Machinist (Locomotive Shop)

Responsibilities

• Fits and assembles parts into complete assembly.
• Verifies dimensions and alignment of assembly.
• Installs machined replacement parts in mechanisms, machines, and equipment, and tests operation of units to ensure functionality and performance.
• Operates welding equipment to cut or weld parts.
• Performs mechanical inspection on locomotives and repairs defects to conform to FRA regulations.
• Tests locomotives for performance by use of load box.
• Replaces brake shoes on locomotives.
• Disassembles and rebuilds locomotive trucks and replaces wheel sets and traction motors.
• Repairs and rebuilds diesel engines, air compressors, and many other locomotive components.
• Disassembles and reassembles locomotives and machinery.

Qualifications

• High School diploma/GED and One year certificate from college or technical school; or 4 years heavy mechanical repair experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience reading blueprints.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Reasoning Abilities

• Problem solving and trouble shooting skills.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

• Regularly stands, walks, uses hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reaches with hands and arms.
• Occasionally climbs or balances, stoops, bends, kneels, crouches, or crawls, and talks or hears.
• Regularly lifts and/or moves up to 70 pounds.
• Regularly works near moving mechanical parts, occasionally works in outside weather conditions, occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, and occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock.
• Exposure to equipment that intensifies the heat factor on an occasional basis.

Work Environment

• Regularly works in a work environment that includes exposure to moving mechanical parts, occasional exposure to fumes or airborne particles, and risk of electrical shock.
• Exposure to equipment that intensifies the heat factor on an occasional basis.