Rail Laborer:918

SDAC; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the railroad sector is seeking track maintenance personnel to perform essential duties such as grinding rail ends, operating tools for adjustments and repairs, and ensuring the safety and functionality of track systems. Ideal candidates should have familiarity with relevant tools and a commitment to maintaining safe rail operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in track maintenance roles related to railroads is advantageous.
• Familiarity with tools such as grinders, spike pullers, and drills is required.

Responsibilities

• Grind rail ends and shape worn railroad components using grinders.
• Patrol tracks to identify and report damages.
• Operate track tools to adjust and repair rail components.

Skills

Track maintenance

Use of portable grinders

Operation of spike pullers

Drilling holes

Ballast management

Hydraulic jack operation

Wrench usage for repairs

Patrolling tracks

Job description

Grind ends of new or worn rails to attain smooth joints, using portable grinders.

Dress and reshape worn or damaged railroad switch points or frogs, using portable power grinders.

Operate single- or multiple-head spike pullers to pull old spikes from ties.

Clean tracks or clear ice or snow from tracks or switch boxes.

Drill holes through rails, tie plates, or fishplates for insertion of bolts or spikes, using power drills.

Clean, grade, or level ballast on railroad tracks.

Raise rails, using hydraulic jacks, to allow for tie removal and replacement.

Patrol assigned track sections so that damaged or broken track can be located and reported.

Operate track wrenches to tighten or loosen bolts at joints that hold ends of rails together.

Adjust controls of machines that spread, shape, raise, level, or align track, according to specifications.

Repair or adjust track switches, using wrenches and replacement parts.