Locomotive Maintenance Technical Advisor; TA

Job Description

As a member of Field Services Americas, you will be responsible for helping our customer (BNSF) maintain their fleet of GE/Wabtec locomotives through advising, informing, researching, and assisting their mechanical employees. You will be part of a team made up of Wabtec technical and materials experts, all working to ensure our customer’s fleet is running at optimal levels.

As a member of Field Services Americas, you will be responsible for helping our customer (BNSF) maintain their fleet of GE/Wabtec locomotives through advising, informing, researching, and assisting their mechanical employees. You will be part of a team made up of Wabtec technical and materials experts, all working to ensure our customer’s fleet is running at optimal levels.

Our Locomotive Maintenance Technical Advisors are trained subject matter experts in diagnosing and troubleshooting a variety of locomotives. They receive world‑class training at our corporate training facility where they become certified in troubleshooting and advising on the maintenance of state‑of‑the‑art locomotive engines.

Multiple levels of training and certification are available to our Locomotive Maintenance Technical Advisors, which provides them with multiple career opportunities within the company as their careers progress. With over 27,000 global employees, Wabtec provides rich career development and growth opportunities for our employees.

Our Locomotive Maintenance Technical advisors work inside locomotive diesel repair shops located on our customer’s property, and work side by side with our customer, including their management teams.

This role serves as an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) Technical Advisor, responsible for advising railroad employees and management on how/when/if to make specific repairs on GE/Wabtec locomotives rather than completing actual locomotive repairs yourself.

This is a unique aspect to this role in that you are essentially always in front of the customer, which requires a heightened sense of awareness and customer centric focus, but also enables you to see the immediate impact of your contributions on a daily basis.

This position is part of a team covering 24/7 schedule coverage
. Shifts are twelve (12) hours in length, with the normal rotation of 4 days on and 3 days off each week . A level of flexibility in scheduling is required (either in days or hours covered) to accommodate for scheduling changes, however, added incentives are available when covering shifts outside of your regular schedule.

While one day can widely differ from the next depending on a number of factors, a general outline of an average day would include:

• Shift Start: Conduct turnover with off going shift, including individual locomotive rundown and status updates, review material needs, discuss bad actor locomotives, meet with customer on shop flow and expectations of the oncoming shift

• Throughout Each Day: Actively walking the shop, touching base with railroad employees on locomotive statuses, delivering material within the shop for repairs, helping troubleshoot issues, workorder maintenance, along with other regularly reoccurring tasks.

Note: During the first 12-18 months in the role, or until you obtain your Level 1 Certification, a significant amount of your time and focus will likely be on reviewing and completing certification materials as a requirement of the position which may require study outside of working hours.

• Provide clear communication and technical guidance to railroad employees and management to include troubleshooting, material assistance, tooling and / or locomotive status, safety procedures, productivity and process improvements, and contract requirement clarification.

• Coordinate and provide instruction on key programs and procedures related to locomotive maintenance and modifications.

• Provide technical mentorship to teams, including troubleshooting, material handling, tooling, safety procedures, and contract requirement clarification

• Provide…