Track Maintainer

About the role

Alternate Concepts, Inc. (ACI) and Herzog Transit Services, Inc. (HTSI), collectively the ACI/Herzog Joint Venture, along with our key subcontractors are seeking applicants for the Hudson Bergen Light Rail operation located in Hudson County, New Jersey. ACI was founded in 1989 with their corporate office located in Boston, MA and Herzog founded in 1969 with corporate offices located in St. Joseph, MO and Fort Worth, TX. Combined with our companies provide FRA/FTA compliant transportation, equipment maintenance, dispatching, right-of-way maintenance, facility maintenance and dispatching services for 20 distinct client properties. In addition to the Joint Venture being the upcoming operator/maintainer of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail, we currently jointly operate the Tren Urbano heavy rail service in San Juan, Puerto Rico and the CTDOT’s Hartford intercity service in Connecticut. ACI/Herzog Joint Venture, along with our key subcontractors, are currently seeking a Full-Time Track Maintainer to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Installs railroad track and embankments including special track work, road crossings, signage, and rail lubricators.
• Capable of using hand and power tools and a wide variety of sizes and types of track machines including: Spike pullers, spike drivers, tie adze, hydraulic rail jacks, power wrenches, tie boring machines, rail drills, rail grinders, and rail saws.
• Highway trucks equipped with rail guide wheels, hydraulic booms, and lift gates to remove and replace ties, rails, fasteners - cut or screw spikes, anti-creepers, bolts, elastic clips, insulators, rail seat pads, and conventional and insulated rail joints, special track work components, crushed rock ballast, crossing surfaces, paving, subgrade material, vegetation, signs, and structures.
• May work as a member of a crew or independently.
• May work under the direction of a Railroad Track Foreman or Track Welder.
• Regular and consistent engagement, participation and promotion of ACI-Herzog’s Culture and its essential behaviors are a requirement for this position.
• Regular and predictable attendance and punctuality are a requirement for this position.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience

• Must be legal to work in the U.S.A.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment physical and drug screening as well as a background check and motor vehicle report review.
• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Previous maintenance experience.
• Ability to complete work under time pressures and to maintain composure under the stress of emergency situations.
• Must be able to work well with others.

Language Skills

• Able to read, write, and communicate (speak, hear, and understand) the English language in a work setting.
• Ability