Job Advertisement: Yard Worker at Green Cargo in Trelleborg

We are looking for more employees for Green Cargo's yard in Trelleborg. Are you interested in a physical outdoor job in a constantly changing railway environment where safety is the top priority? Then this might be the job for you! No previous experience is required. So if you think a job as a yard worker outdoors with great colleagues sounds appealing, apply today!

Your Responsibilities

At the Trelleborg yard, we work with shunting and sorting of freight wagons. This means that wagons arrive in trains from all over the country and are divided and assembled into new trains to reach our important customers and terminals. The role of a yard worker involves planning and shunting wagons to the correct train and customer. In Trelleborg, we handle wagons that are coming to and from abroad and perform daily shunting on ferries. In addition to the shunting itself, functional checks and brake tests of the wagons are included before they depart for new destinations.

A common goal is to ensure that trains reach customers on time and safely. This requires a high level of commitment from everyone working at the yard.

Meet some of our employees at the yard.

Who are we looking for?

In the role of supervisor/driver in shunting service, also called yard worker, it is important that you have a strong safety mindset and can easily absorb new instructions. You have the ability to translate theoretical knowledge into practice, enjoy following rules and routines, and understand their significance. You are collaborative and take great personal responsibility for your tasks. Since the work is performed in a safety service, you need to be able to communicate and absorb instructions fluently in Swedish.

To work as a driver in shunting service, you need to meet the following basic requirements:

• Be at least 20 years old (requirement according to the Swedish Transport Agency to apply for a driver's license)
• Be able to present an approved diploma from secondary education or equivalent education at SeQF level 4 or higher
• Have normal color vision
• Be able to work irregular shifts
• Be physically and mentally fit for the job
• Have a B driver's license

To work as a driver in shunting service, it is required that you have a driver's license. According to the Swedish Transport Agency, a complete secondary education with passing grades is required to have your application for a driver's license approved. Therefore, you need to attach your diploma to your application. For more information on statutory requirements, read more here.

Worth Knowing

The position is a permanent full-time employment initiated by a 6-month probationary period, with a planned start in week 37. Your employment begins with a paid basic training of 16–18 weeks that prepares you for the job. The training includes theory and practice, ongoing knowledge tests, and concludes with an examination.

About 8–9 weeks of the training period will be at another location, and the remaining time at your home location. Green Cargo covers travel and accommodation for the weeks you have training at another location.

At Green Cargo, we have a tariff salary according to the following salary scale:

• 21,000 SEK/month – Training salary
• 28,630 SEK/month - After examination from our basic training
• 33,685 SEK/month - After two years in the role

The position is physically demanding, and you walk about 15,000–20,000 steps during a shift. All work is done in teams of at least two. Working within Green Cargo's production involves irregular working hours, and the hours vary from week to week. Weekend work occurs 1–2 times a month. You receive your schedule on the 15th of each month with your working hours for the following month. Examples of working hours are:

• Mon-Thu: 05:30-11:30
• Friday: off
• Saturday: 05:30-15:30
• Sunday: 09:30-19:30
• Monday: off
• Tuesday: 13:00-23:00
• Wednesday: 09:00-17:30
• Thursday: 13:00-23:00
• Friday: 12:50-22:40
• Saturday-Sunday: off

We Offer You

As an employee at Green Cargo, you can be assured that you will fulfill a socially important function and enjoy your employment. You will also receive support and assistance from a well-functioning organization and an engaged manager. Here you will find a stimulating and challenging work environment, where there are good opportunities for personal development.

As an employee at Green Cargo, you will be offered, among other things:

• Salary during training in connection with employment
• Salary and employment conditions according to collective agreements
• Health care allowance of 3000 SEK/year
• Benify benefits portal
• Group life insurance (TGL) via Alecta and occupational injury insurance (TFA) via AFA
• Voluntary group insurance via Skandia for you and your family
• Paid statutory health examination at Falck
• Compensation for TBE vaccination
• Compensation for medical care within the high-cost protection (up to 1100 SEK)
• Parental salary supplement (10%)

Recruitment Process

The recruitment process begins with you receiving a preliminary selection test via email after you submit your application. A prerequisite for proceeding in the process is that the selection test is completed. After that, interviews, occupational psychological assessments, health examinations including alcohol and drug tests, and reference checks are conducted. All candidates who proceed in the recruitment process undergo a background check. Green Cargo is a drug-free workplace with zero tolerance for drugs. Drug tests are conducted before employment and randomly during employment. With the employment comes an obligation to be placed in a war situation.

Diversity and Inclusion

Green Cargo's employees are key to achieving the company's vision of world-class railway logistics, and it is the employees' competence, ambition, and attitude that drive the company forward. We see that diversity among our employees strengthens our competitiveness and contributes to our business and development. Therefore, we want a workplace characterized by diversity and welcome applicants with different types of skills, personalities, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Application

Selection and interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis, so if you recognize yourself in the description, apply today!

Green Cargo offers the business community safe, capacity-strong, and sustainable transport to about 200 locations in Scandinavia, and with partners, we reach nearly 1000 in the rest of Europe. Our transport work amounted to 9.7 billion net ton-km in 2024. Almost 98 percent of our total transport work is done with electric locomotives where the electricity exclusively comes from fossil-free sources. Every weekday we drive 31 million net ton-kilometers and thus replace 9,000 truck transports on the road network. We have 1,750 employees and have an annual turnover of 4.2 billion SEK (2024).