Rail Track Maintainer

City of Charlotte • Charlotte, NC

7d • $26 - $33

About The Position

The Rail Track Maintainer is responsible for preventive maintenance, inspection, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of rails, embedded track, switches/turnouts, and other track right of way components. These include but are not limited to special track work parts, ballast ties, direct fixation fasteners, rail joints, roadbed drains, floating slabs, crossing pads, and derailers. Candidates may be required to respond to emergencies on a 24 hour, 7 days a week basis. Employees must maintain flexible availability to cover a range of shifts including holidays, nights, and weekends, during both their training period and when assigned to permanent shifts.

Requirements

• Demonstrate knowledge of preventative and corrective maintenance practices.
• Perform troubleshooting, maintenance and repair of complex components
• Safely operate a variety of standard and specialized hand tools and shop power equipment.
• Read, follow and utilize electrical, electronic, and mechanical drawings.
• Must be able to document work on logs, spreadsheets, documents and forms as well as utilizing computerized maintenance terminals, personal, laptop and handheld computers.
• Must be computer literate and have the ability to adapt to the use and understanding of existing software and future upgrades.
• Must be able to work in safety critical and high voltage environments associated with operation of a rail system.
• PC skills including all Microsoft Office programs.
• Ability to comply with all safety regulations set forth by CATS, OSHA, FTA, FRA, and NCDOT as they apply to CATS LRT; must be able to pass a pre-employment physical.
• Ability to lift, carry, and manipulate between 60 to 100 lbs.
• Ability to stand, sit, bend, twist, kneel, reach, crouch, lying down prone or supine, at shoulder level or above or any combination listed while performing work.
• Ability to work in inclement weather
• Ability to perform work at heights on platforms and man lifts
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• High school graduation or equivalent and three years relevant work experience or Associate's Degree and one year relevant work experience
• Ability to compute various mathematical functions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, compute fractions, etc.)
• Knowledge of and ability to use track maintenance tools such as rail drill, rail saw, tamping, jacks, general construction equipment and hand tools
• Commercial Drivers License (CDL) Class B
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a City Driving Permit

Nice To Haves

• Track maintenance and/or construction experience

Responsibilities

• Responsible for removing obstructions such as tree limbs, shrubs, weeds, graffiti, or any other element that may affect rail operations or the appearance of the ROW
• Operate non-revenue vehicles and high-rail maintenance vehicles and perform specific maintenance on this equipment
• Assist the supervisor in maintaining records and reports of work production, procurement, and usage of materials
• Provide emergency response and will be called upon to provide support for other areas regarding light rail service, special events, trolley, and public safety and service
• Assist with the ongoing track inspection program utilizing a computer-reporting system ensuring equipment meets standards, tolerances, and typical adverse conditions that may affect the movement of track
• As part of your responsibility to support the CATS Safety Culture, report safety concerns and issues through the various methods established by CATS as outlined in the ASP.
• P erform all duties as required

Benefits

• The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Click here to learn more about the City of Charlotte’s benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees