Mechanical Electrician

Job Highlights

Company Profile

CSX is a premier transportation company. It provides rail, intermodal, and rail-to-truck transload services and solutions to customers across a broad array of markets, including energy, industrial, construction, agricultural, and consumer products.

Job Profile

The company is looking for a Mechanical Electrician who will maintain, repair, rebuild, inspect, and install all electrical wiring and equipment on diesel-electric locomotives, passenger trains, motor cars, tractors, and trucks.

Education Level

• High School Diploma or GED
• 18 years of age or older

Work Experience

• 1 year of experience reading blueprints or locomotive prints

Duties/Responsibilities

• Change light bulbs on locomotives and building
• Diagnose, repair, and replace electrical malfunctions in components including loading charging, transition problems, wheel slip, sander circuits, and high and low-voltage grounds
• Ensure compliance with all railroad rules and regulations for safety, operations, and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
• Examine parts for wear or defects such as brush contact tips, slip rings, armatures, diodes, bearings, and fuses
• Inside and outside wiring at shops, buildings, and yards and on structures
• Interpret information from computer monitors or printouts
• Interpret test instrument indicators
• Measure, cut, thread, bend, and assemble connections to control panels and junction boxes
• Perform work activities utilizing voltages up to 1200 and amperages up to 1500
• Repair speed recorders, air compressors, turbo and fuel pumps, and temperature switches
• Test circuit connections
• Wire, maintain, repair, rebuild, inspect, and install equipment such as Rheostats, Control Systems, Transformers, Motors & Generators, Welding Machines, Electric Lighting Fixtures, Winding Armatures, Battery Charging Systems, Magnet Coils, Switchboards & Meters, Compensators & Rotors, Electrical Collectors
• Miscellaneous activities and responsibilities as assigned by the manager

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Basic Math
• Communication skills (provide clear instructions/directions)
• Reasoning skills (problem-solving and troubleshooting skills)
• Valid Driver’s License
• Verbal comprehension (understanding oral and written communications)

Preferred Qualifications

• Completion of an electrical vocational or trade school program
• Journeyman Electrician
• 2 years of electrician experience

Physical Requirements

• Demonstrate auditory and visual acuity, tracking, and inspection
• Heavy work, lifting up to 70 pounds occasionally and up to 100 pounds on a rare basis
• Stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl, balance, and climb
• Walk long distances over uneven terrain

Job Requirements

• Work safely to prevent on-the-job accidents and injuries
• Wear protective equipment such as a hard hat, hearing protection, or safety-toe boots
• Work hours may include a nonstandard workweek, overtime, and various shift work
• Complete annual training and pass safety rules examinations
• Must pass all required assessments
• Must pass a background screening
• Must pass a post-offer medical examination, including a drug test

Employer’s Statement

CSX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.