Vehicles & Equipment
Locomotive and diesel technicians, carmen, signal, track and maintenance-of-way, rail welding, certified conductors and engineers.
MasterTech is a Skilled Trades recruitment agency that places railroad technical staff with Class I and short line freight railroads, commuter and transit agencies, and rail car and locomotive shops across the US and Canada. We recruit locomotive electricians and diesel technicians, carmen, signal maintainers, track and maintenance-of-way staff, rail welders, and certified conductors and locomotive engineers on a direct-hire basis. We work on contingency: no up-front fees, and you are invoiced only after your new hire starts.
The industry
Rail hiring is regulated before it is skilled. A conductor or locomotive engineer has to hold a current FRA certificate under 49 CFR Part 240 or 242, a carman doing brake tests has to be a qualified mechanical inspector, and a track inspector has to be designated under Part 213. In Canada the same roles sit under Transport Canada’s Railway Employee Qualification Standards. We confirm the certificate, the class of service and the last date a candidate actually worked under it before a resume reaches you, so the people you interview can go to work on your railroad and not into a training class.
Rail is a small market where most candidates know each other, and the good ones are rarely job hunting. We recruit from Class I, short line and transit backgrounds, and we screen on equipment and territory: the locomotive models and car types a candidate has worked on, the signal systems they have maintained, and whether they know your operating rules and union agreement. Tell us the shop or the subdivision, the craft and the schedule, and the shortlist will match the work.
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