Apprentice Diesel Mechanic

4 days ago

North Platte, NE, United States Union Pacific Railroad Full time
Join a team of Apprentice Diesel Mechanics who have been repairing a fleet of locomotives with Union Pacific over 150 years Our apprentices inspect, diagnose issues, repair, and maintain the engine and mechanical components of diesel-electric locomotives, while working in and around our locomotive shops. We are powered by our people, will you join our team?

Accountabilities
  • Conduct job briefings to ensure safe and effective coordination of activities and keep assigned work areas, tools, and equipment clean and in proper working order
  • Repair, replace, or rebuild locomotive and diesel engine components as needed
  • Develop and maintain positive working relationships with coworkers, supervisors, contractors and/or customers and effectively handle controversy
  • Prepare equipment and materials as needed, and efficiently operate the equipment including the following: measuring instruments (micrometers, tape measures, dial calipers); precision machines (drill and punch presses bench lathes); hand tools (drills, wrenches, grinders); and material handling equip
  • Diagnose diesel engine, air compressor, and other locomotive mechanical system malfunctions
  • Communicate technical information, job briefing information, job procedure recommendations, and other work-related information through writing, in-person interaction, telephone, radio, and intercom
  • Perform other duties as assigned
  • Read, interpret, understand, and find written or electronic information from diagrams, schematics, blueprints, graphs, and charts, and input information as needed into a computer
  • Inspect and service the diesel locomotive fleet in compliance with company, federal and industry standard
Qualifications - Required
  • Basic keyboarding skills
  • Ability to use both low precision (tape measure, hand level) AND high precision (caliper, electronic scale) instruments to get accurate measurements
  • Valid driver's license
  • Able to effectively work independently and in group settings
  • Proficient verbal and written communication skills to deliver information to coworker(s) and supervisor(s)
  • Able to extract relevant information from tables, charts, graphs, and text
  • Able to perform basic arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and conversion of fractions into decimals and decimals into fractions to solve practical problems
  • Able to take initiative and take responsibility for the timely and quality completion of one's tasks. Need to be open to change
  • Able to understand and apply basic mechanical principles to solve mechanical problems
  • Experience reading and understanding instructions (examples may include: operating and safety rules, bulletins, special instructions, and federal regulatory documents)

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