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Summary

The Maintenance Laborer is responsible for various activities such as facility housekeeping and cleanup, handling and sorting materials, help troubleshoot, repair and maintain production and facility equipment and productive maintenance systems and process to support the achievement of the site’s business goals.

Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the following essential duties satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned to address business needs and changing business practices.

• Maintains the facility by keeping the yard and shop clean and free of debris, performing repairs, and painting.
• Inspects equipment and systems for preventive maintenance.
• Makes minor plumbing, electrical, HVAC, carpentry, and other routine building maintenance and repair duties.
• Cleans and keeps indoor and outdoor areas of buildings, equipment, and grounds maintained.
• Uses a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters, and material handling equipment in performing duties.
• Notifies Leadman or Supervisor of any materials and/or equipment required for completion of job tasks.
• Follows all EHS rule and regulations

Qualifications

The following generally describes requirements to successfully perform the assigned duties.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to work and communicate within a team setting.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship
• Ability to accommodate on-call responsibilities and work overtime when needed to support production staff.

Preferred Qualifications

• One to two years work experience
• Experience working in a production environment
• Experience working with and understanding OSHA regulations

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The physical environment requires the employee to work in hot and cold environments, in and out of the weather, work safely around heavy equipment and on top of and under railcars, as well as around railroad tracks. Employees are required to use personal protective equipment such as steel toe boots, hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, welding and grinding shields, etc. or as environmental conditions dictate

Physical Activities and Requirements 

Frequency Key

Not Applicable: Activity is not applicable to this occupation

Occasionally: Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0- 2.5 hours/day)

Frequently: Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5- 5.5 hours/day)

Constantly: Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5 hours/day)

Working Postures

• Sit: Occasionally
• Stand: Constantly
• Walk: Constantly
• Bend: Frequently
• Kneel/Squat: Frequently
• Crawl: Frequently
• Climb: Frequently
• Reach Forward: Frequently
• Reach Upward: Frequently
• Handling/Fingering: Frequently

Lift / Carry Requirements

• 5-10 lbs: Frequently
• 10-25 lbs: Frequently
• 25-50 lbs: Frequently
• 50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
• 75 lbs: Not Applicable

Push / Pull Requirements

• Up to 10 lbs: Frequently
• 10-25 lbs: Frequently
• 25-50 lbs: Frequently
• 50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
• 75 lbs: Not Applicable

EOE including Vet/Disability

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Greenbrier makes reasonable accommodations in the application and hiring process for individuals with known disabilities, unless providing accommodation would result in an undue hardship. Any applicant believing that he or she may need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact Greenbrier Human Resources at careers@gbrx.com or call us at 503-684-7000. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Email communication from The Greenbrier Companies (Greenbrier) will always come from a corporate email address that ends in @gbrx.com or from our applicant tracking system, iCIMS, after you have created a secure account and submitted your application. During the application process, you will create a secure account in our secure applicant tracking site that ends with “-gbrx.icims.com”. In this portal, we will ask you to provide your contact information, past employment history, education history and other job-related information.