Rail Car Technician Job in Milford, Connecticut US

Rail Car Technician

Rail Car Technician Job Description: Aerotek CE is seeking a well rounded individual for a Rail Car Technician position in the Milford, CT area for a 12 month temp-perm position. Pay rate is starting at $17 per hour and benefits are offered. Preferred background industry experience from aerospace/defense/military/transit rail. Drug and background check required. Job Title: Rail Car Technician Job Description: A Rail Car Technician performs work efficiently in at least two (2) of the four assignment areas identified below. Rail Car Technicians must be multi-crafted in order to perform basic work assignments in any of the four assignment areas identified below. Mechanical: Performs metal finishing efficiently and properly. Efficiently sets up all work on a rail car from drawings, procedures, and written and verbal instructions. Makes production aids such as templates and hand jigs to assist work. In addition, performs acceptable repairs on any material. Builds jigs, fixtures, and other production time--saving devices from drawings. Uses hand and power (electrical and pneumatic) tools, efficiently. Electrical: Efficiently assembles wire harnesses and terminates wire ends. From drawings can efficiently route cable or wire in complex areas such as cabs, electric lockers, or train line boxes. Has a working knowledge of electrical schematics and can troubleshoot miswires. Performs soldering to make wire connections. Machine Operation: From drawings or instructions performs all aspects of machine work from layout to finished parts, including acceptable repairs. Efficiently sets up and operates all machinery and tooling in metal fabrication shop. Brazing/Welding: Performs mock-ups of all pipe, tube, or conduit from piping schematics in a rail car and performs repairs on it. Makes jigs for spot welding aids such as templates, clamping fixtures, etc. Does troubleshooting of spot welding problems. Efficiently brazes copper-to-copper or dissimilar metals. From drawings, procedures, or mock-ups, can bend pipe, tube, or conduit. Is capable of setting up a welder to perform proper welds. Efficiently assembles and installs pipe, tube, or conduit on rail cars from drawings. Efficiently cuts, deburrs, and threads pipe, tube, or conduit. Operates spot welding machine efficiently with minimal supervision. Required Skills for Rail Car Technician Job: HIGH MECHANICAL APTITUDE ELECTRICAL WORKING EXPERIENCE MACHINE OPERATION BRAZING/WELDING About Aerotek: Join Aerotek, one of the leading providers of engineering and engineering support professionals in North America. Due to our growth, we're constantly on the lookout for qualified professionals to place in contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent placement positions across a number of different industries. We know it's more than just your day-to-day responsibilities that can make or break a job. It's the support you get. That's the reason Aerotek offers a variety of benefits including medical, dental, optical, 401k, and many more. Don't put your career in the hands of just anyone, put it in the hands of a specialist. Join the Aerotek team! Allegis Group and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and will consider all applications without regard to race, marital status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Additional Info Minimum Age 18+ years old Job Industries Installation Repair