Rail Conductor & Engineer – Career Growth

Watco Companies, LLC; El Dorado (AR); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid on-the-job training

Watco University

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Watco Companies, LLC is seeking a conductor/engineer for day shifts to control and coordinate train movements while switching railcars at yards, plants, or related sites to unload/load goods safely and efficiently. This is a manual labor role requiring training and adherence to procedures during an introductory period.

Responsibilities include supervising crews, reading switching orders, using radio and signals, and ensuring compliance with railroad rules, safety measures, and time schedules.

Qualifications

• Ability to pass training and required testing.

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.
• Learn from directions, observations, and mistakes and apply procedures using good judgment.
• Reads switching orders from designated person.
• Supervises and coordinates the activities of train crews.
• Observes radio and hand signals in yard or in cab and operates locomotive in accordance with railroad rules and regulations.
• Reads and interprets wayside signals, track warrants and bulletins, and railroad rules and regulations to operate locomotive, following safety rules and regulations and time schedule.
• Receives oral or written instructions from Manager or Customer indicating which cars are to be switched.
• Notifies engineer of switching orders and, whereby, which cars are to be moved to specified locations of yard, using radio, telephone, verbal or hand signals.
• Talks 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.
• Observes track to detect obstructions.
• Inspects locomotive after run to detect damaged or defective equipment.
• Maintains records, number, origin, destination, and cargo of cars switched.
• May coordinate activities of switching crew from locomotive cab, caboose, or control tower.
• 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

Ability to pass training

Job description

Watco Companies, LLC is seeking a conductor/engineer for day shifts to control and coordinate train movements while switching railcars at yards, plants, or related sites to unload/load goods safely and efficiently. This is a manual labor role requiring training and adherence to procedures during an introductory period.

Responsibilities include supervising crews, reading switching orders, using radio and signals, and ensuring compliance with railroad rules, safety measures, and time schedules.