Equipment Operator

Job Summary

The Intermodal Labourer (also known as Labourer, Equipment Operator or Heavy Equipment Operator) is responsible for performing the same tasks as a Helper or Attendant Equipment Operator and Heavy Equipment Operator.

Major Responsibilities

• Perform basic hand and horn signals to guide the Heavy Equipment Operators
• Lift, carry, place and remove inter-box connectors (IBCs)
• Drive pickups, hitch trucks, and yard tractors
• Perform various tasks to ensure the proper setup of guides on the rail cars
• Setup rail cars and assist Heavy Equipment Operators in loading and unloading containers and empty chassis and trailers to and from rail cars
• Shunt inbound and outbound loads to and from railcars
• Lift rail car hitches
• Load reefers from carters
• Connect and disconnect gensets (portable fossil-fuel powered generators)
• Place, remove, and lock and unlock train connectors
• Ensure proper container and trailer placement on rail cars
• Drive pickup and hitch trucks
• Operate yard tractors, forklifts, and small cranes
• Complete paperwork associated with the loading and unloading of railcars and trailers
• Operate heavy equipment, including mobile cranes (primarily ‘reach stackers’) that lift containers to and from railcars and truck chassis

Working Conditions

Requirements

Training

The incumbent receives 40 hours of paid training (classroom training and 120 hours of on-the-job training).

This position is a unionized position. As such, pay and benefits are governed by the applicable collective agreement.