Diesel Mechanic - Railroad - Day Shift

What You'll Do

Perform preventative maintenance and repairs on intermodal heavy equipment in a fast-paced outdoor environment. 

Responsibilities 

• Read electrical and hydraulic schematics
• Repair and maintain heavy equipment
• Performs troubleshooting and repair of systems and components, as required
• Maintains accurate records, as required
• Perform detailed equipment inspections and preventative maintenance following OEM specifications.
• Responds to any customer related equipment requests
• Ensure compliance in all safety, health, and environmental regulations, policies and procedures for a goal of zero incidents and injuries.
• Assist in delivering required training to ensure that all co-workers have the necessary skills to perform their jobs properly and safely.
• Communicate consistently on all activities to appropriate individuals and adhere to all company-wide policies to eliminate and/or reduce exposure to liability. (internal & external)
• Special projects or work as assigned.
• Be willing to be cross-trained and assist in other departments, as required.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

What You'll Need

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 5 years of experience in demonstrating troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining heavy equipment such as forklifts, man lifts, etc.
• Mechanical aptitude 
• Basic computer skills
• Possess your own basic tools
• Ability to read electrical and hydraulic schematics
• Ability/Comfortable in working at elevated heights of up to 100 feet
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability/Willing to work outside in all weather conditions
• Ability to work in the presence of loud machinery 
• Basic knowledge of SPC fundamentals.
• Ability to understand and follow all company and Railroad safety policies.

Preferred

• Strong troubleshooting abilities
• Willingness to work after hour call outs.
• Willingness to work any shift

Location 

• This role is based out of Jersey City, NJ 07307
• This role requires employees to be on-site during designated shift hours. 

Your assimilation into our culture is very important in having a long and mutually beneficial career at REMPREX.  Our core values are the driving force in our business.  As a potential member of the REMPREX team, you should align with our core values below: 

• Safety | We commit to actively foster a healthy and injury free environment for our employees, clients and the communities we serve. 
• Integrity | We make it a priority to do the right thing even when no one is looking, which is why we commit to the highest ethical standard. 
• Innovation | We challenge conventional thinking to continually improve the products and services we offer. 
• Transparency | We say what we mean, mean what we say, and do what we say we’ll do. 

Who is REMPREX and Why Are We Hiring?

Headquartered in Lisle, Illinois, REMPREX specializes in the operation, support and engineering of intermodal terminals and ports nationwide.  We specialize in delivering safe, efficient, and scalable services to help our clients transport intelligently.  Click here to see it for yourself!  As we continue to rapidly grow, we’re looking for mechanics that can exceed our customer needs and help us to remain a leader in our industry, delivering exceptional service in all that we do – that’s where you come in!

Ready to build your career with an industry leader?

REMPREX is the one intermodal logistics company that truly does it all and whether you are looking to make an impact on our front line in Operations or ready to contribute your expertise to one of our professional corporate areas like Information Technology, Account & Finance, Human Resources or Client Services, our highly innovative, rapidly growing enterprise provides everything you need to build a rewarding career.  If you are a builder at heart, enjoy solving problems, taking the initiative, pitching in where needed, are always up for a challenge, we encourage you to explore your future with REMPREX and apply today! 

If this role isn't what you're looking for, please consider other open positions.

REMPREX is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Additionally, REMPREX participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.  As part of our pre-employment process, we do require successful completion of a background and drug screening. 

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