Welder/ Welder Helper
Posted on: 29 Jun 2021
Watervliet, MI
Job Description
Job Summary
Employees must work towards qualifying to complete repairs and maintain all aspects of rail including frogs, rail-ends, turn-outs, switch points, and glue joints using arc, propane or thermite welding processes. Employees must be able to meet and comply with the manufacturer's weight limitation safety rating and recommendations for any equipment associated with performing their duties, including the 300 lb. safety rating for ladders (both portable and affixed) and fall arrest equipment.
Primary Activities and Responsibilities
Ensure compliance with all railroad rules and regulations for safety, operations and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Inspect all equipment daily to check for leaky cylinders, hoses or connections
Perform grinding tasks using power and hand tools
Assist other employees in changing out rail
Replace rail anchors, drive spikes and tamp ballast as needed
Clean work pieces to remove impurities, such as slag, rust and grease
Monitor and maintain flow of gases, light torch and adjust gas mixture and pressure to obtain desired flame when making field welds
Apply filler rod to molten area to form weld
Repair or replace broken or cracked rail and build-up rail, trim weld, grind the surface of rail, and grind gauge sides
Inspect weld after grinding to check for hairline cracks or any visible defects
Operate propane torches and electric and gas welding equipment
Miscellaneous activities and responsibilities as assigned by manager
CSX Corporation
Jacksonville, FL
CSX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides rail-based freight transportation services. The company offers rail services, as well as transports intermodal containers and trailers. It transports chemicals, automotive, agricultural and food products, minerals, fertilizers, forest products, and metals and equipment; and coal, coke, and iron ore to electricity-generating power plants, steel manufacturers, and industrial plants. The company also exports coal to deep-water port facilities. In addition, it offers intermodal transportation services through a network of approximately 30 terminals transporting manufactured consumer goods in containers in the eastern United States; drayage services, including the pickup and delivery of intermodal shipments; and trucking dispatch services.
Further, the company serves the automotive industry with distribution centers and storage locations, as well as connects non-rail served customers through transferring products from rail to trucks, which includes plastics and ethanol. Additionally, it acquires, develops, sells, leases, and manages real estate properties.
The company operates approximately 20,500 route mile rail network, which serves various population centers in 23 states east of the Mississippi River, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, as well as owns and leases approximately 3,900 locomotives. It also serves production and distribution facilities through track connections. CSX Corporation was founded in 1978 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.
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IndustryTransport/Delivery Services
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No. of Employees22,475
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