Student Conductor - Deer Park, TX (Deer Park, TX, US, 77536) - Full-time

p /p pspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"strongStart a Watco Career and Discover the Difference/strong/span/p p /p pspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"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. /span/p p /p pspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"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. a title="One Watco" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQwRouo2A04" target="_blank" rel="noopener"One Watco/a. /span/p p /p pspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Here’s what you can expect from Watco: /span/p p /p ul li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Award-winning culture recognized by Forbes and Newsweek/span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Competitive compensation and a title="benefits" href="https://www.watco.com/benefits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"benefits/a/span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Paid on-the-job training with peer trainers /span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Operations training at the a title="Safe Performace Center" href="https://vimeo.com/895928733" target="_blank" rel="noopener"Safe Performance Center/a in Birmingham, Alabama/span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Leadership and development programs offered through Watco University /span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Career advancement opportunities/span/li /ul p style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif" /p pspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Starting Pay: $18.00 per hour./span/p pspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Schedule: Days/Nights Rotation /span/p p /p pspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"strongGeneral Purpose/strong/span/p p /p pspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"The Student Conductor will work with crews to perform the safe switching of railcars, using locomotive power, based on customer requests. Switch crews are responsible for performing jobs efficiently and following all company and customer safety rules and completing corresponding paperwork at the end of every shift./span/p p /p pspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"strongEssential Duties and Responsibilities/strong/span/p p /p ul li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Demonstrate predictable, reliable, and timely attendance/span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Follow written and verbal directions to complete assigned tasks on schedule./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Read, write, and communicate in English amp; understand basic math./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Learn from directions, observations, and mistakes and apply procedures using good judgment/span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Inspects locomotive before run to verify specified fuel, sand, water, and all other requirements./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Reads switching orders from designated person./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Observes radio and hand signals in yard or in cab and operates locomotive in accordance with company and customer rules and regulations./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Observes arm or lantern signal and moves controls to move locomotive backwards or forwards to switch and couple cars; or receives starting signal and moves control; such as throttle and air brakes to operate locomotive./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Talks to crew or other yard workers via radio to give or receive switching information./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"May assist workers to throw switches or perform other activities involved when performing switching operations./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Turns hand brake wheel or ratchet type brake as well as apply and release handbrakes./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Observes track to detect obstructions./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Inspects locomotive after run to detect damaged or defective equipment./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Maintains records, number, origin, destination, and cargo of cars switched./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"May coordinate activities of switching crew from locomotive cab, or other on-site location./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Raises coupling lever to couple or uncouple cars./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Throws track switches to facilitate shunting of cars and signals/span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Move cars, using lantern, hand signals or radio./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Connects air hose to cars when making up trains by bending and applying force./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Sits or rides in cab of locomotive to observe signals from other crew members./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"May make minor repairs to couplings, and air hoses and report any equipment requiring major repairs./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Performs other duties as requested or required/span/li /ul pspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif" /spanbrspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"strongMachines, Tools, Special Equipment, Personal Protective Equipment Used/strong/span/p p /p ul li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Hammers, ratchets, chisel, pry bar, wrenches, and brushes./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"PPE; hard hat, vest, safety glasses, FR clothing, gloves, steel toed boots/span/li /ul pspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif" /spanbrspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"strongEducation and Experience/strong/span/p p /p ul li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"High school education or general education development (GED)./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Ability to pass training and required testing./span/li li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"Valid driver's license./span/li /ul pspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif" /spanbrspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"strongWork Environment/strong/span/p p /p pspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The team member is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions and elements, noise, and fumes from gas, oil, and grease./spanbrspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif" /span/p pspan style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"strongNote: /strongThe statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by team members assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified./span/p