Savannah, GA Train Conductor

At Norfolk Southern, we believe that our people power progress. Our culture is built on our SPIRIT values—Safety, Performance, Integrity, Respect, Innovation, and Teamwork—which guide how we work, lead, and grow together. We invite you to explore the conductor role in one of the nation’s premier transportation companies.

On‑the‑job training lasts about 20 weeks, depending on the complexity of your assigned location. The first 5 weeks occur at the Norfolk Southern Training Center in McDonough, GA, where the company provides hotel accommodations, weekly meal stipends, and travel reimbursement from your hire location. Remaining weeks are completed at your assigned location. To earn promotion and certification, you must pass all classroom, field, and on‑the‑job requirements, including written exams and field evaluations covering physical characteristics, operating rules, safety, hazmat, and signal rules.

• Build and inspect trains, railcars, and equipment for safe operation.
• Operate remote‑control locomotives and perform tasks such as coupling, aligning drawbars, applying hand brakes, and riding railcars.
• Communicate effectively with crews, dispatchers, and yard controllers.
• Maintain accurate documentation and comply with all FRA and company safety regulations.
• Hold a valid driver’s license and have reliable transportation.
• Be able to report to work within 90 minutes.
• Maintain a clean driving record in the past 36 months, without any suspension, revocation, cancellation, or denial of your driver’s license resulting from a drug or alcohol‑related incident.
• Not have been involved in diversion or probation or plead guilty to a drug or alcohol‑related driving incident.
• Not refuse to undergo a drug or alcohol test related to the operation of a motor vehicle.
• Pass the pre‑employment Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) drug and alcohol screening.
• Be legally authorized to work in the U.S.

• Ability to work on‑call, 24/7, with as little as 90 minutes’ notice.
• Expect to spend 2–3 days away from home weekly.
• Required to join a union within 60 days after completing training.
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.

• Experience working outdoors in various weather conditions.
• Experience with heavy equipment or in physically demanding roles.
• Experience working non‑traditional shifts, on‑call, and/or 12+ hour shifts.

• Ability to lift and carry up to 85 lbs.
• Pass physical standards which may include but are not limited to: hang from a rail car ladder with 3 points of contact (2 feet & 1 hand) for 1 minute 15 seconds per side; walk up to several miles per shift on uneven terrain.
• Meet FRA medical requirements: visual acuity (at least 20/40 in each eye separately and both together with or without corrective lenses); color vision (ability to pass specific FRA color vision tests, lenses not permitted); hearing (no hearing loss greater than 40 B average at 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz in better ear, can be met with hearing aid).

• Work outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Irregular schedules, including on‑call, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Must be available for call 24/7.
• Position requires constant alertness around heavy, moving, potentially hazardous locomotive engines.

• Conductor trainees earn a minimum of $200 per shift during on‑the‑job training, with overtime at $25 per hour.
• First‑year conductors average $70,000 annually; experienced conductors average $84,000.
• Locomotive engineers earn a guaranteed minimum of $94,000, with potential to exceed $100,000.
• Medical insurance for employees and eligible dependents begins the second calendar month of employment.
• After one year: dental, life insurance, and 401(k) eligibility.
• Covered under Railroad Retirement benefits and taxes.

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is a Fortune 300 organization and one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway Company subsidiary operates approximately 19,500 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to other rail carriers. Norfolk Southern is a major transporter of industrial products, including chemicals, agriculture, and metals and construction materials.

In addition, the railroad operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is a principal carrier of coal, automobiles, and automotive parts.

Equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Together, we power progress.