Railcar Repairman (Carman) – North Baltimore, OH

About the role

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

Responsibilities

• Repairs and maintains railcars according to blueprints and specifications using hand tools, power tools, and precision measuring instruments
• Inspects machines and equipment visually, by touch, and with special knowledge and training to locate causes of trouble
• Operates forklift to move, align, and set parts in place
• Measures, cuts, and threads pipes; replaces air lines using hand tools
• Assembles subassemblies, major components, and equipment
• Checks function to test for proper operation
• Repairs broken parts using hand tools and welding equipment
• Enters car repair information via electronic keyboard system
• Maintains a clean work environment
• May set up and operate metalworking tools such as a welder or grinder

Performance Standards

• Must perform each job to specified time standards
• Work must meet customer requirements (AAR, FMO, FRA, TTX, etc.)
• Must comply with all work rules
• Must work safely and avoid threats to personal and others' health and safety

Tools and Equipment

• Circular saw
• Air impacts (1/2", 3/4", 1")
• Air grinders (4", 7", 9")
• Air or hydraulic portable power pump and ram
• Various hand tools
• Cutting torch (frequently); heating torch (regularly); side grinder (regularly)
• Hoist and winch

Safety Equipment

• Steel-toe shoes
• Hard hat
• Earplugs
• Safety glasses
• Welding shield
• Burning goggles
• Grinding shield
• Proper clothing (long-sleeved shirts and long pants while welding)

Physical Requirements

• Standing, hearing, and seeing for 8–10 hours
• Handling for 6 hours
• Walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, fingering for 5 hours
• Reaching below waist, twisting, feeling for 2 hours
• Sitting, climbing, balancing, crawling, reaching overhead, talking for 1 hour
• Frequently: standing, kneeling, stretching, reaching, gripping tools or objects, bending at the waist
• Regularly: walking, crouching, twisting while standing
• Occasionally: sitting, crawling, twisting while sitting for 1 hour or less
• Lifting: car parts from 1–80 lbs. throughout the day (10–25 lbs. frequently; 25–50 lbs. regularly; over 50 lbs. occasionally)
• Wrenches up to 10 lbs. to tighten bolts (occasionally – 4 hours)
• Pulling: 10–25 lbs. frequently; 25–50 lbs. regularly; over 50 lbs. occasionally
• Carrying: 50–75 lbs.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of mechanical systems
• Skills in welding and cutting
• Decision-making and reasoning (intermediate)
• Planning and scheduling (limited)
• Compiling/classifying/gathering information (intermediate)
• Short-term memory (intermediate)

Working Conditions

• Outdoor work for 8–10 hours/day; exposure to heat, cold, humidity
• Working at heights regularly; working around moving machinery occasionally
• Exposure to welding and burning fumes, odors, dust, gases, and noise from welding and burning (10 hours/day)
• Working in hot temperatures regularly; cold temperatures occasionally
• Driving automotive equipment occasionally
• Working with oil and grease regularly; vibrations regularly; working alone occasionally
• Hazard exposure: mechanical from tools; electrical from welders; radiant energy from torches frequently (10 hours/day)

Schedule

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

Pay

Begins at $28/hour; pay rate determined based on Carman/Journeyman status.