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TTX Railcars

Railcar Repairman (Carman)

Location

Portland, OR

Wage

$28/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

TIG WeldingSteelPIPE
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Posted on October 13, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Railcar Repairman (Carman) is responsible for repairing, modifying, and upgrading rail cars, including rebuilding components and performing mechanical labor. TTX Company is a leading provider of railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry.

Responsibilities

  • Repairs, modifies, and upgrades rail cars.
  • Rebuilds car components such as bolsters, side framers, hitch heads, and box car doors.
  • Welds, fabricates, and uses a cutting torch.
  • Performs mechanical labor frequently.
  • Repairs and maintains railcars according to blueprints and specifications.
  • Inspects machines and equipment to locate causes of trouble.
  • Operates forklift to move, align, and set parts in place.
  • Measures, cuts, and threads pipes and replaces air lines using hand tools.
  • Assembles subassemblies, major components, and equipment.
  • Checks the function to test for proper operation.
  • Repairs broken parts using hand tools and welding equipment.
  • Enters car repair information via electronic keyboard system.
  • Maintains a clean work environment.
  • May set up and operate metalworking tools.

Requirements

  • Physical ability to stand, hear, and see for 8 to 10 hours.
  • Ability to handle for 6 hours and perform various physical tasks.
  • Lifting car parts from 1-80 lbs throughout the day.
  • Decision-making and reasoning skills.
  • Intermediate planning and scheduling abilities.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Working environment requires outdoor work with exposure to various weather conditions.
  • Must be available to work a flexible schedule, including shift work, nights, weekends, and holidays.
  • Mandatory 4-week training program after hire.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Portland, OR

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 18% below the $34/hr median for welding jobs in Portland, OR, where the middle half runs $32–$39/hr across 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 7% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Portland, OR

We're tracking 23 other active welding openings in Portland, OR right now, from 14 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across Oregon as a whole we're tracking 56 other active welding openings from 37 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Portland, or widen the search to Oregon.

The most active employers in Oregon at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Portland, OR (8), AAON (3), and Skyline Sheet Metal, Inc (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oregon, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Portland at $34/hr and Redmond at $26/hr. Portland is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

See all railroad welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Railcar Repairman (Carman) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.