Conductor & Engineer - Training & Career Growth

GREAT LAKES CENTRAL RAILROAD, INC; Owosso (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Watco is seeking a conductor/engineer to control and coordinate train movements while switching railcars at yards, industrial sites, or terminals. This manual labor role requires proficiency in switching operations, signals, and safety procedures to service customers efficiently.

The position involves reading orders, communicating with crew and dispatchers, supervising crew activities, and performing routine locomotive operations.

Qualifications

• Read, write, and communicate in English; understand basic math.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate predictable, reliable, and timely attendance.
• Follow written and verbal directions to complete assigned tasks on schedule.
• Read, write, and communicate in English & understand basic math.
• Read switching orders from designated person.
• Supervise and coordinate the activities of train crews.
• Observe radio and hand signals in yard or in cab and operate locomotive in accordance with railroad rules and regulations.
• Read and interpret wayside signals, track warrants and bulletins, and railroad rules and regulations to operate locomotive, following safety rules and time schedule.
• Notify engineer of switching orders and, whereby, which cars are to be moved to specified locations of yard, using radio, telephone, verbal or hand signals.
• Talk to crew or other yard workers via radio to give or receive switching information.
• Confers with train dispatcher via radio to issue or receive information or instructions concerning stops, delays, or oncoming trains.
• Gives instructions to throw track switches and to couple and uncouple cars.
• May assist workers to throw switches or perform other activities involved when performing switching operations.
• Turns hand brake wheel or ratchet type brake as well as apply and release handbrakes.
• Inspects locomotive after run to detect damaged or defective equipment.
• Maintains records, number, origin, destination, and cargo of cars switched.
• Raises coupling lever to couple or uncouple cars.
• Throws track switches to facilitate shunting of cars and signals Engineer to move cars, using lantern, arm signals or radio.
• Connects airhose to cars when making up trains by bendingand applyingforce.
• May set warning signals, such as flares, flags, lanterns, or torpedoes at front of and at rear of train during emergency stops to warn oncoming trains.
• Sits or rides in cab of locomotive to observe signals from other crew members.
• May make minor repairs to couplings, and air hoses and report any equipment requiring major repairs.
• May talk to Engineer via radio to give or receive switching information.
• Performs other duties as requested or required.

Skills

English proficiency

Job description

Watco is seeking a conductor/engineer to control and coordinate train movements while switching railcars at yards, industrial sites, or terminals. This manual labor role requires proficiency in switching operations, signals, and safety procedures to service customers efficiently.

The position involves reading orders, communicating with crew and dispatchers, supervising crew activities, and performing routine locomotive operations.