Locomotive Mechanic- Regional Traveling-Des Moines, IA area

Powerhouse

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway—you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best.

**This is a traveling position and will require the employee to travel 95% of the time. This position is responsible for maintaining fleet of locomotives to ensure the company’s ability to serve the customer and provide reliable equipment for employees throughout the region and is based out of Des Moines, IA. Tools and company truck are provided by the company.***

No certifications required, but this is taken into consideration for applicants starting wage.

The Role:

This position is responsible for maintaining fleet of locomotives to ensure the company’s ability to serve the customer and provide reliable equipment for employees.

Pay: $20.00-$30.00 per hour

Why Join Our Team?

We take pride in offering our employees rich benefits packages. We appreciate hard-working and passionate individuals which is why we offer...

• Medical, dental, vision
• Company-paid employee and dependent life insurance
• Company-paid sickness and accident income
• 401k matching
• Annual safety shoe reimbursement
• Prescription safety wear
• Holiday pay
• Vacation
• Marmon employee discount program

Who we Are

Railserve is a leading provider of in-plant rail switching, transloading, and material handling services — operating at over 75 locations in North America. We use our own locomotives and employees to safely move railcars within industrial, manufacturing and production plants. But we're not just rail car movers; we also provide a number of other services which include: rail car loading, rail car unloading, track maintenance, inspection or repair and many others.

Railserve is also a member company of The Marmon Group, a global organization comprised of three autonomous companies consisting of more than 175 independent manufacturing and service businesses. Marmon is part of Berkshire Hathaway, one of the world's largest, most successful, and best respected companies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs scheduled and emergency maintenance on all company locomotives in a cost effective manner (including Gen-Set, SW and GP).
• Communicating with the customer about current maintenance statuses, future projects, and any issues.
• Troubleshoots and fixes mechanical and electrical problems.
• Maintain proper records (preventative maintenance sheets, invoices, shipping documents, expense reports).
• Handle environmental issues in appropriate manner (e.g. proper disposal of filter oil, diesel fuel or other materials.
• Comply with company safety policies and procedures; must wear required personal protective equipment.
• Conducts periodic safety assessments on equipment according to a frequency determined by the Corporate Safety Department.
• Suggests and /or implements administrative or engineering controls to abate or minimize safety hazards. Implementation will require appropriate approvals.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE (We encourage you to apply if you have a proven track record of mechanical experience! We are willing to train the right individuals)

• Associate’s degree or equivalent from two –year college or technical school preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must have deep mechanical experience, electrical experience preferred.
• Must have valid Driver’s license.
• Must be able to operate cutting torch and electrical welder.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, commo