Maintenance of Way and Design and Construction. Go back to Management Trainee Program Maintenance of Way Line maintenance involves project safety, production scheduling for crosstie and rail renewal, ballast replacement, roadbed maintenance, track surfacing, vegetation control and other areas to assure compliance with corporate and federal requirements. This training allows a civil engineer to take the solid theoretical knowledge from his or her college education and apply it to actual rail applications. Trainees work out of a division headquarters, learning the maintenance functions and territory. Preferred Backgrounds You must have a desire to work in a hands-on, highly responsible position.
Successful candidates possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work under pressure.
A Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering is preferred. You and your maintenance team are responsible for providing a safe track structure for safe and efficient movement of traffic over Norfolk Southern's territories. The engineer is a manager of both people and assets. Track Supervisors have the freedom and responsibility to make decisions for their territories. Track Supervisors spend their time performing safety audits and conducting safety meetings, inspecting track, checking the geometry of the track and handling disasters such as derailments, natural disasters that affect the track structure, and the monitoring of the natural adjustment of steel in heat and cold.