Railcar Repairman (Carman) – North Kansas City, MO
About The Position
This position involves repairing, modifying, and upgrading rail cars. The role requires rebuilding car components such as bolsters, side framers, hitch heads, and box car doors. A significant portion of the time will be spent on mechanical labor, welding, and fabrication using cutting torches. The Railcar Repairman will inspect machines and equipment to diagnose and resolve issues, operate forklifts for moving parts, and perform pipe work and air line replacements. The job also includes assembling and testing components, repairing broken parts, and entering repair information into an electronic system. Performance standards include meeting specified time standards, adhering to customer requirements (AAR, FMO, FRA, TTX, etc.), complying with work rules, and maintaining a safe working environment.
Requirements
- Mechanical skills.
- Welding skills.
- Cutting skills.
- Decision-making and reasoning abilities.
- Intermediate ability to determine when parts should be repaired.
- Intermediate short-term memory.
- Ability to perform each job to specified time standards.
- Work must be done to 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).
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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
