Start a Watco Career and Discover the Difference

Keep the world’s supply chain moving. That’s what the Watco team does every day at our short line railroads, switching sites, terminals, ports, and logistics hubs. 

Whether you’re at one of these locations or in a support-services role, there’s one thread that ties everyone together. We’re all on the same team. One Watco. 

Here’s what you can expect from Watco: 

• Outstanding culture recognized by Forbes and Newsweek
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Paid on-the-job training with peer trainers 
• Leadership and development programs offered through Watco University 
• Career advancement opportunities

This role involves 85–90 percent travel, including overnight trips.

Job Description:

Locomotive wheel cutter duties include, but not limited to coordinating the activities with the repair facility. Responsible for daily reports, scheduling, machining locomotive wheels, reading wheel gauges, compliance with company policies and procedures, governmental regulations and working within a planned budget.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Implementation of and compliance with the company safety plan.
• Constantly searching for both safe and productive ways of performance.
• Compliance with confidentiality policy as stated in company team member manual.
• Coordinate daily locomotive needs with the dispatcher or local management.
• Comply with the guidelines set forth by the FRA on Personal Blue Signal Protection of Workers.
• Maintain locomotives and compile records to comply with FRA and company rules and regulations.
• Perform air tests, inspect and repair of locomotives or components for structural defects and wear according to FRA and manufacturing guidelines.
• Maintain a reliable inventory of material for the proper maintenance of locomotives.
• Rules compliance with all rules, regulations and programs including drug and alcohol.
• Possess working knowledge of the proper use of various wear limit gauges and testing equipment.
• Must possess the ability to complete written forms and reports as well as necessary Federal Railroad Administration reports pertaining to servicing locomotives.
• Must become familiar with state and federal regulations as it relates to the railroad industry.
• Must have the ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret and delegate a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Must have a working knowledge of and be familiar with various types of tools and equipment such as, but not limited to, welders, torches, hammers, jacks, and various types of other mechanical, pneumatic, and hand tools pertaining to the construction and maintenance of rolling stock. 

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Must have mechanical/electrical experience of locomotives or related field.
• Working knowledge of FRA, AAR and OSHA regulations as it pertains to locomotives and repair facilities.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and federal and state regulations. 
• TWIC card or the ability to obtain one.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: 

Must possess valid driver’s license and be insurable by company insurance provider to drive and operate company vehicles and equipment as necessary.