Maintenance Field Inspector

Founded in 1898 and headquartered in Chicago, IL, GATX Corporation (NYSE: GATX) is an industry leader with 125+ years of success—success that is powered by our people. We are proud of our high-performance culture, hard-working and enthusiastic management team, and beautiful office space in the Willis Tower.

At GATX, we hire the best and offer our employees a dynamic, energetic, collaborative environment to enable them to make an impact from day one. Enjoy the perks and benefits of a global company with the close-knit culture and community of a much smaller one. In the same way we strive to empower our customers to propel the world forward, we are dedicated to providing our people with the tools and resources they need to advance in their careers.

The Maintenance Field Inspector shall be asked to perform railcar inspections on various rail car types for end of lease, secondary market sale and purchase and for legal matters. In addition, the Maintenance Field Inspector may be also be asked to perform visits to GATX owned and contract repair maintenance facilities and mobile repair units (MRUs) to qualify shops to perform maintenance activities on GATX-owned rail cars, to evaluate the quality of railcar maintenance repairs, and to review the shop’s compliance with GATX’s quality standard, cost agreements and reporting requirements.

Qualified candidates who are currently Wells Fargo Rail employees will be given priority consideration over other external applicants.

• Visit/Audit (remote or onsite) owned and contract Repair facilities and MRU’s to ensure that required maintenance is performed in accordance with pre-established GATX Rail and regulatory requirements. Ensure that proper repair methods are utilized resulting in cost-efficient repairs while also ensuring that quality workmanship is performed.

• Perform field inspections of railcars being returned at end of lease from customers. Inspect/ serve as a liaison during new assignment leases, as well as inspect potential fleet acquisition cars assessing suitability of fleets.

• Work with owned shops and contract shops providers to ensure that they have a thorough understanding of GATX Rail’s requirements, including maintenance guidelines, pricing, throughput and quality.

• Serve as the Rail car technical expert in the Maintenance Procurement, Quality and Engineering department, and as such provide maintenance expertise and support to the GATX Rail organization.

• High school diploma or equivalent; degree in business or engineering preferred.
• NDT MT, PT, LT, UTT, VT experience.
• Minimum of 5 years if rail car inspection/QA and repair experience.
• Ability to interpret drawings, procedure manuals and have proven mechanical aptitude.
• Extensive technical and fleet rail car knowledge.
• Extensive FRA and AAR knowledge; GATX Rail Specifications knowledge strongly preferred.