Repairman (Carman) – Spokane, WA

Summary: TTX Company is a leading provider of railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry. They are seeking a Railcar Repairman (Carman) to repair, modify, and upgrade rail cars, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. Responsibilities: - Repairs, modifies, and upgrades rail cars - Rebuilds car components: bolsters, side framers, hitch heads, and box car doors - Welds (30% of time), fabricates, and uses a cutting torch - Performs mechanical labor (frequently - 95% of time) - Repairs and maintains railcars, according to blueprints and other specifications, using hand tools, power tools, and precision measuring instruments. Inspects machines and equipment visually by touch, special knowledge, and training, to locate causes of trouble - Operates forklift to move, align, and set in place parts in place - Measures, cuts, and threads pipes and replaces air lines using hand tools - Assembles subassemblies, major components, and equipment. Checks the function to test for proper operation - Repairs broken parts using hand tools and welding equipment - Enters car repair information via electronic keyboard system - Maintains a clean work environment - May set up and operate metalworking tools, such as a welder or grinder - All other duties as assigned by the supervisor Required Qualifications: - Knowledge: mechanical skills - Skills: welding and cutting - Mental factors: decision-making and reasoning; intermediate (such as determining when parts should be repaired); planning and scheduling - limited; compiling/classifying/gathering information - intermediate; short-term memory - intermediate Required Skills: Mechanical skills, Welding, Cutting Important Skills: Forklift operation, Blueprint reading Nice-to-Have Skills: Reasoning, Planning, scheduling, Decision-making Benefits: Paid Time Off, Health, Dental and Vision benefits, 401(k) with company match