassis around the yard.
- Various Ground person duties, climbing on and off railcars, locking and unlocking tracks, putting in and taking out inner box connectors (IBCs).
- 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.
About Pacific Rail Services:
Pacific Rail Services was founded in 1985. Over the past 37 years, Rail Management Services has grown into one of the largest suppliers of intermodal ramp services in the United States handling over 8 million lifts per year. Today Pacific Rail Services, Pacific Trailer Repair Services, Rail Terminal Services, Terminal Switching Services and PRS Auto employ over 2,000 people devoted exclusively to this business. We provide trailer/container/chassis repairs and all intermodal administrative services including gate inspections, container yard management and switching services.
Source : Pacific Rail Services