Responsibilities

• Inspects, troubleshoots, repairs and tests rail car equipment
• Performs preventative maintenance work
• Works from blueprints
• Uses hand tools and various testing devices and instruments
• Operates equipment such as overhead or mobile cranes and forklifts to assist with assignments
• Adapts to new methods, processes, material and equipment
• Follows prescribed safety procedures including the use of safety clothing and equipment
• May work various shifts and on weekends and some work outdoors in adverse weather

Requirements

• High School Diploma (OSSD) or General Education Diploma (GED)
• Certificate of Qualification as Railway Car Technician 268R or within final year of apprenticeship in the same identified trade
• Must be mechanically inclined
• Available for shift work