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Overview

The Diesel Engine HDM position involves working under qualified personnel to develop skills in inspecting, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing diesel-electric locomotives and related systems, ensuring safe and reliable railway operations.

Responsibilities

  • Assist qualified personnel with inspecting, diagnosing, repairing, servicing, and maintaining diesel-electric locomotives and related mechanical equipment.
  • Perform assigned scheduled, preventive, corrective, and on-request maintenance tasks within the incumbent's level of training and authorization.
  • Develop practical knowledge of diesel engines, air brake systems, electrical and electronic controls, and related locomotive systems.
  • Use hand tools, power tools, and diagnostic equipment safely and effectively.
  • Identify, record, and report locomotive defects and safety concerns to qualified personnel.
  • Complete required classroom instruction, practical training, and apprenticeship records.
  • Comply with company safety policies, railway operating rules, and safe work procedures.

Requirements

  • Mechanical, industrial, automotive, heavy-equipment, diesel, or related hands-on experience.
  • High school diploma or recognized equivalent.
  • Enrollment in or willingness to complete a company-approved apprenticeship or technical training program.
  • Valid driver's license, where required for the position.
  • Basic mechanical knowledge and ability to develop knowledge of locomotive systems.
  • Ability to learn to use tools and equipment safely and effectively.
  • Ability to follow instructions and communicate clearly in a safety-sensitive environment.
  • Meet medical fitness-for-duty requirements applicable to the role.

Additional Information

  • Ability to work varying shifts, including days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
  • Work is performed in shops, yards, and outdoor railway environments in varying weather conditions.
  • The role may require working at heights and in confined spaces.
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How this job compares in Gary, IN

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Indiana currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$29/hr across 18 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 Gary, IN

Gary, IN currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 64 other active welding openings from 49 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Gary, or widen the search to Indiana.

The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Core & Main (3), Wabash (3), and Contract Industrial Tooling (C-I-T) (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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