2025 Electrical Apprentice Signal Trainee (Bellevue, OH)

Norfolk Southern Corporation • Bellevue, OH • 6h ago

Requisition 39957: 2025 Electrical Apprentice Signal Trainee (Bellevue, OH)

Norfolk Southern Electrical Signal Trainee Program (Day in the Life):

Primary Purpose:

Apprentice Signal Trainees will be trained to perform the duties of Signal Workers. Signal Workers are an important link between ensuring compliance to FRA regulations and customer satisfaction while achieving the safest most efficient railroad operations.

Principal Duties:

Signal Workers are primarily responsible for performing FRA regulatory test and inspections of the signals systems and crossings.

Install, repair, and maintain, test and inspect various equipment such as signals lights, switch machines, electrical switch locks, switch circuit controllers, as well as crossing warning devices as well as the maintenance and repair of automated classification yards.

Install, repair, maintain, test, and inspect signal systems including Automatic Block, Traffic Control, Positive Train Control, cab signal and interlocking systems.

Other general duties include cable locates, painting and housekeeping of signal housings & equipment; climb and troubleshoot signal structures and make electrical connections.

Use of a wide variety of hand tools, on track high-rail equipment, and test instruments

Perform construction duties, including digging holes and trenches to lay cables, wiring apparatus, setting foundations, installing equipment, etc.

This role requires travel and on-call availability including weekends.

Apprentice Signal Trainee Training Program

Successful applicants will participate in a 52-week paid apprenticeship training program that includes in-class theory and lab work with hands-on skill development in the field.

Week 1-3: Signal Training-1 (McDonough, GA)

Week 4-16: OJT Signal Construction Gang

Week 11-19: Signal Training-2 (McDonough, GA)

Weeks 20-40: OJT Signal Maintenance Training

Week 41-43: Signal Training-3 (McDonough, GA)

Weeks 44-52: Additional OJT training

The in-class portion of the training program consists of three sessions that are three weeks long each. These sessions are in McDonough, GA and are mandatory.

Apprentices will be required to pass a series of periodic tests relating to duties, responsibilities, and operating rules. In the circumstance that an apprentice fails any of the periodic testing, their application for employment may be rejected at that time.

Apprentices that successfully complete the training will then be placed on the seniority district roster hired and is eligible to bid on Signalman or Signal Maintainer roles.

Eastern Region North (ERN)

Norfolk & Western (NW)

Southern Lines East (SLE)

Southern Lines West (SLW)

WRE (Western Region East (WRE)

Western Region West (WRW)

Probation period is 90 days in which you must secure a Class A CDL.

Rate of Pay

Initial 3 weeks at the Norfolk Southern Training Center -

Compensation is $1,200.00 per week.

First Period (through day 130) - Compensation is $36.48 per hour.

Second period (next 130 days) - Compensation is $36.85 per hour.

After completion of these 275 days, new hires will receive 100%, which is $37.98 per hour.

Medical Benefits

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