Job Description

Overview

Transco Rail Services, part of Marmon Holdings and backed by Berkshire Hathaway, is committed to making a positive impact through diverse learning opportunities and a culture of empowerment. The company provides full-service railcar repair and maintenance across North America, focusing on safety, compliance, quality, and reliable service.

Responsibilities

  • Perform basic repairs on metal or other weldable materials according to layouts, work orders, blueprints, schematics, and sketches.
  • Execute a variety of rail car repair related tasks in a team environment.
  • Establish good working relationships at all levels.

Requirements

  • Use a variety of tools and equipment such as pneumatic and hydraulic tools, grinders, jacks, welders, cutting torches, forklifts, and cranes.
  • Read specifications, shop drawings, schematics, and blueprints.
  • Knowledgeable or willing to learn how to perform air brake tests.
  • Ability to work in adverse weather conditions.
  • Perform physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving the whole body.
  • Ability to lift 50 pounds with proper body mechanics.
  • Work within a teamwork environment with regular and predictable attendance.
  • Keep materials area and other work areas clean and orderly and report potential hazards.
  • Able to pass drug screen and physical.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Texarkana, AR

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Arkansas currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$32/hr across 37 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Texarkana, AR

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Texarkana, AR, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Arkansas as a whole we're tracking 58 other active welding openings from 42 employers. Browse welding jobs across Arkansas.

The most active employers in Arkansas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (3), Systems, LLC. (3), and The Greenbrier Companies (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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