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Overview

The Machinist position in the Locomotive Shop involves inspecting, maintaining, and repairing locomotives according to FRA regulations. The role includes a paid training period followed by on-the-job training at the Miami locomotive shop.

Responsibilities

  • Fits and assembles parts into complete assembly.
  • Verifies dimensions and alignment of assembly.
  • Installs machined replacement parts in mechanisms, machines, and equipment, and tests operation of units to ensure functionality and performance.
  • Operates welding equipment to cut or weld parts.
  • Performs mechanical inspection on locomotives and repairs defects to conform to FRA regulations.
  • Tests locomotives for performance by use of load box.
  • Replaces brake shoes on locomotives.
  • Disassembles and rebuilds locomotive trucks and replaces wheel sets and traction motors.
  • Repairs and rebuilds diesel engines, air compressors, and many other locomotive components.
  • Disassembles and reassembles locomotives and machinery.

Requirements

  • High School diploma/GED and one year certificate from college or technical school; or 4 years heavy mechanical repair experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Experience reading blueprints.
  • Ability to understand both verbal and written communications – both general and technical.
  • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
  • Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
  • Problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
  • Must have mechanical aptitude.
  • Must be a qualified welder.
  • Must have current valid driver’s license.

Additional Information

  • Start date scheduled for January 11, 2027.
  • Paid training will commence in New Smyrna Beach training center for two weeks.
  • Initial pay between $29.23/hr - $32.89/hr based on experience, increasing to $36.54/hr once qualified.

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How this job compares in Port Everglades, FL

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 11% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Florida — toward the top of a $23–$32/hr middle band drawn from 131 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 74% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Port Everglades, FL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Port Everglades, FL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 276 other active welding openings from 159 employers. Browse welding jobs across Florida.

Florida East Coast Railway currently has 1 other opening live in Florida, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (15), BAE Systems (11), and Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (11). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Florida, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Jacksonville at $32/hr, Cape Canaveral at $29/hr, and Orlando at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Machinist (Locomotive Shop) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.