Conductor - Janesville, WI

**Start a Watco Career and Discover the Difference** ---------------------------------------------------- Keep the world's supply chain moving. That's what the Watco team does every day at our short line railroads, switching sites, terminals, ports, and logistics hubs. Whether you're at one of these locations or in a support\-services role, there's one thread that ties everyone together. We're all on the same team. One Watco. Here's what you can expect from Watco: * Outstanding culture recognized by Forbes and Newsweek * Competitive compensation and benefits * Paid on\-the\-job training with peer trainers * Training for conductors, engineers, mechanics, and MOW Team Members at Watco's Safe Performance Center * Leadership and development programs offered through Watco University * Career advancement opportunities **Job Summary** --------------- The conductor/switchman position will control and coordinate the train movements while switching railcars whether in the yard of a railroad, industrial plant, or similar location to facilitate the unloading and loading of railcars in a safe and efficient manner to service our customers. This position is a manual labor position which requires that the individual become proficient in the following skills, duties, and requirements within a prescribed training and introductory period. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities** ----------------------------------------- * Demonstrate predictable, reliable, and timely attendance * Follow written and verbal directions to complete assigned tasks on schedule * Read, write, and communicate in English \& understand basic math * Learn from directions, observations, and mistakes and apply procedures using good judgment * Reads switching orders from designated person * Supervises and coordinates the activities of train crews * Receives oral or written instructions from Manager or Customer indicating which cars are to be switched * Notifies engineer of switching orders and, whereby, which cars are to be moved to specified locations of yard, using radio, verbal or hand signals * Talks to crew or other yard workers via radio to give or receive switching information * Confers with train dispatcher via radio to issue or receive information or instructions concerning stops, delays, or oncoming trains * Gives instructions to throw track switches and to couple and uncouple cars * May assist workers to throw switches or perform other activities involved when performing switching operations. * Turns hand brake wheel or ratchet type brake as well to apply and release handbrakes * Observes track to detect obstructions * Maintains records, number, origin, destination, and cargo of cars switched * May coordinate activities of switching crew from locomotive cab, caboose, or control tower * Raises coupling lever to couple or uncouple cars * Throws track switches to facilitate shunting of cars and signals Engineer to move cars, using lantern, arm signals or radio * Conne...