Career Mobile Repair Technician/Driver

Trinity Structural Towers; Bluffton, Northern (IN, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity Rail in Bluffton, IN is hiring a Career Technician, Mobile Repair/Driver to join our railcar maintenance team. You will inspect cars, perform repairs, and ensure quality service while meeting customer expectations at our Bluffton site.

The role requires reading drawings, following AAR rules, and the ability to work in confined spaces or at heights. DOT regulations and on-the-job safety training are part of daily duties.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1.5 years’ experience in railcar maintenance or manufacturing.
• Experience with welding, air brake testing, or related disciplines is preferred.
• Ability to read engineered drawings and understand railcar components.

Responsibilities

• Conduct railcar inspections to ensure compliance.
• Perform repairs using current procedures and document work orders.
• Meet customer expectations and ensure a quality experience.
• Maintain accurate invoicing, inspection, and work order data.
• Pass required NDT disciplines and railcar certifications as needed.
• Participate in safety assessments and site inspections.
• Work in confined spaces or at elevated heights as required.
• Mentor/train lower-level technicians when needed.
• Adhere to safety rules and participate in safety initiatives.

Skills

Railcar maintenance

Welding

Air Brake Testing

Reading drawings

Tool usage

DOT rules knowledge

Mentoring

Job description

Delivering Goods For The Good Of All - TrinityRail

While _TrinityRail_ has built one of the broadest and deepest railcar platforms in the world, it’s what’s inside our cars that counts. We are proud to manufacture, maintain, and manage the railcars that deliver the indispensable goods that keep our lives, and our economy, rolling. “Delivering Goods For The Good Of All” is why we proudly come to work each day, and this is why our company exists. This is our purpose._TrinityRail_ provides- Railcar Manufacturing: https://www.trinityrail.com/products/- Railcar Leasing Solutions: https://www.trinityrail.com/leasing/- Railcar Maintenance & Parts: https://www.trinityrail.com/maintenance/- Fleet Management Services: https://www.trinityrail.com/fleet-management/For more information, visit us at trinityrail.com.Learn more about Trinsight®: https://www.trinityrail.com/trinsight/Trinsight is _TrinityRail_ 's cloud-based platform purpose-built to bring your fleet into focus, allowing you to transform and streamline your supply chain with real-time tracking, analysis and management features that modern logistics demandsVideo tranFor decades, _TrinityRail_ has been delivering the goods that keep North America moving. A humble promise to transport the everyday things that make everybody's lives better. It's our commitment to being stewards of the supply chain connecting companies with customers. People with products and Delivering Goods for the Good of All. While we've built one of the broadest and deepest railcar platforms in the world, to us it's what's on the inside that counts. And the purpose these products serve for you like grain the secret ingredient for making memories, or gravel that paves the way for a getaway, fuel to power the road trip of a lifetime, cars that transport us to exciting new places, and essential chemicals that purify our water food and promote a healthy way of life. Indispensable goods that truly move us and keep our lives, and our economy rolling. TrinityRail is proud to

TrinityRail is hiring a Career Technician, Mobile Repair/Driver at our Bluffton, IN Site.

Our products are an integral part of the supply chain that helps fuel our lives and our economy. Over the last 85 years, Trinity Industries has grown to over 6,000 employees strong with the common purpose of Delivering Goods, For the Good of All.

The Career Technician, Mobile Repair position is a great opportunity for a resilient, team-minded individual who doesn’t stray away from a challenge.

What you'll do:

• Conduct railcar inspections to ensure cars are in compliance
• Perform repairs as necessary while always using current repair procedures.
• Meet the expectations and requirements of all customers to ensure we deliver exceptional customer experience
• Ensure all necessary invoicing, inspection, and work order information is accurate and complete.
• Has the ability to pass any required NDT disciplines and function specific certifications, which may include tank car welding, and demonstrates strong familiarity with AAR rules and regulations.
• Actively participate in safety assessments and equipment inspections
• Ability to work within confined spaces and from elevated heights as required to perform work.
• Able to perform confined space monitoring and create hot work permits.
• Perform outlined work under supervision of site or crew leader
• Follows all safety rules and practices
• May be involved in safety committees or initiatives
• Understand and complete all basic required on-board training in regard to safety and quality
• Perform other duties as assigned

What you'll need:

• Minimum of 1.5 years’ experience in railcar maintenance or manufacturing or proficient in one or more of the following disciplines: Air Brake Testing, Welding, Gasket Valves and Fasteners, BLTII, PTII, VTII, Qualified Coating Applicator, Qualified Coating Inspector, Qualified Abrasive Blaster or other qualifications as applicable
• Basic understanding of how to read engineered drawings
• Any type of Welding/Valve/Mechanical experience or railcar knowledge is preferred
• Ability to learn all major railcar components and basic functions
• Ability to understand Field Manual of the AAR Interchange rules
• Ability to use hand tools such as hammers, torches, wrenches, hydraulic jacks, pneumatic tools, and others as required
• May be required to mentor/train lower-level technicians

Candidates must meet the following minimum requirements to operate a Trinity Rail vehicle:

• Accepted candidates will be required to operate a TrinityRail Mobile Repair Truck, with some trucks requirement DOT regulated operators
• Possess a current valid driver’s license
• Must have a clean motor vehicle record check for the previous 3 years.
• A clean driving record means the employee has not been held at fault for a car accident, or arrested on charges of violating vehicle and traffic laws.

Candidates who will be operating DOT regulated repair trucks must meet the following requirements in addition to the minimum requirements above.

• If previous Commercial Motor Vehicle experience is listed, the motor vehicle record check will be for the previous 7 years
• Must complete and pass a DOT Physical
• Complete and Pass a Trinity issued road test
• Trinity will inquire to previous employers for commercial motor vehicle operation
• Subjected to annual certification of violations
• Subject to annual motor vehicle driving records

EOE

Trinity Industries, Inc., and its subsidiary or affiliated companies (hereinafter “Trinity”) are committed to equal employment opportunity. It is our policy to consider candidates for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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Trinity is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] . This email address should only be used for accommodations and not general inquiries or resume submittals.