Transit Maintenance Assistant
City of CharlotteAbout the role
Facilities Maintenance
Salary: $25.00 - $27.14 Commensurate with Experience
Welcome to the City of Charlotte
Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.
Our guiding principles include:
Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce
Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development
Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services
Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems
Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions
SUMMARY
The Rail Car Servicer, under minimal supervision, will perform rail car interior and exterior cleaning to the standards outlined by Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) Rail Operations. Cleaning of rail cars includes but is not limited to sweeping and mopping, cleaning walls, windows, seats, stainless steel, cab and passenger areas, and all exterior areas on rail vehicles. It also cleans shop areas, equipment, non-revenue, and emergency support vehicles. The Rail Car Servicer may also be required to provide cleaning support on the mainline and other service areas. The Rail Car Servicer will be needed to service rail cars, which may include changing filters, checking sand and fluid levels, and replenishing the sand, and may be called upon to provide support for other areas regarding light rail service, streetcar, wayside, and public safety and service.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
Work with all team members to provide safe, reliable, clean rail vehicles ready for daily revenue service.
Follows and adheres to all rail car maintenance standards, policies, and procedures applicable to the day-to-day operations of the rail cars and revenue service.
Cleans and services rail car passenger and operator compartments and the exterior of the rail cars.
Cleans and services shop and yard areas as assigned.
Flag rail cars within the yard and shops to provide for cleaning and servicing.
Provides cleaning services, replenishes sanding units, fills windshield washers, minor parts replacement inserts signage and equipment as assigned.
Steam cleans and replaces seat inserts and backs as assigned.
The position complies with all safety regulations by CATS, OSHA, FTA, FRA, and NCDOT.
Performs all other job-related duties as assigned.
As part of your responsibility to support the CATS Safety Culture, report safety concerns and issues through the various methods established by CATS as outlined in the ASP.
Essential Duties:
NOTE: Essential Skills are skills and abilities that candidates must be able to perform or can perform in the performance of their required duties. Meeting the requirements or having the ability to perform essential skills may be grounds for disqualification.
Candidate may be required to work irregular hours and shifts depending upon the needs of CATS.
Candidates may be required to respond to emergencies on a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week basis.
Must complete a 6-month probationary period.
Must communicate effectively and clearly in English both orally and in writing.
Must be able to accurately document work on logs, spreadsheets, documents, and forms and utilize computerized maintenance terminals.
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