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About the Role
This hands-on, field-based position prepares individuals for a career in freight car maintenance through structured classroom instruction and on-the-job training. Trainees learn to inspect, repair, and maintain railcars to ensure safe and efficient operations across our network.
Responsibilities
- Inspect, repair, and maintain freight cars in compliance with FRA and AAR standards.
- Ensure compliance with all railroad rules and regulations for safety and operations.
- Perform welding and cutting operations (SMAW and FCAW processes in 2F, 3F, and 4F positions).
- Operate forklifts, cranes, and car-moving equipment.
- Operate various vehicles and may be required to obtain a CDL for operation of Locomotive Service truck.
- Straighten, fabricate, and replace steel parts such as grab irons, ladders, and sill steps.
- Remove and replace defective components including wheels, couplers, brake equipment, air brake valves, yokes, and draft gears.
- Rerail cars and locomotives using rerailing equipment.
- Complete and enter information in computer systems regarding car components, destination, lading, repair records, bad orders, and car releases.
- Work safely to prevent accidents and injuries and wear required protective equipment (hard hat, hearing protection, safety-toe boots).
- Complete annual safety training and pass safety rules examinations.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- 18 years of age or older.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Ability to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol screening and physical standards.
- Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions and perform heavy physical labor.
- Must pass background screening and post-offer medical examinations, including drug tests.
- One or more years of welding and fabrication experience.
- Mechanical experience or Carman apprenticeship.
- Veterans and transitioning service members encouraged to apply (roles such as 2141, 91B, 91H, heavy equipment mechanics).
Skills
- Mechanical aptitude.
- Problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to understand oral and written communication and provide clear instructions.
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
- Union position
Experience Level
- Trainee
Education Level
- High school diploma or GED
Salary/Compensations
- 1st 40 Working Days: $21.26 (50% of Full rate)
- Next 204 Working Days: $31.89 (75% of Full rate)
- Next 244 Working Days: $34.01 (80% of Full rate)
- After 2 Years/488 Working Days: $42.52 (100% of Full Rate)
Benefits
- Medical coverage begins the first day of the second month after hire.
- Health insurance (80/20 or 85/15 plan).
- $20,000 life insurance.
- 401(k) eligibility from day one.
- Dental and vision coverage after one year of service.
- Lodging provided for training.
- Travel reimbursed per union agreement.
About the Company
- At Norfolk Southern, we believe that our people power progress. Our culture is built on our SPIRIT values—Safety, Performance, Integrity, Respect, Innovation, and Teamwork—which guide how we work, lead, and grow together.
- Since 1827, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today, it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight transportation network.
- Committed to furthering sustainability, Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid 15 million tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail.
- Its dedicated team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of auto products and metals in North America.
- Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the country’s population and manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes.
- Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com.
Equal Opportunity
- Equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
- Together, we power progress.