Railcar Repairman (Carman) – Jacksonville, FL

TTX•Jacksonville, FL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This position involves repairing, modifying, and upgrading rail cars. The role requires rebuilding car components, performing mechanical labor, and utilizing welding and cutting equipment. Responsibilities include inspecting and repairing railcars according to blueprints and specifications, operating forklifts, and maintaining a clean work environment. The job also entails entering repair information into an electronic system and adhering to performance standards related to time, customer requirements, work rules, and safety.

Requirements

Mechanical skills.
Welding and cutting skills.
Decision-making and reasoning.
Intermediate ability in determining when parts should be repaired.
Intermediate short-term memory.
Ability to perform each job to specified time standards.
Work must be done to the customer requirements (AAR, FMO, FRA, TTX, etc., standards).
Must comply with all work rules.
Must work safely and not cause a threat to the health and safety of self and others.
Steel toe shoes, hard hat, ear plugs, safety glasses, welding shield, burning goggles, grinding shield, and proper clothing (long sleeve shirts and long pants while welding).
Ability to lift car parts from 1-80 lbs. throughout the day.
Ability to use wrenches weighing up to 10 lbs. to tighten bolts (occasionally - 4 hours).
Ability to pull 10-25 lbs. frequently; 25-50 lbs. regularly; over 50 lbs. occasionally.
Ability to carry 50-75 lbs.
Must be available to attend a mandatory 4-week training program after hire.

Nice To Haves

Planning and scheduling - limited.
Compiling/classifying/gathering information - intermediate.

Responsibilities

Repairs, modifies, and upgrades rail cars.
Rebuilds car components: bolsters, side framers, hitch heads, and box car doors.
Welds (up to 30% of time), fabricates, and uses cutting torch.
Performs mechanical labor (frequently - 95% of time).
Repairs and maintains railcars, according to blueprints and other specifications, using hand tools, power tools, and precision measuring instruments.
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.
Measures, cuts and threads pipes and 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 welder or grinder.
All other duties as assigned by supervisor.