Conductor - Winfield, KS

Job Summary

Starting Hourly Pay: $22.00

About the role

Start the world's supply chain moving. Conductors and switchmen at Watco's short line railroads, switching sites, terminals, ports, and logistics hubs control and coordinate train movements while switching railcars.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate predictable, reliable, and timely attendance
• Follow written and verbal directions to complete assigned tasks on schedule
• Read, write, and communicate in English & understand basic math
• Learn from directions, observations, and mistakes and apply procedures using good judgment
• Receive oral or written instructions from Manager or Customer indicating which cars are to be switched
• Notify engineer of switching orders and, whereby, which cars are to be moved to specified locations of yard, using radio, verbal or hand signals
• Talk to crew or other yard workers via radio to give or receive switching information
• Confer with train dispatcher via radio to issue or receive information or instructions concerning stops, delays, or oncoming trains
• Give instructions to throw track switches and to couple and uncouple cars
• May assist workers to throw switches or perform other activities involved when performing switching operations
• Maintain records, number, origin, destination, and cargo of cars switched
• Coordinate activities of switching crew from locomotive cab, caboose, or control tower
• Raise coupling lever to couple or uncouple cars
• Throw track switches to facilitate shunting of cars and signals
• Connect air hose to cars when making up trains by bending and applying force
• Set warning signals, such as flares, flags, or lanterns at front of and at rear of train during emergency stops to warn oncoming trains
• Sit or ride in cab of locomotive to observe signals from other crew members
• May make minor repairs to couplings, and air hoses and report any equipment requiring major repairs
• Talk to Dispatcher via radio to give or receive switching information

Qualifications

• Able to pass and or obtain all reporting, testing, and certifications as required for this position
• High School or GED equivalent