Light Rail Maintenance-of-Way Track Technician

About the Role

Picture your day starting with a safety briefing, a call to Central Control, and a checklist for the track segment you’ll service. As the Light Rail Maintenance-of-Way Track Technician (Track Maintainer I), you’ll move between yard and right-of-way, operating high-rail and on-track vehicles to keep the line reliable. You’ll install and replace critical components, align rail, and respond when the railway needs you most—day or night.

What You’ll Do

• Install, inspect, maintain, repair, and replace track and roadbed components—including rail sections, switch points, frogs, stock rails, ties, bridge and switch timbers, tie plates, cut spikes, and other fasteners.
• Perform routine and emergency maintenance: tamping, rail replacement, rail alignment, and full track panel installation.
• Operate specialized equipment: tamping machines, on-track ballast regulators, cranes, backhoes, and other MOW equipment and vehicles.
• Support peers during routine and emergency situations to keep trains moving safely over the right-of-way.
• Follow Central Control instructions at all times when working on or near the right-of-way and remain qualified under MetroLink Safety Rules for Maintenance-of-Way (MOW) employees.

How You’ll Succeed

Our mission is straightforward: perform track work functions and any assigned duties safely, orderly, and productively. You’ll combine field skill with disciplined rule compliance to maintain a safe railway.

Qualifications

• No more than one preventable accident within the 24 months prior to bid.
• Proven ability to work safely and efficiently with minimal supervision, following all applicable rules and regulations; capable of operating required high-rail, on-track, and other vehicles for MOW work.
• Successful completion of the Metro Link Operating Rules Examination for Maintenance of Way (MOW) employees and Standard Operating Procedures; employees are to be high-rail and flag qualified.
• Knowledge of first aid and safe work practices, with the ability to demonstrate both.
• License: Possession of a current, valid Class A Commercial Driver’s License is a requirement to hold this position and shall be acquired by the end of the qualification period.
• Ability to meet heavy physical demands: lift rail parts and equipment up to 100 pounds; assist with loading, unloading, and moving ties, rails, and other objects weighing over 100 pounds.
• Complete the training program and post-training qualification period.
• Available for 24-hour call-out during critical and emergency situations.

Safety & Standards

• Remain qualified on MetroLink Safety Rules for MOW employees.
• Adhere to Central Control direction when on or near the right-of-way.
• Meet all job class requirements listed above.

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