Switchman - Chocolate Bayou, Texas

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Chocolate Bayou, TX
Junior
Transportation
The Role
As a Switchman at Rescar, you will operate locomotives and assist in switching operations, read and follow instructions, and ensure safety by inspecting equipment. You'll need a mechanical aptitude and will have opportunities for growth within the company.
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Start your new career today! Join Rescar's rapidly-growing rail maintenance organization, with over 50 years in the industry!

RESCAR is rapidly growing and searching for switching and track personnel to fill open positions in Chocolate Bayou, Texas.

What You'll Do:

  • Read and follow switching instructions/lists indicating track assignments and cars to be switched.
  • Operating Locomotive/Trackmobile between service tracks and switching areas
  • Signal locomotive/Trackmobile operators to start or stop trains when coupling or uncoupling cars, using hand signals, lanterns, or two-way radio communication
  • Observe signals from other crewmembers so that work activities can be coordinated
  • Inspect couplings, air hoses, and handbrakes to ensure that they are securely fastened and functioning properly
  • Inspect tracks, cars, and engines for defects, report service needs and make sure they are corrected before operation
  • Repair/replace heavy couplings, broken knuckles, and air brake hoses using hand tools

What You'll Need:

  • 1-3 years working with freight car switching or similar field
  • Mechanical aptitude required
  • Continuous mental and visual attention is required to perform duties (such as working around heavy and moving equipment), involving repetitive or diversified work requiring constant alertness or activity, required
  • Ability to travel up to 20% out-of-state.
  • The desire to work hard for potential to grow with a great company!

What You'll Enjoy:

  • Competitive base wages, starting at up to $23 per hour with experience
  • Opportunity to increase your base wage through skills assessments and certifications
  • Weekly pay!
  • Vacation days + eight paid holidays 
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability and Life Insurance coverage; 401K plan; Supplemental Life, Long Term Disability, Critical Care, Hospitalization, and Accident coverage

Rescar Companies is a privately held company that offers maintenance services to companies that own and/or lease rail rolling stock. These services are provided from Rescar's nationwide network of 40+ service locations in the United States, either at fixed facilities or from our mobile field services centers.

Rescar is a privately held company founded in 1969 with the simple purpose: To keep our customer’s fleet moving productively. For over fifty (50) years, Rescar has provided a broad spectrum of services through its Nationwide field services network that include, railcar repair, railcar cleaning, railcar interior and exterior coatings inspection/repair/qualification, in-plant switching, in-plant track repair, (un)loading services and troubleshooting services.
Rescar’ s network focuses on aligning its people, processes, and tools to provide our customers with the highest quality of service and fast response times at a competitive price structure. Rescar makes sure that the right people are in the right positions. Rescar continually monitors and evaluates its people and provides continual training and mentoring. As a privately-owned business, Rescar is adaptable in developing processes to meet each specific customer’s needs and requirements. 
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Top Skills

Locomotive
The Company
Downers Grove, Illinois
308 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1969

What We Do

Rescar Companies is a privately held company that offers maintenance services to companies that own and/or lease rail rolling stock. Services include mechanical repair, exterior painting, interior coating and cleaning. These services are provided from Rescar's nationwide network of 50+ filed service locations in the US.
Rescar has been providing these services to private shippers, leasing companies and railroads for over 50 years and is the largest rolling stock maintenance provider in North America. In the past, Rescar has pioneered many new and efficient ways of providing these services that have saved our customers countless dollars in maintenance related cost. As such, Rescar is considered to be the premier company in this industry by its customers and competitors alike.

Rescar's mission is simple:
"We will perform all services with defect-free workmanship for all Rescar's customers, both internal and external. We will understand the requirements of our jobs and conform to those requirements at all times. We will do it right the first time."

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