Starting Pay Rate: $19.00 per hour

Schedule: Friday - Monday; 10 hour shifts

Description

The Locomotive Service Technician will assist in the maintenance and repair of locomotives by performing the following duties: 1. Sanding Locomotives 2. Assisting in the daily inspection of locomotives. 3. Servicing locomotives 4. Repairing and assisting in the repair of locomotives.

Education and Experience

• High school education or general education development (GED).

  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of and skills in using handtools, including screwdrivers, socket wrenches, torque wrenches, pry bars, and specialized mechanic tools.

• Knowledge of and skills in using power tools including cut-off saws, drills, portable band saws, skill saws, air impact wrenches, grinders.

• Knowledge of and skills in using hydraulic tools including hydraulic wrenches and barring over tools.

• Knowledge of and skills in operating welding equipment and cutting tools.

• Knowledge of and skills in operating heavy equipment including overhead cranes, truck cranes, and forklifts.

• Knowledge of and skills in mechanical maintenance.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, blueprints, drawings, schematics, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or team members of organization.

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as area, circumference, length, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic shop math.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

• Ability to read and interpret gauges and precision measuring tools.

  Physical Demands

• Must be able to see well enough to read gauges, precision measuring instruments, schematics, maintenance manuals 100% of time.

• Must be able to talk and hear well enough to communicate with co-workers, supervisors, and others within the company 100% of time.

• Must be able to reach with arms and hands to perform inspection, maintenance, and repair duties 100% of time.

• Must be able to bend, stoop, twist, kneel, squat 100% of time.

• Must be able to use hands to grasp, handle, finger and feel 100% of time.

• Must be able to climb and balance well enough to mount locomotive by climbing up and down steps 30% of time.

• Must be able to walk on level or uneven ground 100% of time.