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TTX Company

Railcar Repairman (Carman) - Portland, OR

Location

Portland, OR

Wage

$45,839/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

TIG Welding
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Posted on October 26, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Railcar Repairman (Carman) position in Portland, OR involves repairing, modifying, and upgrading rail cars, while ensuring compliance with safety and operational standards. TTX Company, a leading provider of railcars and freight car management services, offers a supportive work environment focused on safety and innovation.

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 using hand tools, power tools, and precision measuring instruments.
  • Operates forklift to move, align, and set parts in place.
  • Measures, cuts, threads pipes, and replaces air lines using hand tools.
  • Assembles subassemblies, major components, and equipment, checking function for proper operation.
  • Repairs broken parts using hand tools and welding equipment.
  • Enters car repair information via electronic keyboard system.

Requirements

  • Knowledge of mechanical skills.
  • Skills in welding and cutting.
  • Intermediate decision-making and reasoning abilities.
  • Limited planning and scheduling skills.
  • Intermediate short-term memory for compiling, classifying, and gathering information.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Work schedule consists of 8 to 10 hour shifts; work hours and rest days may change regularly.
  • Requires outdoor work with exposure to various environmental conditions.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 33% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs in Portland, OR, where the middle half runs $32–$35/hr across 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 17 other active welding openings in Portland, OR right now, from 9 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Oregon as a whole we're tracking 56 other active welding openings from 35 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 (11), AAON (3), and AAON, Inc. (2). 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 $33/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.

Similar openings near Portland, OR

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) - Portland, OR figures were last recalculated when this page was built.