Job Description:

• 1) Operates one or more machines mounted on flat-bed railroad trucks to spread, shape, and tamp ballast; raise, level, and align track; and prepare track foundation of crushed stone according to specifications: Moves levers and brake pedal to guide machine into position.

• 2) Adjusts controls to activate jacks, tampers, and scraper blades.

• 3) Strings wire guidelines through leveling or aligning fixture.

• 4) Attaches line to rails or trailer extensions coupled to machine to set up equipment.

• 5) Turns wheels to adjust guidelines for track alignments and grades, following specifications.

• 6) Observes indicator arms to verify level and alignment of track.

• 7) When concerned with jack-tamping machine, may be designated Jack-Tamp Operator.

• 8) May control track-lining machine and be designated Track-Liner Operator.

• 9) May operate machines that lay ties and lay rails to construct, repair, or maintain track.