JobID: 1026 Position Type: Maintenance/Custodial/Maintenance General Date Posted: 2/18/2025 Location: Facilities Operations Center Position Title: Electrician Classification: Teamsters Local 429 Reports To: Director of Facilities and/or their designee Hours: Variable Hours Position Goal: Performs journeyman level installation, service and repair to various systems including, but not limited to, electrical distribution, emergency lighting, telephone, street/parking lot lighting, HVAC, security, fire alarms and intercoms. Position Rate: $27.69 per hour ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Other duties may be assigned. The essential functions of this position include, but are not limited to the following fundamental duties: • Installs, alters, maintains and repairs electrical wiring and equipment, both high and low voltage. • Inspects electrical systems, equipment, and components to identify hazards, defects, and the need for adjustment or repair, and to insure compliance with codes. • Diagnoses malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and components using test equipment and hand tools to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem. • Installs ground leads and connects power cables to equipment, such as motors. • Installs conduit and pull wires/cables. • Provides preliminary sketches and cost estimates for materials and services. • Tests electrical systems and continuity of circuits in wiring, equipment and fixtures using testing devices. • Plans layout and installation of electrical wiring, equipment and fixtures based on job specifications and codes. • Purchases parts and equipment, recommends annual supply requirements. • Reads and interprets blueprints and schematic wiring diagrams. • Performs other duties assigned by the Superintendent or his/her designee. This job description does not constitute an exhaustive list of responsibilities and management may revise it at any time. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) plus satisfactory completion of an approved 4-year electrical apprenticeship. (Demonstrated aptitude or competence for performing work outlined under essential functions.) CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: City of Reading Journeyman’s License. Valid Pennsylvania Operator’s License. LANGUAGE SKILLS: • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, wiring diagrams and technical and procedure manuals. • Ability to communicate scope of work and plans of actions to management, building administrators, custodians, and maintenance personnel. • Ability to complete work order forms, time sheets, and other departmental forms. • Ability to prepare sketches, drawings and plans. • Ability to interpret blueprints and other construction related documents. • Ability to plan, measure and layout jobs. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: • Ability to calculate figures and amounts utilizing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. • Ability to compute areas, circumference, length, width, depth and volume. • Ability to calculate percentages discounts and total costs. REASONING ABILITY: • Ability to collect/compile information to determine appropriate course of action. • Ability to adapt to unforeseen field conditions. • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram or schedule form. OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: • Demonstrated knowledge of all applicable codes. • Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory in a specific field. • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the school community. • Ability to speak clearly and concisely in oral and written communication. • Ability to operate district vehicles. • Ability to remain current on new procedures, materials, equipment and techniques. • Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, climb, stoop, kneel, crawl, balance; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, perform work overhead and work from ladders. Work involves exposure to unpleasant elements, extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, loud noises, chemicals, etc. Work environment involves exposure to potentially dangerous materials and situations that require following extensive safety precautions, and may include the use of protective gear. The employee must frequently move and/or lift up to 50 pounds such as materials and equipment. Specific vision capabilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is required to hear conversations in noisy environments. The employee must be able to drive all district vehicles. The employee is responsible to provide for the safety and well being of those within the immediate vicinity of where the essential functions of the job are being performed. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work is performed inside and/or outside and includes being exposed to extreme cold, extreme heat, high humidity, loud noise, vibration, mechanical hazards, electrical hazards and chemical hazards. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: As per terms and conditions set forth in the contract between the School District of Reading and the Teamsters Local Union No. 429. Prepared By: CS Date: 02/11/22 Approved By: SF Date: 02/11/22 The position holder must be able to perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. It is the responsibility of the employee to inform the school district administrator designated as immediate supervisor of the position, of any and all reasonable accommodations that will be required. The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned. The Reading School District is an equal opportunity employment, educational and service organization. JD – Electrician
See More Details >>pRequisition 38392: 2025 Electrical Apprentice Signal Trainee (Reading, PA) /p p /p p /p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Norfolk Southern Electrical Signal Trainee Program (Day in the Life): /span/span/span/bspan style="color:black"a href="https://vimeo.com/871474435/990fe84216" style="color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"https://vimeo.com/871474435/990fe84216/span/span/span/b/a/spanspan class="MsoHyperlink" style="color:#0563c1"u style="text-decoration:underline"b /b/u/span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Primary Purpose:/span/span/span/bbr span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"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./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Principal Duties:/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Signal Workers are primarily responsible for performing FRA regulatory test and inspections of the signals systems and crossings. /span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"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./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Install, repair, maintain, test, and inspect signal systems including Automatic Block, Traffic Control, Positive Train Control, cab signal and interlocking systems./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Other general duties include cable locates, painting and housekeeping of signal housings amp; equipment; climb and troubleshoot signal structures and make electrical connections./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Use of a wide variety of hand tools, on track high-rail equipment, and test instruments/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Perform construction duties, including digging holes and trenches to lay cables, wiring apparatus, setting foundations, installing equipment, etc./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"This role requires travel and on-call availability including weekends. /span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Apprentice Signal Trainee Training Program/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"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./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span ul li style="list-style-type:none" ul style="list-style-type:disc" libspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Week 1-3: Signal Training-1 (McDonough, GA)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/b/li libspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Week 4-16: OJT Signal Construction Gang/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/b/li libspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Week 11-19: Signal Training-2 (McDonough, GA)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/b/li libspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Weeks 20-40: OJT Signal Maintenance Training/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/b/li libspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Week 41-43: Signal Training-3 (McDonough, GA)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/b/li libspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Weeks 44-52: Additional OJT training/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/b/li /ul /li /ul /li /ul ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"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./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"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./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"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./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span ul li style="list-style-type:none" ul style="list-style-type:disc" lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Eastern Region North (ERN)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Norfolk amp; Western (NW)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Southern Lines East (SLE)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Southern Lines West (SLW)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"WRE (Western Region East (WRE)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Western Region West (WRW)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul /li /ul /li /ul ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Probation period is 90 days in which you bmust/b secure a Class A CDL./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Rate of Pay/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"Apprentice First 3 weeks $ 1,200.00/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"Apprentice 1st Period (130 days) $36.48/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"Apprentice 2nd Period (130 days) $36.85/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"Assistant Signalmen/Signal Maintainers $37.98/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Medical Benefits/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Company Benefits - Eligible 1st day of second month after hire (during training)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"80/20 plan for employee, spouse, and eligible dependents/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Union Benefits (Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen - BRS) available after mark-up from Trainee status./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Medical (Managed or 85/15 Plan)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"$20K Life Insurance/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"401 (K) First Day of Employment/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"After 1st year of service: Eligible for Dental / Vision/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Job Related Experience:/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Minimum Level: 1-2 years/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Preferred Level: 3-5 years/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Education:/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Required: High School diploma or GED/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Preferred Level: Technical Certification or Associate degree (AS)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Preferred Majors: Electrical Technician, Electronics Engineering or Electrical Engineer/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Licenses / Certifications:/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Required: CDL Class A License (must secure license within 111 days of hire date)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Required: None listed/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Preferred: None listed/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Skills and Abilities:/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Time Management/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Prioritizing Work Demands/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Communication Skills/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Multi-tasking/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Planning and Organizing/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"MS Excel/Spreadsheets, MS Outlook, and MS Word/Word Processing/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Career Path:/span/span/span/bbr span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Predecessor Jobs: None/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Future Jobs: /span/span/span/bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Supervisor Camp;S/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Environment:/span/span/span/bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black" Outdoor/Fieldbr bShift Work:/b Nobr bOn-Call:/b Yesbr bWeekend Work:/b Yesbr bTravel Required:/b Yes (75% during training; dynamic after mark-up)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Norfolk Southern Electrical Signal Trainee Program (Day in the Life): /span/span/span/bspan style="color:black"a href="https://vimeo.com/871474435/990fe84216" style="color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"https://vimeo.com/871474435/990fe84216/span/span/span/b/a/span/span/span/span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="color:black"a href="https://vimeo.com/892008139?share=copy" style="color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"BRS Seniority District and Bidding Overview video/span/span/a/span/span/span/span/span/p table tbody tr td p /p /td /tr /tbody /table table style="width:100%" tbody tr /tr /tbody /table divdiv style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"bJob Description/b/H2 /divdiv/div/divdiv style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"bWork Conditions/b/H2 /divdiv/div/div/divh2span style="font-size:14.0px"span style="color:#000000"strongCompany Overview/strong/span/span/h2 p style="margin-bottom:0.0pt;margin-left:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-top:0.0in"span style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:#0563c1"Norfolk Southern Corporation/spanspan style="color:#000000" (NYSE: NSC) is a Fortune 300 organization and one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway Company subsidiary operates approximately 19,500 /spanspan style="color:#0563c1"route miles/spanspan style="color:#000000" in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to other rail carriers. Norfolk Southern is a major transporter of industrial products, including chemicals, agriculture, and metals and construction materials. In addition, the railroad operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is a principal carrier of coal, automobiles, and automotive parts./span/span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:#000000"At Norfolk Southern, we believe in celebrating our individuality. By leveraging the unique backgrounds and viewpoints of our employees, we can create a culture of innovation, respect, and inclusion. We know that employees thrive in a workplace where differing viewpoints, ideas, and experiences are freely shared and valued. As such, we encourage all employees to contribute their distinctive skills and capabilities to our organization./span/span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:#000000"Equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Together, we power progress./span/span/span/p pRequisition 38392: 2025 Electrical Apprentice Signal Trainee (Reading, PA) /p p /p p /p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Norfolk Southern Electrical Signal Trainee Program (Day in the Life): /span/span/span/bspan style="color:black"a href="https://vimeo.com/871474435/990fe84216" style="color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"https://vimeo.com/871474435/990fe84216/span/span/span/b/a/spanspan class="MsoHyperlink" style="color:#0563c1"u style="text-decoration:underline"b /b/u/span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Primary Purpose:/span/span/span/bbr span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"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./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Principal Duties:/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Signal Workers are primarily responsible for performing FRA regulatory test and inspections of the signals systems and crossings. /span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"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./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Install, repair, maintain, test, and inspect signal systems including Automatic Block, Traffic Control, Positive Train Control, cab signal and interlocking systems./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Other general duties include cable locates, painting and housekeeping of signal housings amp; equipment; climb and troubleshoot signal structures and make electrical connections./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Use of a wide variety of hand tools, on track high-rail equipment, and test instruments/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Perform construction duties, including digging holes and trenches to lay cables, wiring apparatus, setting foundations, installing equipment, etc./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"This role requires travel and on-call availability including weekends. /span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Apprentice Signal Trainee Training Program/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"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./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span ul li style="list-style-type:none" ul style="list-style-type:disc" libspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Week 1-3: Signal Training-1 (McDonough, GA)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/b/li libspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Week 4-16: OJT Signal Construction Gang/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/b/li libspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Week 11-19: Signal Training-2 (McDonough, GA)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/b/li libspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Weeks 20-40: OJT Signal Maintenance Training/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/b/li libspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Week 41-43: Signal Training-3 (McDonough, GA)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/b/li libspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Weeks 44-52: Additional OJT training/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/b/li /ul /li /ul /li /ul ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"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./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"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./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"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./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span ul li style="list-style-type:none" ul style="list-style-type:disc" lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Eastern Region North (ERN)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Norfolk amp; Western (NW)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Southern Lines East (SLE)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Southern Lines West (SLW)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"WRE (Western Region East (WRE)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Western Region West (WRW)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul /li /ul /li /ul ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Probation period is 90 days in which you bmust/b secure a Class A CDL./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Rate of Pay/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"Apprentice First 3 weeks $ 1,200.00/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"Apprentice 1st Period (130 days) $36.48/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"Apprentice 2nd Period (130 days) $36.85/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"Assistant Signalmen/Signal Maintainers $37.98/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Medical Benefits/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Company Benefits - Eligible 1st day of second month after hire (during training)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"80/20 plan for employee, spouse, and eligible dependents/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Union Benefits (Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen - BRS) available after mark-up from Trainee status./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Medical (Managed or 85/15 Plan)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"$20K Life Insurance/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"401 (K) First Day of Employment/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"After 1st year of service: Eligible for Dental / Vision/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Job Related Experience:/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Minimum Level: 1-2 years/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Preferred Level: 3-5 years/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Education:/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Required: High School diploma or GED/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Preferred Level: Technical Certification or Associate degree (AS)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Preferred Majors: Electrical Technician, Electronics Engineering or Electrical Engineer/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" /span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"bspan style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Licenses / Certifications:/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;72#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Required: CDL Class A License (must secure license within 111 days of hire date)/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul ul lispan style="font-size:11.0pt"spanspanspanspan style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span 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Its Norfolk Southern Railway Company subsidiary operates approximately 19,500 /spanspan style="color:#0563c1"route miles/spanspan style="color:#000000" in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to other rail carriers. Norfolk Southern is a major transporter of industrial products, including chemicals, agriculture, and metals and construction materials. In addition, the railroad operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is a principal carrier of coal, automobiles, and automotive parts./span/span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:#000000"At Norfolk Southern, we believe in celebrating our individuality. By leveraging the unique backgrounds and viewpoints of our employees, we can create a culture of innovation, respect, and inclusion. 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See More Details >>Electrical Engineering Opportunities- Berks County Multiple Electrical Engineering openings in Berks County and Schuylkill County! Looking for talent with 3-20 yrs of experience. -Various roles including Control Engineer, Electrical Designer, and Electrical Project Engineer. Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $40.00 - $52.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a fully onsite position in Reading,PA. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Jul 29, 2025. About Actalent Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.
See More Details >>Becoming an electrician in Reading, PA, typically begins with an apprenticeship, combining hands-on experience with classroom learning. Apprenticeships last about four to five years, requiring extensive training under licensed professionals. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are approximately 40,670 electricians nationwide, with a significant presence in Pennsylvania, and the job outlook projects a 6% growth from 2022 to 2032. Apprentices in Reading, PA, earn an average of $1,559 per week, with experienced electricians earning up to $10,000 per month. Trade schools, local unions, and platforms like Gild help aspiring electricians find apprenticeship opportunities, leading to a career with strong earning potential.
