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**Date:** Jun 17, 2026
**Location:** Greenville, SC, US, 29601 Greenville, SC, US, 29601
**Company:** Norfolk Southern Corp.
Requisition 39967: Track Laborer \- Greenville, SC
**Primary Purpose:**
Performs physical labor using hand tools and equipment to construct, alter, repair, maintain, and demolish railroad tracks, associated structures, and components. Works as a member of a local Line Maintenance crew.
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Line Maintenance Track Laborer
**Principal Duties:**
* Carry and place track materials using hand tools such as tie tongs, rail tongs, rail forks, lining bars, shovels, and jacks.
* Attach the rail to ties using spike mauls or spike drivers.
* Remove spikes with claw bars, spike lifters, and spike pullers.
* Lift, position, handle, remove and install railroad crossties in and around the track structure.
* Connect and disconnect rail using the track, impact, power wrenches, or welding materials.
* Move, clean, and tamp ballast (crushed stone\-like material) with shovels, clay picks, lining bars, and ballast forks.
* Raise tracks, turnouts, crossings, and rails with track or power jacks.
* Cut associated materials with oxygen\-propane torches, rail saws, cut\-off saws, and cold chisels.
* Drill holes with gasoline, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electric drill motors.
* Work alongside heavy equipment by connecting, disconnecting, and controlling material that is being moved and by directing such movement.
* Participate in safety meetings.
* Wear all appropriate personal protective equipment.
**Minimum Qualifications:**
* Must have either a High School Diploma or GED
* Must be 18 years of age or older.
* Must have a valid Driver’s License
* Capable of lifting and carrying a minimum of 75 pounds.
* Willing and able to travel to various job sites, including those that require overnight stays and those that require short notice mobilization.
* Capable of working in inclement weather and/or conditions.
* Capable of covering distances afoot up to five (5\) miles per day, on railroad right of way, negotiating steep grades and rough terrain, without assistance.
* Capable of working unsupervised at times.
**Skills and Abilities:**
* Interact effectively as a crew member.
* Understand and follow verbal and visual communications.
* Understand and respond to audible visual signals and warnings.
* Quickly learn and perform job duties.
* Recognize, avoid, and report potential hazards.
**Pay Rates for Track Laborer \& Traveling Track Laborer:**
* 1st year rate: **$30\.98 \- $31\.44 per hour** (90% of full rate)
* 2nd year rate: **$32\.70 \- $33\.18 per hour** (95% of full rate)
* 3rd year rate: **$34\.42 \- $34\.93 per hour** (100% of full rate)
***Company Overview***
**Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC)** is a Fortune 300 organization and one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway Company subsidiary operate...