Railcar Repairman (Carman) -City of Industry, CA

About the role

Repairs, modifies, and upgrades rail cars. Rebuilds car components: bolsters, side framers, hitch heads, and box car doors. Welds (30% of time), fabricates, and uses cutting torch. Performs mechanical labor (frequently - 95% of time).

Responsibilities

• Inspects machines and equipment visually by touch, special knowledge and training, to locate causes of trouble.
• Operates forklift to move, align, and set in place parts in place.
• Maintains a clean work environment.
• May set up and operate metalworking tools, such as welder or grinder.
• Enters car repair information via electronic keyboard system.

Requirements

• Knowledge: mechanical skills.
• Skills: welding and cutting.
• Mental factors: decision-making and reasoning; intermediate (such as determining when parts should be repaired); planning and scheduling - limited; compiling/classifying/gathering information - intermediate short-term memory - intermediate.

Qualifications

• Frequent tasks: standing, hearing, and seeing for 8 or 10 hours; handling for 6 hours; walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and fingering for 5 hours; reaching below waist, twisting, and feeling for 2 hours; sitting, climbing, balancing, crawling, reaching over head, and talking for 1 hour.
• Regular tasks: standing, kneeling, stretching, reaching, gripping tools or objects, and bending at the waist.
• Occasional tasks: sitting, crawling, and twisting while sitting for 1 hour or less. Lifting: car parts from 1-80 lbs. throughout the day (lifting 10-25 lbs. frequently; 25-50 lbs. regularly; over 50 lbs. occasionally). Wrenches weighing up to 10 lbs. to tighten bolts (occasionally - 4 hours).
• Pull: 10-25 lbs. frequently; 25-50 lbs. regularly; over 50 lbs. occasionally; carrying 50-75 lbs.

Skills

• Welding and cutting.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off.
• Health, Dental and Vision benefits.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Railroad Retirement.

Pay

Texas Trains & Yards (TTX) Company offers a competitive Total Rewards package including:

Schedule

8 to 10 hour shifts; work hours and rest days may change regularly.

Reporting Relationship

Reports to line supervisor or work group supervisor.

About Us

Texas Trains & Yards (TTX) Company is a leading provider of railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry. TTX’s pool of railcars is ideal for supporting shippers in the intermodal, automotive, paper & forest, metals, machinery, wind energy and other markets where flatcars, boxcars and gondolas are required. TTX’s generous Total Rewards package includes Paid Time Off, Health, Dental and Vision benefits, and 401(k) with company match. This position participates in Railroad Retirement. TTX Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

About The Team

What we do: Provide reliable, cost effective an innovative railcar solutions for the markets we serve. Ensure an injury-free work place. Build and develop a highly capable team of subject matter experts and leaders at every level in our organization. Bring new product and process innovation to the rail car industry. Continuously improve our products, processes and systems in a cost effective manner by using modern design techniques and data analytics. Achieve, maintain and support cross company alignment with the TTX company mission statement.